Rudolf Barshai plays Handel/Casadesus Viola Concerto 1 of 3

Rudolf Barshai plays Handel/Casadesus Viola Concerto in B Minor and conducts Moscow Chamber Orchestra in this 1958 recording.

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• handel
• casadeus
• barshai
• moscow
• chambe
• orchestra

[Giji]

Hah I like this tempo much better. Primrose plays too fast for me :x

[ViolaVolga]

Although I like Primrose's interpretation as well, I prefer this tempo. Seems to relish the mood, and sound a bit more sensitive.

[Iceshard97]

I'm playing this song for an audition, and I only saw Primose's version, unsure of the tempo. I'm glad I found this video because I definitely prefer the tempo ; It sounds clearer and more expressive.

[BratscheBoy]

So this is what they mean by 'World class playing'...

[robertocasitenore]

Bellissimo!!!!

Roberto.

[xxjewledxxromance]

The clarity of his playing just blows my mind

[MrJorlop]

It is not by Handel, but it should be. Like the anecdote of Brahms giving an autoghraph and writing the first bars of The Blue Danube of his friend Josef Strauss, "regrettably, not by Brahms".

[deshawncdap11]

I've had this piece for about years now, and I'm finally going to use it because I actually found a very nice recording that I can deal with. As for the dispute between Primrose and Barshai for their tempos, I think of it in terms of the era. I don't think the people back then would think that their "Allegro" was as fast as ours. Plus, this is moderately fast, hence "Allegro moderato" being the tempo marking of the piece. This is really good though, and I have to learn this by March. killjoy....

[whatawittyusername]

songs are sung, are you singing it?

[dman201212]

da song dat jus played. da handel concerto.

[YTlsubzero]

song? what song?

[jpboy1994]

I found it. My lessons teacher gave this to me recently. Im not great with treble clef yet but ill be great with it soon. I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And i lov!!!!!!!! Primrose