Druzhinin/Weinberg - Druzhinin, Weinberg, Vieuxtemps, Bacewicz: ReVIOLAtion

Polish violist Krzysztof Komendarek-Tymendorf�s debut solo album highlights two major works for the solo viola repertoire. Soviet composer Fyodor Druzhinin is a renowned violist with whom Shostakovich dedicated his Viola Sonata. His Sonata for Viola Solo, written in 1959, reveals Druzhinin to be a highly talented composer whose virtuoso treatment of the viola is second to none. Weinberg�s close association with Druzhinin has also led to the compositions of the four Solo Viola Sonatas (No. 1 dedicated for and