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Thompson, a fine performer with a big, warm tone and a strong, supple technique, is clearly doing everything he can with the music. With Paul Freeman’s professional conducting and the more than passable playing of the Czech National Orchestra, Thompson makes Jongen’s ardently expressive Suite, Françaix’s slightly melancholy Rhapsodie, and Serly’s Bartók-without-tears Concerto as convincing as possible.

James Leonard,
ALL MUSIC.COM
CD Review

Jongen, Suite for Orchestra and Solo Viola
Francaix, Rhapsodie for Viola and Small Orchestra
Tibor Serly, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
Centaur CD

Listen to an excerpt from the Jongen Suite:

Bartok, Viola Concerto, Op. posth.
Ernest Bloch, Suite for Viola and Orchestra
Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Paul Freeman, conductor
Centaur CD

Listen to an excerpt from the Bartok Concerto:

Boston Chamber Music Society
Mozart, Trio in E-Flat Major, K 498 "Kegelstatt"
Schumann, Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales)
Thomas Hill, clarinet; Randall Hodgkinson, piano
BCMS CD

Listen to an excerpt from the Mozart Trio:

Listen to an excerpt from Schumann's Märchenerzählungen:

Boston Chamber Music Society
Brahms, Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60
BCMS CD

Boston Chamber Music Society
Tchaikovsky, Souvenir de Florence, for String Sextet, Op. 70
Schoenberg, Verklärte Nacht, for String Sextet, Op. 4
Northeastern Records CD

Boston Chamber Music Society
Mendelssohn, Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20
Enescu, Octet in C Major, Op. 7
BCMS CD

Boston Chamber Music Society
Brahms, Quintet in B Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 115
Northeastern Records CD

Amsterdam Chamber Music Society
Het Reizend Musiek Gezelschap
Shostakovich, Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57
Fidelio CD

Amsterdam Chamber Music Society
Het Reizend Musiek Gezelschap
Enesco, Octet in C for Strings, Op. 7
Chamber Music/LA Festival, Christies CD

Amsterdam Chamber Music Society
Het Reizend Musiek Gezelschap
Shostakovich, Piano Quintet
Vanguard Classics CD

Amsterdam Chamber Music Society
Het Reizend Musiek Gezelschap 20 jaar
Dvorak Sextet in A, Op. 48
Spohr, Nonet in F, Op. 31

Seattle Chamber Music Society
Sampler of Live Performances, Volume 4
Shostakovich Quintet for Piano and Strings in G Minor, Op. 57
SCMS CD

Seattle Chamber Music Society
10th Anniversary Season Sampler
Franck, Piano Quintet in F Minor
Martinu, Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola (1947)
SCMS CD

Videmus
David Baker, Through This Vale of Tears (1986)
New World Records CD

Sergei Taneyev, Piano Quintet
Jerome Lowenthal, piano, Paul Rosenthal, Yukiko Kamei violins, Marcus Thompson, viola, Stephen Kates, violoncello
Arabesque CD

Boston Musica Viva Plays
Joseph Schwantner, Consortium 1 (1970)
Delos CD

Anthony Newman, Concerto for Viola, Strings, Piano and Percussion
Air Force Strings
Dennis Layendecker, conductor
Mark Records, DRALA-001