( Crystal Records – S632，1982年 LP )
LP-A
Bohuslav Martin? Three Madrigals (15:10)
A1 – Poco Allegro 3:58
A2 – Poco Andante 5:24
A3 – Allegro 5:37
A4 –Handel* / Halvorsen* Passacaglia In G Minor 6:30
LP-B
Ernst Toch Divertimento (8:21)
B1 – Vivace Molto 1:37
B2 – Adagio, Espressivo Molto 3:43
B3 – Flott Und Lustig 2:51
Heitor Villa-Lobos Duo For Violin And Viola (14:15)
B4 – Allegro 5:26
B5 – Adagio 4:38
B6 – Allegro Agitato 4:00
Charmian Gadd ( Violin )， Yizhak Schotten ( Viola )
Charmian Gadd :
The Australian violinist Charmian Gadd returned to Australia in 1988 after spending twenty-three years in the America and Europe. Her international career has included solo performances with many of the world’s finest orchestras, chamber music appearances and professorships at two American universities. Her principal teachers were Richard Goldner, Josef Gingold, Henryk Szeryng and Janos Starker. She holds Diplomas of Honour from both the Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Competitions and was a prizewinner in international violin competitions in Vienna and Philadelphia. In 1988, Gadd became Head of the String Department at the Canberra School of Music and is currently Professor of Violin at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Yizhak Schotten :
Israeli-born violist Yizhak Schotten was discovered and brought to the United States by the renowned violist William Primrose, with whom he studied at Indiana University and the University of Southern California. Other studies were with Lillian Fuchs at the Manhattan School of Music. A feature article about Yizhak Schotten in STRAD Magazine called him "one of America's finest viola players... a leading light of the U.S. viola establishment." His solo appearances with orchestras in this country and abroad have included performances with conductors Seiji Ozawa, Thomas Schippers, Sergiu Commissiona, Joseph Swensen, Arthur Fiedler and others. He has concertized in Israel, Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, Holland, Austria, Mexico, England, Canada and throughout the United States. His solo recitals have included Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Merkin Hall in New York, Boston's Jordan Hall, the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the Dame Myra Hess Series in Chicago, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, among others.
