Sheila Browne - Leaps & Bounds (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Violist Sheila Browne is from Philadelphia and also holds Irish citizenship. Known as a versatile and dynamic performer with a unique viola voice, she enjoys an international career of solo, chamber collaborations and concerto appearances. She has performed in major venues on six continents, including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Concertgebouw, Royal Festival Hall, Teatro Colon, and the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing. She has recorded for the Sony, Nonesuch, Bridge, Albany and MSR labels, premiered several concerti written for her and has worked closely with many living composers on their music.

Browne was violist of the internationally prize-winning Arianna String Quartet, as well as the Pelligrini and Gotham quartets. Additionally, she is a founding member of the Fire Pink Trio. Browne has collaborated / recorded with Audra MacDonald, Gilbert Kalish, David Krakauer, Paul Katz, Anton Kuerti, Ruth Laredo, Shenyang, Richard Stolzman, Carol Wincenc, the Diaz Trio, and members of the American, Amernet, Attacca, Audubon, Borromeo, Brentano, Calidore, Guarneri, Juilliard, Shanghai, Stamitz and Vermeer quartets. As principal violist of the New World Symphony, she was selected by Artistic Director Michael Tilson-Thomas to be featured in the PBS documentary "Beethoven Alive!". For two years she was co-principal of New York String Seminar, was awarded a Solo Residency at the Banff Center, and has participated in Evian, Jeunesses Musicales, Music Academy of the West, BUTI- Tanglewood and Donaueschingen music festivals, among others.

TRACKLIST

1. Sheila Browne - Sonata for Viola and Piano: I. Allegro moderato
2. Sheila Browne - Sonata for Viola and Piano: II. Adagio lamentoso
3. Sheila Browne - Sonata for Viola and Piano: III. Fantasia Epilogue. allegro moderato, ma un poco parlando
4. Sheila Browne - Convergence for Viola and Piano
5. Sheila Browne - Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119 (Transcr. for Cello and Piano by Sheila Browne): I. Andante grave
6. Sheila Browne - Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119 (Transcr. for Cello and Piano by Sheila Browne): II. Moderato
7. Sheila Browne - Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119 (Transcr. for Cello and Piano by Sheila Browne): III. Allegro ma non troppo



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