Hector Aguilar:

>Steve Schwartz replied to me:
>
>>I'll say this so Mr. Silverthorne doesn't have to.  He is undoubtedly
>>one of the finest violists ever to take up the instrument.  I've
>>reviewed at least two of his recordings at www.classical.net.
>
>My response is a little tardy, but I wanted to say thank-you for the
>introduction.  The viola contingent of my violin-heavy CD "library" is
>limited to a couple of copies of Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, so out
>of curiousity I just ordered Mr. Silverthorne's CD of the Brahms
>Sonatas on the Meridian label.  I look forward to hearing it.

I also strongly recommend his recording of Rozsa's Viola Concerto, coupled
with the Sinfonia Concertante (Rozsa's, not Mozart's) on Koch 3-7304-2H1,
one of the CDs about which David Harbin enthused on another thread.

Richard Pennycuick
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