Videos
Edicson Ruiz plays Holliger
30 August 2010
Holliger's Preludio e Fuga - the most difficult double bass piece ever? Edicson Ruiz said so in The Strad. Watch him play it and judge for yourself.
Amadeus Quartet plays Beethoven
27 August 2010
A classic Amadeus Quartet performance of Beethoven op.18/4 from 1969
Thibaud plays Szymanowski
14 August 2010
Jacques Thibaud, our September issue Great Violinist, playing The Fountain of Arethusa in the 1930s.
The Casals Quartet performs Mozart
29 July 2010
Our August cover stars play early Mozart with Baroque set-up
Birthday Boy Schumann
24 June 2010
Top players including Mischa Maisky and Lars Anders Tomter perform Schumann's Piano Quintet at the 2007 Verbier Festival.
Arthur Grumiaux performs Beethoven
26 May 2010
The Strad's Great Violinist for June demonstrates his elegance and musical integrity in this performance of the Violin Concerto
Natalie Clein plays Haydn
26 May 2010
In the June issue the British cellist tells us about her new recording of Kodály. Here she performs Haydn in Spain
Leonid Kogan plays the 'Cannon' - or does he?
30 March 2010
The intensity and clarity of the Russian's playing show through in this short film of him performing Paganini but opinion is divided as to whether he plays Guarneri's 'Cannon' throughout the clip.
The Artemis Quartet plays Brahms
30 March 2010
An interview with our April cover stars and excerpts from their Brahms Piano Quintet recording with Leif Ove Andsnes
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