Andrew Mellor
Andrew Mellor is a regular contributor to The Strad.
ReviewLisa Batiashvili: City Lights
Lights, camera, action: a violinist’s evocative movie-musical travels
- Debate
Opinion: From the Heart
In the Covid-19 crisis, musicians have begun to film their playing from home. Andrew Mellor asks whether these raw and sometimes less-than-pristine performances have killed off classical music’s ‘cult of perfection’
- Debate
After Corona, pay inequality among musicians will be unsustainable
The great disparity in wages between soloists and rank-and-file musicians has been highlighted by the Covid-19 crisis, writes Andrew Mellor
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Thymos Quartet: Schubert
A warm and convincing ‘Trout’ doesn’t overplay its star guest’s presence
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David Nebel: Glass, Stravinsky
A refreshing and highly recommended pairing of 20th-century concertos
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Fitzwilliam Quartet: Schubert
Much to discover in searching versions of two great late-Classical quartets
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Rachel Barton Pine: Dvořák and Khachaturian
Atmospheric, subtly thought-out playing touching on the mystical
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Christian Tetzlaff: Beethoven
Performances of two cornerstone concertos that may divide audiences
- Feature
Double firsts: Postcards from Moscow and St Petersburg
At this year’s quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Competition, the judges awarded the $30,000 first prize in both the violin and cello categories. Tim Homfray attended the violin section in Moscow, while Andrew Mellor visited St Petersburg to hear the cellists – and both were impressed by what they saw
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The World Is (Y)Ours. Clyne, Sibelius, Fujikura, Rautavaara, Ullén etc
Exciting modern cello music with not-so-secret links to Bach
