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Fiorini violin snatched as owner orders snack in Vienna
Police in Vienna have appealed for information on the whereabouts of a stolen Giuseppe Fiorini violin. The instrument, valued at up to €40,000, was snatched when its 32-year-old owner put it down as she ordered a bite to eat at a hotdog stand, according to reports in the Austrian media.
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Violinist Vanessa Mae plays Chechen date
Violinist Vanessa Mae, the singer Seal, and actors Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme have been criticised by human rights organisations for taking part in a lavish concert for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on his 35th birthday. Vanessa Mae reportedly received a fee of $500,000 for performing in front of ...
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Violinist Miri Ben-Ari to play at Martin Luther King memorial
Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari will perform at this Sunday's dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington DC. The US-resident Ben-Ari, who has become known for her hip-hop violin style, is the only non-African-American artist performing at the dedication ceremony, which will also feature addresses by civil rights ...
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Violins stolen from ex-BBC Symphony Orchestra player Keith Gurry
Former BBC Symphony Orchestra violinist Keith Gurry is appealing for any information leading to the safe recovery of two violins and four bows that were stolen from his East London home. The stolen violins are by Francesco Guadagnini (Turin, 1888) and Ian Highfield (Birmingham, 1982). Also missing are a ...
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Lorin Maazel to sell 1783 Guadagnini violin at auction
A 1783 Guadagnini violin owned by Lorin Maazel will feature in Tarisio's 10 November sale in New York. The 81-year-old conductor and violinist has had the instrument since he was 15 years old. Tarisio has placed an estimate of $800,000–$1,200,000 on the violin, and proceeds from the sale will support ...
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Pavel Haas Quartet's Dvorák disc wins record of the year at Gramophone Awards
The Pavel Haas Quartet won the Chamber category and the recording of the year at the 2011 Gramophone Awards. The Czech ensemble won for its Supraphon disc of Dvo?ák's op.96 and op.106 quartets. There were no awards for string soloists this year.
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Newspaper readers pledge to buy cello for four-year-old cellist
A four-year-old boy from north London, whose cello lessons and instrument loan were cut by his local children's centre, has received more than £500 in donations towards getting his own cello. Ham&High readers pledged the money after reading Jahleel Weiser's story in the newspaper. The four-year-old from Highgate started ...
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ArticleCzech Music for strings. Janácek: Suite, String Quartet no.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ (arr. Tognetti). Haas: Study. Martinu: Sextet
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A small-scale string orchestra triumphs in a programme of Czech musicMusicians: Janácek Chamber Orchestra/Jakub ?ernohoský (violin/director)Composer: Janácek, Haas, MartinuThe more players there are in a string orchestra, the easier it tends to be to hide slackness in unanimity of attack ...
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ArticleEastern Europe: A Musical Journey. Janácek: Violin Sonata. Bartók: Fuga from Sonata for solo violin. Enescu: Violin Sonata no.3 op.25. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel. Brahms: Hungarian Dances nos.1, 17, 19
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A free-spirited traversal of repertoire bound together by geographyMusicians: Alda Dizdari (violin) Tom Blach (piano)Composer: Janácek, Bartók, Enescu, Pärt, Brahms (transcr. Joachim)Alda Dizdari has made quite a musical journey of her own, from her native Albania to Romania, where she discovered the ...
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ArticleMozart: Violin Concertos no.1 in B flat major K207, no.2 in D major K211 & no.4 in D major K218, Rondo in C major K371, Adagio in E major K261
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: The second and concluding part of a refined Mozart concerto cycleMusicians: Richard Tognetti (violin/director) Australian Chamber OrchestraComposer: MozartThe Australian Chamber Orchestra has a justly renowned reputation, particularly in its years under Sydney Conservatorium-trained Richard Tognetti, the group’s concertmaster since 1989. These are ...
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ArticleNozeman: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo op.1
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Generic Baroque sonatas enlivened by a rich array of continuo coloursMusicians: Antoinette Lohmann (violin) Furor MusicusComposer: NozemanThese six conservative sonatas (c.1724) by the German-born Dutch composer Jacob Nozeman (1693–1745) comprise a mix of church and largely chamber sonata movement types. Antoinette Lohmann ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Cello Sonatas nos.1–5, Horn Sonata in F major (arr. cello), Cello Sonata in E flat major, Variations on a Theme from Handel’s ‘Judas Maccabaeus’, Variations on Mozart’s ‘Bei Männern’, Varia
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A compelling collection of Beethoven’s complete music for cello and pianoMusicians: David Geringas (cello) Ian Fountain (piano)Composer: BeethovenDavid Geringas’s performances of the Beethoven cello sonatas reveal exceptional attention to detail and a sure sense of structural architecture. Part of his ...
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ArticleBoccherini: String Quintets in E major op.11 no.5 & C major op.30 no.6, String Quartet in G minor op.32 no.5, Guitar Quintet in D major
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Refined performances that celebrate Boccherini’s Spanish connectionMusicians: Casals Quartet, Eckart Runge (cello) Carles Trepat (guitar) Daniel Tummer (castanets)Composer: Boccherini As we have come to expect from the Casals Quartet, these are refined, elegant and admirably precise performances, with ...
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ArticleStrauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major op.18. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Warmly rounded accounts of two Romantic violin sonatasMusicians: Catherine Manoukian (violin) Xiayin Wang (piano)Composer: Strauss, FranckThe raw-edged, fresh tone of Canadian-born, former Dorothy DeLay pupil Catherine Manoukian suits the tempestuous Romanticism of these sonatas by Strauss and Franck, and in Xiayin Wang ...
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ArticleHaydn: String Quartets op. 20
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Sensitive and well-judged period-instrument performances of HaydnMusicians: London Haydn QuartetComposer: HaydnThe players of the London Haydn Quartet, formed in 2001, refer modestly in their booklet notes to gut strings and Classical bows, saying relatively little about performing practice, but in this respect ...
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ArticleSchubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 (arr. Tabakova). Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme op.33 (arr. Rysanov). Bruch: Romance in F major op.85
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: All-round success for a disc of music for viola and orchestraMusicians: Maxim Rysanov (viola) Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Muhai TangComposer: Schubert, Tchaikovsky, BruchHere is one of those recorded occasions where everything seems to have gone well. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra plays with ...
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ArticleKodály: Sonata for solo cello op.8, Cello Sonata op.4, Duo for violin and cello op.7
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Virtuoso accounts of Kodály’s classic works for stringsMusicians: Thelma Handy (violin) Lionel Handy (cello) Nigel Clayton (piano)Composer: KodályWhen, six months before the end of World War I, Kodály’s Duo for violin and cello and Sonata for solo cello were premiered in Budapest, ...
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ArticleH.D. Koppel: Ternio op.53b, Introduction, Theme with Variations and Epilogue op.86, Cello Sonata op.62. B. Koppel: Professor Herman’s Cellistic Imaginarium
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Inventive cello music by two generations of a Danish familyMusicians: Morten Zeuthen (cello) Amalie Malling (piano)Composer: H.D. Koppel, B. KoppelHerman D. Koppel (1908–98) was a self-trained Danish composer whose music was inspired by Hindemith, Bartók and Nielsen. He was also a concert ...
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ArticleDavies: Linguae ignis, Vesalii icones, Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavans (after Purcell)
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: The solo cello plays a leading role in some theatrical instrumental worksMusicians: Vittorio Ceccanti (cello) Contempoartensemble/Mauro CeccantiComposer: DaviesNaxos continues its rich association with Peter Maxwell Davies with works for solo cello and instrumental ensemble, in music that is steeped in ritual. The ...
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ArticlePaper Airplane
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A country disc that could have made more of the fiddleMusicians: Alison Krauss & Urban StationComposer: VariousCountry singer and fiddler Alison Krauss has just turned 40 and has been performing with Union Station for over half of her life, although this is ...
