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BBC Philharmonic flies home after being caught up in Japan earthquake
The Manchester-based BBC Philharmonic Orchestra is on its way back to the UK after cancelling the last four concerts on its Japanese tour. The musicians were travelling by coach from their hotel in Tokyo to a concert hall in Yokohama when Friday's earthquake struck. Video shot by violinist Simon Robertshaw ...
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Violist Philip Dukes to play the 'Archinto' Stradivari in London
Violist Philip Dukes is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his first recital at London's Purcell Room by returning there to perform on 20 March, and he will be playing on a special instrument – the 'Archinto' Stradivari of 1696. One of the few surviving Stradivari violas, the 'Archinto' has ...
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Cellist Austin Huntington wins Stulberg Competition in Kalamazoo
Sixteen-year-old cellist Austin Huntingdon has won first prize at the Stulberg International String Competition in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Huntington, who studies with Richard Hirschl and attends St Joseph's High School in South Bend, Indiana, received $5,000. He also won the $500 Bach Award. Violinists Mayumi Kanagawa and Christine Lim, both 16, ...
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Funding campaign seeks backers for violin concerto
Music charity London Music Masters (LMM) is seeking supporters to help fund the creation of a new violin concerto by British composer Martin Suckling. The organisation, which provides music education in inner-city primary schools and a violin award scheme for young professional players, needs to raise £4,250 by the end ...
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Russian violinist and violist wins Salzburg International Mozart Competition
Sergey Malov won first prize in the violin division of this year's International Mozart Competition in Salzburg. The 27-year-old Russian violinist and violist received €10,000. Second prize went to Ying Xue from China. German violinist Sarah Christian took third prize.
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US violinist Eugene Fodor dies aged 60
Eugene Fodor died on Saturday, of cirrhosis, his wife has told the New York Times. Fodor made his debut aged ten, playing the Bruch Violin Concerto with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, and later studied at the Juilliard School, Indiana University and the University of Southern California. His teachers included Ivan ...
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ArticleSchulhoff: Violin Sonatas nos.1 & 2, Suite, Sonata for solo violin
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: An invigorating tour of the early 20th century from a single composerMusicians: Tanja Becker-Bender (violin) Markus Becker (piano) Composer: SchulhoffErwin Schulhoff (1894–1942) was one of the 20th century’s chameleons: late Romantic, Impressionist, Expressionist, Dadaist, Jazzist, neo-Classicist are all labels that apply to his music ...
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ArticleDittersdorf Violone Concerto no.1 in E flat major. Hoffmeister, Violone Concerto no.1 in E flat major. Vanhal: Double Bass Concerto in E flat major
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: The Berlin Philharmonic’s whizzkid bassist plays a trio of rare concertosMusicians: Edicson Ruiz (double bass) Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra/Christian VásquezComposer: Dittersdorf, Hoffmeister, VanhalOne of the ‘bright young things’ featured in January’s Strad, Edicson Ruiz here makes good his intention of ...
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ArticleEchoes of Time. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor op.77, Lyrical Waltz (arr. T. Batiashvili). Kancheli: V & V. Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel*. Rachmaninoff: Vocalise*
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Shostakovich’s harrowing First Violin Concerto is at the heart of a nuanced discMusicians: Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Hélène Grimaud (piano)* Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Esa-Pekka SalonenComposer: Shostakovich, Kancheli, Pärt, Rachmaninoff It should come as no surprise that the ‘filler’ tracks on this enthralling disc ...
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ArticleEnescu: Piano Quartets no.1 in D major op.16 & no.2 in D minor op.30
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Outstanding performances make Enescu’s music sound greater than it isMusicians: Tammuz Piano QuartetComposer: EnescuPerhaps the most significant revolution inspired by the compact disc is the unprecedented breadth of musical repertoire that has become available. As a result, once-neglected figures such as George Enescu have become ...
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ArticleLyapunov: Violin Concerto in D minor op.61, Symphony no.1 in B minor op.12
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A persuasive account of a little-known Russian violin concertoMusicians: Maxim Fedotov (violin) Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitry YablonskyComposer: LyapunovSergey Lyapunov (1859–1924) belonged to that group of composers who arrived too late to be part of the Romantic era, yet were seemingly unable to take on ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Variations on Mozart’s ‘Bei Männern’ WoO46, Violin Sonata in A major op.47 ‘Kreutzer’ (arr. Czerny), Cello Sonata in D major op.102 no.2
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A convincing cello account of Beethoven’s greatest violin sonataMusicians: Ivan Monighetti (cello) Pavel Gililov (piano)Composer: BeethovenPressure to expand the repertoire on CD inevitably leads to the path of arrangements. So despite having five sonatas and Beethoven’s fine transcription of the Horn Sonata, cellists’ eyes ...
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ArticleBach: The Art of Fugue BWV1080, Chorale ‘Aus tiefer Not’
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Bach’s monument to counterpoint receives a textural makeoverMusicians: Akademie für Alte Musik BerlinComposer: BachMore than with any other composer, the music of Bach seems to withstand everything that ?is inflicted upon it, and ?here his great testament ?The Art of Fugue is offered ...
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ArticleEchoes of Paris. Poulenc: Violin Sonata op.119. Stravinsky: Suite after Themes, Fragments and Pieces by Pergolesi. Debussy: Violin Sonata. Prokofiev: Violin Sonata no.2 in D major op.94b
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A celebration of Franco–Russian music with Parisian connectionsMusicians: Augustin Hadelich (violin) Robert Kulek (piano)Composer: Poulenc, Stravinsky, Debussy, ProkofievDespite the rather cheesy title, this is a disc that can’t fail to please lovers of the early 20th-century French and Russian greats. Augustin Hadelich ...
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ArticleBohemia. Janácek: Dumka, Violin Sonata. Maratka: Czardas III. Martinu: Violin Sonata no.3. Suk: Four Pieces op.17
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A generally successful recital of Czech violin repertoireMusicians: Marianne Piketty (violin) Dana Ciocarlie (piano) Composer: Janácek, Maratka, Martinu, SukFrench violinist Marianne Piketty and Romanian pianist Dana Ciocarlie interpret a carefully chosen Bohemian and Moravian programme impressively. My only query concerns ...
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ArticleKarlowicz: Violin Concerto in A major op.8, Serenade op.2
Description: A budget recording of a neglected Polish concerto disappointsMusicians: Ilya Kaler (violin) Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra/Antoni WitComposer: Karlowicz Karlowicz’s ‘early’ Violin Concerto of 1902 (he was killed in an avalanche while skiing only seven years later aged 32) betrays the influence of Tchaikovsky and Bruch, ...
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ArticleProkofiev: Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor op.63. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances op.45
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A promising performance of Prokofiev marred by poor recording balanceMusicians: Geneviève Laurenceau (violin) Toulouse Capitole National Orchestra/Tugan SokhievComposer: Prokofiev, RachmaninoffAs a curtain-raiser to their superb account of Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Ossetian conductor Tugan Sokhiev and his Toulouse orchestra give their leader Geneviève Laurenceau a ...
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ArticleSchoenberg: String Quartet no.3 op.30, Chamber Symphony op.9 (arr. Webern), Scherzo in F major, Presto in C major
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Performances that make even twelve-note Schoenberg communicate freelyMusicians: Pražák Quartet, Jaromír Klepá? (piano)Composer: SchoenbergSchoenberg’s Third Quartet was among the first works he composed using exclusively dodecaphonic techniques. The shimmering cool and textural hypersensitivity of the LaSalle Quartet (originally Deutsche Grammophon, ...
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ArticleSchubert: Violin Sonatina in D major D384 (arr. Coppey for cello), Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821, Piano Trio in B flat major D898
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A trio of Schubert recordings that fails to convinceMusicians: Ilya Gringolts (violin) Marc Coppey (cello) Peter Laul (piano)Composer: SchubertAlthough each has delightful moments, none of these well-recorded interpretations coalesces for me. The B flat major Piano Trio is presented as a sequence of ...
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ArticleMozart: Divertimento in E flat major K563, Fugues with Slow Preludes after Bach no.4 in F major & no.5 in E flat major K404a
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Mozart’s arrangements of Bach make an apt frame for one of his divertimentosMusicians: Hermitage TrioComposer: MozartThe warmth and bloom on this recording by the Hermitage Trio is immediately inviting, and the players’ incisive, well-considered readings of Mozart trios are a treat, with arrangements of Bach ...
