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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartets opp.127, 130–3 & 135
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Tokyo Quartet Composer: BeethovenA quotation from the Boston Globe on the back of this new set of the Tokyo Quartet’s Beethoven recordings comments that they are ‘both grounded and weightless, carved in granite and floating on air’. Certainly, we are spared ...
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ArticleDebussy: Suite for cello and orchestra (arr. Beamish). Ravel: Deux mélodies hébraïques (arr. Tognetti). Prokofiev: Concertino for cello and orchestra op.132 (arr. Blok). Bloch: From Jewish Life (arr.
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Steven Isserlis (cello) Tapiola Sinfonietta/Gábor Takács-NagyComposer: Debussy, Ravel, Prokofiev, BlochThe ancestry of the four orchestrations is detailed in the disc’s booklet notes, though the work masquerading under the name of Debussy is highly questionable. At the age of 19 he composed a ...
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ArticleBritten: String Quartet no.2 in C major op.36, Three Divertimenti, Miniature Suite, String Quartet in D major
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Emperor QuartetComposer: Britten The Emperor Quartet gives a well-paced and deeply thought account of the second of Britten’s numbered quartets. Maybe the first movement lacks the last degree of tension in its more dramatic moments, but the ‘Allegro calmo’ indication ...
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ArticleLydia Mordkovich pays tribute to David Oistrakh. Locatelli: Sonata op.6 no.7 ‘Au tombeau’, Caprice no.23 ‘Il labirinto armonico’. Ysaÿe: Sonata op.27 no.2. Chausson: Poème op.25. Shostakovich: Sonata
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Nicholas Walker, Marina Gusak-Grin, Clifford Benson, James Kirby (piano)Composer: Locatelli, Ysaÿe, Chausson, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff‘Lydia Mordkovitch pays tribute to David Oistrakh’ has given Chandos the opportunity to recycle recordings made by the violinist since arriving in Britain in 1980. A ...
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ArticleGypsic. Monti: Czárdás. Enescu: Violin Sonata no.3 op.25. Ravel: Tzigane, Berceuse, Blues from Violin Sonata. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen op.20. G. Boulanger. Avant de mourir
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Sarah Nemtanu (violin) Chilly Gonzalez (piano/Farfisa organ/percussion) Romain Descharmes (piano) Iurie Morar (cimbalom) Orchestra/Aurélien Azan ZielinskiComposer: Monti, Enescu, Ravel, Sarasate, G. BoulangerThis label encourages its violinists to tinker with well-known pieces, whether from a spirit of fun, or a desperate desire to ...
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ArticleBrahms: Piano Quartet in G minor op. 25. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major op. 47
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Eaken Trio, Joseph Esmilla (viola)Composer: Brahms, Schumann The Eaken Trio of Pennsylvania played these quartets 17 times in the 2007–8 concert season with Joseph Esmilla, before he returned to his native Philippines. Engineer Timothy Breon captured them at the Mount ...
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ArticleKillmayer: Fünf Romanzen, Acht Bagatellen. Schumann: Drei Romanzen, Fünf Stücke im Volkston
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) José Gallardo (piano)Composer: Killmayer, Schumann The contemporary German composer Wilhelm Killmayer (b.1927) has much more in common with Schumann than mere nationality. His Five Romances and Eight Bagatelles are strongly characterised cameo character pieces that share his ...
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ArticleRhythm & Texture. Ravel: String Quartet in F major. Gershwin: Lullaby. Lavista: Reflejos de la noche. Alvarez: Metro Chabacano. Golijov: Tenebrae
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Brodsky QuartetComposer: Ravel, Gershwin, Lavista, Alvarez, Golijov True to the album’s title, the Brodskys explore the expressive parameters and sonic potentialities of Ravel’s glorious String Quartet to an unrivalled degree. Their micro-inflected playing reveals layers of expression closed to traditional readings in ...
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ArticleBeethoven's Complete Violin Sonatas
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Frank Braley (piano)Composer: BeethovenThis distinguished set is the most beautiful cycle of the Beethoven sonatas to appear since that by Dumay and Pires (Deutsche Grammophon). It has more or less the same virtues and its very few ...
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ArticleChants Juifs. Traditional: Kol nidrei, Question, Psaume, Conversation, Prière, Chanson, Kaddish, Incertitude. Zygel: Nigun, Psalmodie, Chemah. Bloch: Nigun, Prière, Supplication, Jewish Song, Méditati
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) Daria Hovora (piano) Sinfonia Varsovia/JÁ nos FürstComposer: Traditional, Zygel, Bloch, RavelThis beautifully recorded release is a personal voyage for Sonia Wieder-Atherton, whose thoughts both philosophical and autobiographical are printed in the accompanying CD booklet. Although some of the material ...
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ArticleEsperanza Spalding – Chamber Music Society
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Esperanza Spalding (double bass/voice) Entcho Todorov (violin) Lois Martinu(viola) David Eggar (cello) Leo Genovese (piano) Terri Lyne Carrington (drums) Quintino Cinalli (percussion) Gretchen Parlato (voice)Composer: VariousBy combining string- and rhythm-section trios, Spalding brings together her musical childhood and latter development. A violinist ...
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ArticleFleur de Paris. Works by Scotto, Fauré, Konyn/Ulmer/Luypaerts, Trenet, Ravel, Legrand, Vandair, Debussy, Luoiguy, Giraud, Satie & Poulenc
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Twelve Cellists of the Berlin PhilharmonicComposer: Scotto, Fauré, Konyn/Ulmer/Luypaerts, Trenet, Ravel, Legrand, Vandair, Debussy, Luoiguy, Giraud, Satie & PoulencWhat an odd collection this is. No sooner do you press the play button than mighty, exaggerated portamentos and sugared harmonies announce that we ...
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ArticleBach: Suites for solo cello no.1 in G major BWV1007, no.4 in E flat major BWV1010 & no.5 in C minor BWV1011 (transcr. viola)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Maxim Rysanov (viola)Composer: Bach Although the booklet lists the three suites included in this recording in ascending numerical order, the CD starts with the full-bodied E flat major arpeggiations of Suite no.4. Seldom can they have been more sonorous than ...
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Irish violinist Emma Waldron's performance puts her into Miss World finals
Miss Ireland Emma Waldron secured her place in tomorrow's finals of Miss World 2010 after playing a medley on her violin. The 21-year-old's performance won her the Miss World Talent 2010 title at this year's contest in Sanya, China. Waldron has previously co-led the Dublin Youth Symphony Orchestra on a ...
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Cleveland Orchestra receives $20m gift to increase access for younger audiences
The Cleveland Orchestra will put a gift of $20m towards the creation of a new Center for Future Audiences. The money has been pledged by the Maltz Family Foundation to support the orchestra's plans to increase accessibility for young people. The orchestra has set itself the goal of having the ...
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Orchestra plays to crowds in railway station to protest against Dutch centre closure
Around 150 musicians put on an impromptu performance in The Hague's central station this morning. The flashmob orchestra played the Mambo from Bernstein's West Side Story (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8S-FqkI1o) on the day that the Dutch parliament begins its debate over plans to close the Netherlands Broadcasting Music Centre. If the proposal ...
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Joseph Lin replaces Nick Eanet as Juilliard Quartet first violinist
The Juilliard Quartet has appointed Joseph Lin as its new first violinist. He replaces Nick Eanet, who resigned due to health issues. The 32-year-old Lin will join the quartet next year, and will also become a member of the Juilliard School faculty, starting in the autumn of 2011. Lin ...
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Greyhound sniffs out stolen bows worth £110,000
A case of antique violin bows that was stolen from bow maker Peter Oxley has been found. A greyhound called Angel discovered the collection of French and English bows while being taken for a walk in a park in Ipswich. The eleven bows, including examples by Charles Peccatte and Etienne ...
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Londoner breaks violin speed record on live TV
A violinist from London has broken the record for the fastest performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee. Oliver Lewis played the piece live on BBC children's show Blue Peter in a time of 1 minute 3.35 seconds, knocking nearly a second off the previous record. A Guinness World Records ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers acquires 1697 'Molitor' Stradivari in auction
The 'Molitor' Stradivari violin of 1697 (pictured) has been sold online by Tarisio for $3.6m, a world record price for a musical instrument sold at auction. It was bought by American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who currently performs on the 'Royal Spanish' Stradivari of 1730. The ...
