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ArticleProkofiev: Six pieces from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (transcr. Borisovsky). Shostakovich: Seven Preludes op.34 (transcr. Strakhov), Viola Sonata op.147
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Robin Ireland (viola) Tim Horton (piano) Composer: Prokofiev, ShostakovichThere have already been several recording of Vadim Borisovsky’s tremendously effective arrangement for viola and piano of music from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet. Robin Ireland includes the complete first set of six ...
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ArticleKreutzer: Violin Concertos no.15 in A major, no.18 in E minor & no.19 in D minor
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Laurent Albrecht Breuninger (violin) SWR Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern/Alun FrancisComposer: KreutzerRodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831) is best known for his 42 Études. Along with Paris Conservatoire colleagues Rode and Baillot, he was a protégé of Viotti, which is reflected in these concertos. All three works ...
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ArticleCorrette: Les délices de la solitude op.20
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Bassorum vox Composer: CorretteMichel Corrette’s Les délices de la solitude (1738–9) is one of the first French cello sonata collections. Its six works combine French and Italian style elements and offer South Korean Baroque cellist Seung-Yeon Lee ample opportunity to ...
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ArticleRode: 24 Caprices en forme d’études
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)Composer: Rode First printed in 1815, Rode’s 24 Caprices are charming pieces, far more than the didactic exercises that the term ‘étude’ might suggest, with moments of real beauty amid their extreme virtuosic demands. Elizabeth Wallfisch, playing on ...
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ArticleGlazunov: Violin Concerto in A minor op.82. Dvorák: Violin Concerto in A minor op.53. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major op.35*
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Nathan Milstein (violin) Pittsburgh Symphony/William Steinberg, Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Frederick Stock*Composer: Glazunov, Dvorák, TchaikovskyNathan Milstein had special insights into the Glazunov Concerto, having performed it several times either with or in front of the composer. This, the middle of his three recordings and ...
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ArticleDvorák: String Quartets in C major op.61 & F major op.96 ‘American’
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Wihan Quartet Composer: Dvorák These 2004 recordings, previously available only from the Wihan Quartet website, come a long way after the group’s splendid coupling of Dvo?ák’s op.51 and op.106 and do not quite fulfil the promise of those 1996–97 performances.It is traditional ...
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ArticleSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956, Overture in C minor D8 (arr. Geringas)
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Acies Quartet, David Geringas (cello) Composer: SchubertIt would be easy to overlook yet another performance of the great C major Quintet, but it would be a mistake to do so. The young Acies Quartet from Austria, eight years old at the ...
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ArticleSchubert: Arpeggione Sonata D821, Lieder
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Antoine Tamestit (viola) Sandrine Piau (soprano) Markus Hadulla (piano)Composer: Schubert This recording celebrates the viola as a singing instrument in music by one of the most lyrical of all composers. Its cornerstones are haunting readings of the ‘Arpeggione’ Sonata and ...
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ArticleAll Dressed in Yellow
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Fiddlers’ Bid: Andrew Gifford, Kevin Henderson, Maurice Henderson, Chris Stout (fiddle) Catriona McKay (clarsach, piano) Jonathan Ritch (bass) Fionan de Barra (guitar) These Shetlanders have proved themselves masters at bridging their own folk tradition with fiddle music from beyond their islands, and ...
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ArticleBull: Violin Concerto in A major, Concerto fantastico, The Herdgirl’s Sunday, La melancolie (arr. Halvorsen/Plagge), La verbena de San Juan, A Mountain Vision
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Annar Follesø (violin) Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Ole Kristian RuudComposer: BullOle Bull aimed to out-Paganini Paganini, and in his lifetime he pretty much succeeded, as the plaudits of Schumann and Joachim in the comprehensive notes for this CD suggest. Certainly the combination of extravagant, ...
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ArticleWoodbox Beats & Balladry
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Daniel Bernard Roumain (violin)Composer: Various Haitian–American composer–violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) uses four-, five- and six-string violins as part of his innovative, electro-fuelled sound world. The album opens with turntabling and a sassy beat, progressing stylistically through break-beats, acoustic ballads ...
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ArticleBurgon: Viola Concerto ‘Ghosts of the Dance’, Cello Concerto, Merciless Beauty
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Philip Dukes (viola) Josephine Knight (cello) Sarah Connolly (mezzo) City of London Sinfonia/Rumon GambaComposer: BurgonThanks to Geoffrey Burgon’s highly successfully career in film and television soundtracks, his concert music sits comfortably among those composers working in a modern tonality. Both concertos are ...
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ArticleSabrina-Vivian Höpcker (violin) Northwest German Philharmonic/Edwin Outwater, Göttingen Symphony Orchestra/Martin Brauß
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Bruch: Scottish Fantasy op.64. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor op.64Composer: Bruch, MendelssohnAlthough Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker has established a place for herself among today’s gifted young German violinists, I cannot understand why at this early stage in her career she has brought this ...
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ArticleQSF Plays Brubeck
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Quartet San FranciscoComposer: Brubeck This is hugely enjoyable. With his sophisticated, classically trained approach and unusual time signatures, Dave Brubeck translates well to a string quartet. You lose a lot of instrumental contrast, of course, but the losses are mostly ...
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ArticleCello Quartet – original works by Matz, Laboccetta, Golterman, Paque, Corrette, Grützmacher, Fitzenhagen, Wagenseil, Pahissa, Morera, Huguet & Casals
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Tritton Cello Ensemble Composer: Matz, Laboccetta, Golterman, Paque, Corrette, Grützmacher, Fitzenhagen, Wagenseil, Pahissa, Morera, Huguet & CasalsIt’s a pity that the Tritton Cello Ensemble, which boasts three Stradivari and one Gagliano, has largely restricted itself to original quartet works for this disc, ...
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ArticleCorigliano: Violin Concerto ‘The Red Violin’, Phantasmagoria – Suite from ‘The Ghosts of Versailles’
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Michael Ludwig (violin) Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/JoAnn FallettaComposer: Corigliano This disc plunges you with carefree abandon into the highly coloured and expressive world of Corigliano. After the expertly performed suite from the composer’s opera The Ghosts of Versailles comes the ...
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ArticleSainsbury: Violin Concerto haydn. Wood: Violin Concerto*
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Lorraine McAslan (violin) BBC Concert Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth, Gavin Sutherland*Composer: Sainsbury, Wood Following on from her outstanding account of York Bowen’s Violin Concerto for Dutton with the late, much-missed Vernon Handley, Lorraine McAslan once again proves a highly persuasive ...
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Violinist Nick Eanet to leave Juilliard Quartet
The Juilliard Quartet's first violinist Nick Eanet is to leave the group because of health problems. Eanet, who made his debut with the quartet last September, is suffering from an acute but not life-threatening digestive ailment that makes extended touring too difficult. He will remain with the group next season ...
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Violinist and conductor Jaime Laredo nets 1723 Montagnana
A Montagnana violin of 1723 has sold at auction in London for £612,000. The figure, which includes 20 per cent buyer's premium, is a world record price for the maker, according to auctioneers Brompton's. The violin, which had been given an estimate of £250,000–£350,000, attracted serious bids from several musicians ...
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Russian Artem Chirkov wins Bradetich solo double bass competition
Artem Chirkov from Russia has won the first Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition held in Denton, Texas. Chirkov, 30, from St Petersburg, received $10,000 as well as a CD recording contract and performance engagements. The $5,000 second prize went to Namgyun Kim from South Korea. Rex Surany of ...
