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ArticleMendelssohn: Trios no.1 in D ?minor op.49 & no.2 in C minor op.66
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Itzhak Perlman (violin) Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emanuel Ax (piano)Composer: MendelssohnThis grouping of ?three star?names ?offers performances ?with an exuberant ?sweep in playing of glowing warmth and purposeful strength.?There is an abundance of detail?brought about by the immaculate balance between instruments, and the ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Triple Concerto in C major for violin, cello and piano op.56. Brahms: Double Concerto in A minor ?for violin and?cello op.102
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Trio Poseidon, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi Composer: Beethoven, BrahmsThis ‘Triple’ Concerto has the immediate benefit of?soloists – violinist Sara Trobäck Hesselink, cellist Claes Gunnarsson and pianist Per Lundberg – who appear on a regular basis as the Trio Poseidon alongside their individual ...
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartets in G major op.18 no.2, C major op.59 no.3 (Rasumovsky), C?sharp minor op.131 & A minor op.132
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Artemis QuartetComposer: BeethovenThough dating from 1998?and 2002, these are?‘historical’ recordings, as two members of the ensemble have since departed. Virgin is issuing the whole series taped for West German Radio, no doubt reasoning that it gains a Beethoven cycle on the cheap, ...
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ArticleJanácek: Violin Sonata. ?Messiaen: Thème et variations. Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale Suite. Shostakovich: Violin Sonata op.134
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Victor Danchenko (violin) ?Hugh Sung, Patricia Parr (piano) ?Joaquin Valdepenas (clarinet) Composer: Janácek, ?Messiaen, Stravinsky, ShostakovichThe Peabody Institute’s proofreader was clearly on holiday when this CD was prepared – ‘Sutie’ rather than ‘Suite’ appears on the cover, among other slips, and ...
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quintets in E flat major op.4 & C major op.29, Fugue in D major op.137, Prelude and Fugue Fragment in D minor H40
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Endellion Quartet, David Adams (viola)Composer: BeethovenThese performances have been somewhat closely but?well caught by the engineers, and they demonstrate technical assurance, rhythmic drive and elegant shaping of the phrase alongside exemplary balance and blend. The players often bring orchestral sonorities to the ...
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ArticleVirtuoso Double Bass Vol.2. Bottesini: Operatic fantasies & arrangements of arias etc
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Leon Bosch (double bass) Sung-Suk Kang (piano)Composer: Bottesini Leon Bosch demonstrates a natural affinity with?Bottesini’s bravura style. His performances combine sonorous, lyrical,?exquisitely nuanced playing with?a?remarkable command of the instrument’s?bravura potential.Bosch interprets four of Bottesini’s opera fantasias with drama, poetry ...
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ArticleDohnányi: Violin Sonata in C sharp minor op.21, Ruralia hungarica op.32c, Romanza (arr. Heifetz) Janácek: Violin Sonata, Dumka, Romance, Allegro, Lístek odvanutý (arr. Š tedron)
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Hagai Shaham (violin) Arnon Erez (piano)Composer: Dohnányi, Janácek (arr. Š t?dro?)Hagai Shaham gives a?deliciously rich and eloquent account of Dohnányi’s Violin Sonata, positively old-fashioned in?its generous vibrato and abundance of portamentos. He is adept at combining broad-spanned lyricism with narrative drama, driving ...
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ArticleCage: Six Melodies for Violin and Keyboard, Two4, Nocturne, Two6
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Andreas Seidel (violin) ?Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)Composer: CageDespite his prolific output, there’s little music by John Cage for violin and piano – perhaps, as pianist Steffen Schleiermacher suggests in his informative booklet notes, the composer was put off by the duo’s associations with ...
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ArticleElgar: Violin Concerto in B minor op.61, Prelude to The Kingdom op.51, Prelude? & ?Angel’s Farewell from The?Dream of?Gerontius
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano) Hallé/Mark ElderComposer: Elgar ‘It’s good! Awfully emotional! Too emotional… but I love it,’ enthused Elgar about his?Violin Concerto. Delius,?not one of Elgar’s greatest admirers at the best of times, dryly commented: ‘I?found it a bit ...
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ArticleClimbing the Skies. Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet. Watkins: Sad Steps. Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor op.84
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Aronowitz EnsembleComposer: Vaughan Williams, Watkins, ElgarFor its debut disc, the enterprising Aronowitz Ensemble brings together three British works inspired by ‘nostalgia and a longing for reinvention’, but the result is neither indulgent nor gloomy. Far from it: Vaughan Williams’s Phantasy Quintet for ...
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ArticleFor David and Wu Han. Jalbert: Cello Sonata. Auerbach: Cello?Sonata. Adolphe: Couple. Tsontakis: Mirror Image
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: David Finckel (cello) Wu Han (piano)Composer: Jalbert, Auerbach, Adolphe, TsontakisFollowing in the tradition of his teacher Rostropovich, David Finckel and his?wife Wu Han have?over the years commissioned a?number of established composers to enrich the repertoire for cello and piano, the ...
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ArticleStravinsky: Suite d’après des thèmes, fragments et morceaux de Giambattista Pergolesi, Pastorale, Airs du rossignol et Marche chinoise, Prélude et Ronde des princesses, Chanson russe, Divertimento, Da
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Anthony Marwood (violin) ?Thomas? Adès (piano)Composer: StravinskyStravinsky’s ‘complete’ music for violin and piano consists of one original piece, his Duo concertant of 1932, and a set of arrangements taken mostly from his own oeuvre. The title here is slightly misleading, as Stravinsky ...
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ArticleBarber: Violin Concerto. Bernstein: Serenade. Bloch: Baal Shem
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Vadim Gluzman (violin) SÁo Paulo Symphony Orchestra/John NeschlingComposer: Barber, Bernstein, BlochBarber’s Violin Concerto is a notoriously difficult work to bring off convincingly. The Walton-like nostalgia of the first two movements is counterbalanced by a?finale whose hurtling forward momentum feels slightly ...
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ArticlePeacocks/Pink Monsters
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Judgement Day: Anton Patzner (violin) Lewis Patzner (cello) John Bush (drums)Composer: Various Don’t be beguiled by the artsy cardboard-picture-book CD case: there’s nothing wholemeal here. This is thrashy, high-voltage ‘string metal’, music feasting on E-numbers and electricity with a result ...
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ArticleStrewn With Ribbons
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Lauren MacColl (fiddle) Chris Stout (viola) Su-a Lee (cello) Barry Reid (guitar) Mhairi Hall (piano) Composer: VariousInstrumentalist of the year at the 2009 Scots Trad Music Awards, Lauren MacColl has turned out a?remarkably assured second album. The title comes from a prophecy ...
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Christie's claims record for Gasparo da Salò viola
A c.1585 viola by Brescian maker Gasparo da Salò sold at Christie's on Wednesday for $542,500, which the auction house claims is a new world record for the maker. The sale in New York made a total of $2,522,625, with 91 per cent of lots sold. Other highlights included a ...
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Juilliard Quartet's original cellist Arthur Winograd dies aged 90
Arthur Winograd, one of the founding members of the Juilliard Quartet, has died in New Jersey at the age of 90. He studied cello at the New England Conservatory and the Curtis Institute before founding the Juilliard Quartet in 1946 with violinists Robert Koff and Robert Mann, and violist Raphael ...
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Violinists Xiang Yu and Kerson Leong triumph at Menuhin Competition
Chinese violinist Xiang Yu, 21, and Canadian Kerson Leong, 13, won the senior and junior divisions respectively at the Menuhin Competition for young violinists. The start of the contest in Oslo was delayed because of the volcano-triggered flight bans in Europe, and several north American competitors were unable to make ...
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Stringed instruments go on display at Arizona museum
Phoenix's Musical Instrument Museum opens this weekend. Claiming to be the first global museum of its kind, it will initially display 3,000 instruments and objects, with every country in the world represented. Instruments will be exhibited in five Geo-Galleries, each focusing on a different region. The museum's European stringed instrument ...
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Young stars lead violin-heavy string programme at BBC Proms
The BBC has unveiled the programme for its summer Proms festival, which runs from 16 July to 11 September. String interest is dominated by staples of the violin repertoire, including concertos by Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Barber, Korngold, Shostakovich and Berg. Young women violinists are particularly well represented, with Nicola ...
