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ArticleThe Cello’s Russian Voice. Glinka/Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninoff: Arrangements of songs
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Dmitry Ferschtman (cello), Mila Baslawskaja (piano)Composer: Glinka, Tchaikovsky, RachmaninoffIt’s not often that a CD booklet is as lavishly presented as this one, featuring colour reproductions of landscapes and portraits by Levitan, Zhukovsky and Repin in the booklet alongside the poetry of Tolstoy, ...
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ArticleKhachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor, Concerto–Rhapsody in B flat minor
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Nicolas Koeckert (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/José SerebrierComposer: KhachaturianThough Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto remains on the fringes of the concert repertoire, it has fared well both in the quantity and quality of its recordings. This latest one comes from the German–Brazilian violinist Nicolas Koeckert, ...
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Poll shows public backs UK music education and instrument tuition
A poll commissioned by the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has shown that the UK public overwhelmingly supports school music lessons. Ninety-one per cent of British adults think that children should be given the chance to learn an instrument at school, according to the new research. The poll also ...
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Tarisio to auction Philadelphia violin shop inventory online
Online auction house Tarisio is to sell the entire collection of William Moennig & Son, the Philadelphia violin shop that closed in December 2009 after 100 years in business. The sale from 22-24 June will comprise more than 800 lots of instruments, bows, photographs, books and seasoned tonewood. Some ...
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Vuillaume 'Evangelists' quartet to be loaned as competition prize
A matched quartet of instruments by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume is the prize in a new quartet competition. The contest, open to quartets with an average age of up to 28, is set to conclude on 13 July 2010 with the finals held at London's Wigmore Hall. The winning quartet will receive ...
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Public outcry as EMI plans to sell Abbey Road studios used by Menuhin and Elgar
Reacting to reports that EMI has put its Abbey Road recording studios up for sale, Britain's National Trust is asking the public whether the studios should be saved. In a statement on its website, the National Trust said: 'If there is enough momentum, we may launch a campaign to save ...
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Violinist and cellists win Yamaha prizes
Violinist Jiafeng Chen and cellists Mikhail Nemtsov and Yoshika Masuda were the winning finalists in the Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe Scholarship Awards in London. Each received a prize of £2,000. Chen, 22, studies with Jan Repko at the Royal College of Music in London. Masuda, 23, and Nemtsov, 22, ...
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Borletti-Buitoni Trust success for Elias and Pavel Haas quartets
The Elias Quartet and the Pavel Haas Quartet are among the winners of this year's Borletti-Buitoni Trust awards. The UK-based Elias Quartet received a £30,000 award, and the Pavel Haas Quartet from the Czech Republic won a Special Ensemble Scholarship worth £20,000.
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Violinist André Rieu's album reaches no.2 in UK pop charts
André Rieu's album Forever Vienna has climbed to no.2 in the British pop charts, the highest position ever reached by a classical instrumentalist. The recording features the Dutch violinist and his Johann Strauss Orchestra in popular Strauss waltzes, polkas and other dances. Rieu's no.2 spot surpasses the no.3 place achieved ...
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Violinists Gareth Johnson and Randall Goosby take top awards at Detroit Sphinx competition
Violinists Randall Goosby and Gareth Johnson have taken top honours at the Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players. Goosby won the $5,000 first prize in the junior division. The 13-year-old from Bartlett, Tennessee, is a student of Philippe Quint. Johnson, 24, was awarded $10,000 and a CD ...
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ArticleA German Bouquet. Works by Schop, Schmelzer, Muffat, Krieger, Buxtehude, Bach, Erlebach & Pisendel
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Trio Settecento Composer: Schop, Schmelzer, Muffat, Krieger, Buxtehude, Bach, Erlebach & PisendelTrio Settecento’s accounts of the four trio sonatas in this programme of German Baroque music suffer from problems of balance, John Mark Rozendaal’s gamba occasionally seeming too distant in several passages ...
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Soviet-trained violinist Nelli Shkolnikova dies in Melbourne
Violinist Nelli Shkolnikova has died in Australia. Born in the Ukraine in 1928, Shkolnikova studied with Yuri Yankelevich at the Moscow Conservatoire. She launched her international career after winning first prize at the Long-Thibaud Competition in 1953. She made three tours to the US, appearing at Lincoln Center and with ...
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Violinist and cellist triumph at Unisa competition in South Africa
Yura Lee and Georgi Anichenko won the violin and cello categories respectively at the Unisa International String Competition in Pretoria, South Africa. The 24-year-old Lee, from South Korea, played the Tchaikovsky Concerto in the final. Anichenko, also 24, from Belarus, won with his performance of the Dvorák Cello Concerto. Each ...
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Scottish fiddler Daniel Thorpe crowned Young Traditional Musician of the Year
Fiddler Daniel Thorpe has been named BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year. The 23-year-old from Inverurie in Aberdeenshire is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. The award includes performance opportunities and the chance to record a CD.
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ArticleHaydn: String Quartets vol.2: Quartets op.50 no.1 in B flat major, no.4 in F sharp minor & no.5 in F major
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Leipzig QuartetComposer: HaydnThe Leipzig Quartet and its record company seem intent on covering every corner of the repertoire. But like every other disc of this ensemble that has come my way, this second volume of a Haydn cycle rarely rises above a ...
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ArticleLeclair: Violin Sonatas Book 1 nos.9–12
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Adrian Butterfield (Baroque violin) Alison McGillivray (viola da gamba) Laurence Cummings (harpsichord) Composer: Leclair Adrian Butterfield, Alison McGillivray and Laurence Cummings bring sure technical command, sound stylistic sense and uncomplicated, utterly instinctive musicianship to these accounts, which conclude their project on Leclair’s ...
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ArticleMendelssohn: Piano Trios no.1 in D minor op.49 & no.2 in C minor op.66
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Eggner TrioComposer: Mendelssohn Recording performances live does not guarantee a spontaneous result, in fact I sometimes wonder if it militates against one. The young Eggner Trio – the brothers Christoph (piano), Georg (violin) and Florian (cello) – clearly know the ...
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ArticleAndrae: String Quartets no.1 in B flat major op.9 & no.2 in E major op.33, Quartet for flute and strings op.43
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Lochrian Ensemble of LondonComposer: Andrae The most profound problem facing any young composer emerging at the beginning of the 20th century was developing a personal voice during a period of constant flux. A number of composers hit upon a fluid ...
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ArticlePaganini: Violin Concertos no.1 in D major op.6 & no.2 in B minor op.7. Rossini: Matilde di Shabran Overture
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Rudolf Koelman (violin) Netherlands Symphony Orchestra/Jan Willem de VriendComposer: Paganini, RossiniRudolf Koelman, one of Heifetz’s last pupils, provides a very persuasive reading of these two well-loved works, while a suitably rumbustious reading of Rossini’s Matilde di Shabran Overture fills this engaging CD.It ...
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ArticleProkofiev: Violin Sonatas no.1 in F minor & no.2 in A major op.94, Five Melodies op.35b
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Vadim Tchijik (violin) David Bismuth (piano)Composer: ProkofievEven in such distinguished company as Itzhak Perlman (RCA) and Schlomo Mintz (DG), Erik Schumann’s 2008 coupling of Prokofiev’s two violin sonatas struck me as especially beguiling, particularly in the First Sonata’s feroce second movement and ...
