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ArticleSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956, String Quartets in D minor D810 ‘Tod und das Mädchen’ & G major D887
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Belcea Quartet, Valentin Erben (cello)Composer: Schubert In this vividly recorded and well-filled pair of CDs, the Belcea Quartet continues its survey of Schubert’s late chamber music pieces with monumental readings of the three greatest of them. ...
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ArticleWorld Wide Bass. Works by Piazzolla, Tugcular, Hirai, Abou-Khalil, Towner, Lowka, Egilsson & Trad
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Christine Hoock, Glen Moore (double bass) Dietmar Lowka (double bass/percussion) Barbara Nussbaum (piano) Andreas Hinterseher (accordion)Composer: Piazzolla, Tugcular, Hirai, Abou-Khalil, Towner, Lowka, Egilsson & Trad. Ten tracks take us on a highly enjoyable musical journey around the world, Christine Hoock and her ...
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ArticleForgotten Virtuosi. Works by Striggio, Baltzar, Schop, Nau, Castello, Marini etc
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Jonathan Talbott (Renaissance violin), Tormod Dalen (bass violin) Maxine Eilander (double harp), Andrew Maginley (theorbo/guitar) Stephen Taylor (organ)Composer: Striggio, Baltzar, Schop, Nau, Castello, Marini etcThis disc comprises an adventurous and engaging programme of violin works from the first half of the 17th ...
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ArticleJoshua Bell – at home with friends. Music by Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Lennon & McCartney, Berlin, Gershwin, etc
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Joshua Bell (violin) & guestsComposer: Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Lennon & McCartney, Berlin, Gershwin, etcJoshua Bell’s many admirers can rest assured that he is at his most tonally lustrous and musically seductive throughout this generous collection of lighter musical fare on the reflective side. ...
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ArticleFranck: String Quartet in D major, Piano Quintet in F minor
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Fine Arts Quartet, Cristina Ortiz (piano) Composer: FranckConsidering the popularity of the Violin Sonata it is surprising how rarely Franck’s other major chamber works are encountered both in the concert hall and on disc. The answer lies with his twin musical ...
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2010 Cologne Stradivari exhibition is postponed
The 'Stradivari: The Myth and The Music' exhibition that was due to be held at the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne next March has been put on hold. A spokesman for the museum said that the continuing global financial crisis and poor advance ticket sales were behind the decision. The event had ...
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Ansonia Trio wins Rutenberg Chamber Music Competition
The Ansonia Trio has won the grand prize at the Joan and Daniel Rutenberg Chamber Music Competition in Tampa, Florida. The New York-based piano trio was awarded $5,000 and a recital at the University of South Florida. The trio, which formed in January 2009, comprises violinist Angelia Cho, cellist Laura ...
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Brienz making school in Switzerland wins state award
The Geigenbauschule Brienz, the only specialist violin making school in Switzerland, has received the canton of Bern's 2009 Culture Prize. The award is 30,000 Swiss francs (about £18,000). The school, which is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year, was awarded a culture prize of 100,000 Swiss francs in 2001 from ...
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Viollinist Ronald Birks joins Chilingirian Quartet
The Chilingirian Quartet has appointed Ronald Birks as its new second violinist, replacing Richard Ireland. Birks was formerly second violinist in The Lindsays, the British quartet that disbanded in 2005.
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German cellist Christine Rauh wins Isang Yun contest
Christine Rauh, a 25-year-old cellist from Germany, has won first prize at the Isang Yun Competition in Tongyeong, Korea. Rauh, a graduate student of Jens Peter Maintz in Berlin, was awarded $30,000. Jee-Hye Bae of Korea took the $20,000 second prize. The third prize, of $10,000, went to Matthew Zalkind ...
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Japanese cellist Dai Miyata wins Rostropovich prize
Dai Miyata, a 23-year-old cellist from Japan, has won the first prize at the Concours Rostropovich in Paris. Miyata earned 10,000 euros for his victory. Jacob Koranyi, from Sweden, took second prize. Third prize went to Norbert Anger of Germany. The Concours Rostropovich, one of the world's leading cello competitions, ...
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ArticleMeyer: String Quartets no.5 op.42, no.6 op.51 & no.8 op.67
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Wieniawski QuartetComposer: MeyerThe Wieniawski Quartet features front-desk performers whose mutual understanding has matured over eleven years, and whose name (honouring Poland’s greatest violin virtuoso) sets them daunting challenges to which they rise effortlessly. It is led by Jaroslaw ?olnierczyk, concertmaster of the ...
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ArticleSchubert: Complete Works for Violin and Piano vol.1: Violin Sonatas in D major D384, A minor D385 & G minor D408; Rondo brillant in B minor D895
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Julia Fischer (violin) MartinuHelmchen (piano)Composer: Schubert We seem to have said goodbye for ever to the cuddly image of Schubert. And a good thing too, some may say. These splendid performances, perhaps the best of the current bunch, are definitely German rather ...
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ArticleShostakovich: Cello Concerto no.1 op.107. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme op.33
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Kim Cook (cello) Volgograd Symphony Orchestra/Edward SerovComposer: Shostakovich, TchaikovskyThis CD of tried and tested repertoire offers precious few musical insights and at 50 minutes duration represents rather poor value. The Shostakovich is particularly disappointing, suffering from a lacklustre recording with a rather ...
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ArticleSinding: Music for Violin and Piano vol.1: Suite im alten Stil op.10, Waltzes op.59 (excerpts), Cantus doloris op.78, Romance in D major op.79 no.2, Four Pieces op.81 nos.1 & 2, Three Pieces op.89 nos
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Henning Kraggerud (violin), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano)Composer: SindingIn his Norwegian homeland, Christian Sinding (1856–1941) is a major figure whose latest symphonies, operas, concertos and chamber works were once awaited with eager anticipation. Yet for many years the only piece by which he ...
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ArticleStamitz: Cello Concertos no.1 in G major & no.2 in A major, Sinfonia concertante in D major for violin, viola and orchestra*
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Ulrich Grehling (violin) Ulrich Koch (viola) Zoltan Ròcz (cello) Cappella Coloniensis/Günther Wich, Marcel Couraud*Composer: StamitzThe 18th-century Mannheim bigwig Carl Stamitz certainly produced well-crafted and pleasantly melodious music, but on the evidence of this disc offers very little that really sticks in the ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky: String Quartets no.1 in D major op.11 & no. 2 in F major op.22
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Utrecht QuartetComposer: TchaikovskyThe soulful and perfectly shaded opening of the D major Quartet, followed by impetuosity in the big and thrusting central theme, are indicative of the wide ranging mood changes and intensity of the Utrecht Quartet’s performance as a whole.The unaffected ...
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ArticleHaydn: 6 Sonatas for Violin and Viola (Hob.VI:1–6)
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Anton Steck (violin) Christian Goosses (viola) Composer: HaydnAnton Steck and Christian Goosses bring much vitality and refined musicianship to these performances, captured here in a clear and resonant recording. One’s pleasure remains undisturbed by the ‘balance of power’ in ...
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ArticleHolmboe: Violin Sonatas no.1, no.2 op.16 & no.3 op.89, Reminiscences, Violin Solo, Bagatelle no.1 ‘Arabesque’, Haiduc op.193
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Johannes Søe Hansen (violin) Christina Bjørkøe (piano)Composer: Holmboe This disc presents all of Danish composer Vagn Holmboe’s works for violin and piano. Imbued with a flavour of the folk music of his native land, as well of that ...
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ArticleMessiaen: Thème et variations (arr. Handy), Louange Á l'éternité de Jésus. Martinu: Cello Sonata no.1. Carter: Cello Sonata. Cutler: Music for Parakeets
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Lionel Handy (cello) Nigel Clayton (piano) Composer: Messiaen, Martinu Carter, CutlerWith this, his first solo disc, British cellist Lionel Handy marks both last year’s Messiaen and Carter centenaries and his own miraculous return to playing after serious injury. Messiaen’s Theme and ...
