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Violinist Ray Chen breaks his string mid-performance
In the video above Ray Chen demonstrates exactly how to react when breaking a string mid-performance. The violinist is performing with the Taiwan Philharmonic on a recent tour of Brussels when his string breaks. Coolly he turns to the orchestral leader and swaps instruments before continuing to ...
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Guretzky: Cello Concertos - in A minor, G major, F major, D major; Violin Concerto in D major, ÄŒernohorský: Fugue in A minor
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Charming Czech string concertos cast in the Italian Baroque mouldMusicians: Rodolfo Richter (violin), Kinga Gáborjáni (cello), Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen/Robert RawsonComposer: Guretzky, ÄŒernohorskýCatalogue number: CHANDOS CHACONNE CHAN 0816 No, me neither, but Josef Antonín Guretzky (1709–69) hailed from KromÄ›ríž (now in ...
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10-year-old Leia Zhu performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto
10-year-old British violinist Leia Zhu performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto at the Leonidas Kavakos masterclass in Athens, Greece in April 2017. Her piano accompanist is Ai Motohashi.Zhu is currently studying with Professor Itzhak Rashkovsky and is a regular participant in Zakhar Bron’s violin masterclasses in Switzerland.Watch: 8-year-old Leia ...
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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs at London's Wigmore Hall, 2017
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja gives a humorous and characterful performance of Giya Kancheli's Rag-Gidon-Time at London's Wigmore Hall on 27 March 2017 with pianist Polina Leschenko. The concert was captured by medici.tv - the full performance of Webern, Schumann, Bartók and Ravel can be viewed here. Watch: Patricia ...
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Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85, Martinů: Cello Concerto no.11
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Gabetta's exhilarating Martinů and melancholy Elgar concertos, captured liveMusicians: Sol Gabetta (cello), Berlin Philharmonic/Simon Rattle; Krzysztof UrbańskiComposer: Elgar, MartinůCatalogue number: SONY CLASSICAL 8898530792 Sol Gabetta’s vividly recorded live performance of the Elgar Cello Concerto with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic offers ...
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Cariwthen: Violin Sonata, Pitfield: Sonata no.1 in A major, Berkeley; Elegy and Toccata op.33 nos. 2 and 3, Delius: Légende, Ireland: Berceuse; Bagatelle, Orr: Minuet; Serenade, Scott: Two Sonnets, Yo
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Unfairly neglected British composers are at last given their place in the sunMusicians: Fenella Humphreys (violin), Nathan Williamson (piano)Composer: Cariwthen, Pitfield, Berkeley, Delius, Ireland, Orr, Scott, YoungCatalogue number: LYRITA SRCD 359 Pride of place in this recital, which features several premiere recordings, ...
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Brahms: String Sextets no.1 in B flat major op.18; no.2 in G major op.36
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Valedictory, live-recorded memento of a quartet's 20-year partnershipMusicians: Cypress Quartet, Barry Shiffman (viola) Zuill Bailey (cello)Composer: BrahmsCatalogue number: AVIE AV 2294 Formed in 1996, the San Francisco-based Cypress Quartet decided to call it a day in 2016 after two decades together. As ...
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Violist Yuri Bashmet shares his dream about Vladimir Putin
I dreamed that my president Vladimir Putin was wearing a suit and white sports shoes - and he was very angry with me...' In a lighthearted interlude during his masterclass on Shostakovich's Sonata for Viola and Piano at the Verbier Festival Academy, Yuri Bashmet shares a dream ...
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Bloch: Cello Suites nos.1–3, Dallapiccola: Ciaccona, Intermezzo e Adagio, Ligeti: Sonata for solo cello
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Expressive, and impressive, solo programme from the British cellistMusicians: Natalie Clein (cello)Composer: Ligti, Dallapiccola, BlochCatalogue number: HYPERION CDA 68155 For her first solo disc, Natalie Clein has chosen a sequence of introspective works and the prevailing mood music suits her. Ernest Bloch’s ...
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'You don't need to move your whole body to make a big sound' - violinist Maxim Vengerov
Play with your hands - and with more bow - but don't move your whole body'Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto at London's Royal Academy of Music, and suggests that less is more when it comes to moving your body while playing. The violin student ...
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Sol Gabetta performs Elgar's Cello Concerto
Sol Gabetta performs Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Simon Rattle at the Easter Festival, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden in 2014. Read: ‘Teachers should adapt their methods to students’ individual techniques,’ says cellist Sol Gabetta Watch: Cellist Sol Gabetta performs – and sings – at the ...
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The Bach Album - Bach: Violin Sonata no.2 in A minor BWV1003; Cello Suite no.4 in E flat major BWV1010; Flute Partita in A minor BWV1013; Ciaconna from Violin Partita no.2 in D minor BWV1004
The Strad Issue: April 2017Description: Bach violin works sound majestic transcribed for viola da gambaMusicians: Fahmi Alqhai (viola da gamba)Composer: BachCatalogue number: GLOSSA GCD P33205 Fahmi Alqhai’s gamba transcriptions of four of Bach’s solo works for other instruments preserve their originals’ essential DNA but involve transpositions, modifications ...
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Violinist Janine Jansen performs Brahms aged 13
A 13-year-old Janine Jansen demonstrates perfect control and a sweet, singing tone in Brahms's Third Violin Sonata at Indiana University's String Academy in 1991. Watch: Janine Jansen rehearses Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris in 2015 Read: Janine Jansen receives 1707 Stradivarius violin on ten-year loan
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Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Brahms's Violin Concerto in 1978
In this live recording from 1978, violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with London's Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Lawrence Foster. Filmed by Christopher Nupen, the video was recently released on YouTube by Allegro Films. Read: ‘Never practise for more than five hours per day,’ says violinist ...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter on what makes Stradivarius violins so special
If you ask the right questions, the violin will be a mate for life...these Stradivari violins have the amazing capacity to keep the substance of their sound, even when playing at the quietest pianissimo' German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter speaks about the very special quality of her own ...
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Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; The Solent; Fantasia for piano and orchestra; Six Short Pieces for piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: April 2017 Description: Pike's soaring Lark is a masterclass in expressive free flightMusicians: Jennifer Pike (violin), Sina Kloke (piano), Chamber Orchestra of New York/Salvatore di VittorioComposer: Vaughan WilliamsCatalogue number: NAXOS 8.573530 Jennifer Pike opens The Lark Ascending with delicacy and grace, ...
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Taneyev: Complete String Quartets vol.5 - String Quartet no.8 in C major; String Quintet no.2 in C major op.16
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: The Carpe Diem's continuing series reveals the two faces of TaneyevMusicians: Carpe Diem Quartet, James Buswell (viola)Composer: TaneyevCatalogue number: NAXOS 8.573671 The ordering of Taneyev’s eleven string quartets is confusing: the first and last were unfinished and remain unnumbered, and the posthumously ...
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Schumann: Violin Sonatas - no.1 in A minor op.105, no.2 in D minor op.121; Fünf Stücke im Volkston op.102
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: The poet speaks as a Norwegian duo take on the violin sonatasMusicians: Arvid EngegŠrd (violin), Nils Anders Mortensen (piano)Composer: SchumannCatalogue number: LAWO LWC1110 Schumann’s late violin sonatas are so rich in fantasy and unpredictable incident that it’s no wonder each new recording ...
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Schubert: String Quartet no.14 in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’, Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor op.56 ‘Voces intimae’
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Two soul-searching quartets played with warmth and vitalityMusicians: Ehnes QuartetComposer: Schubert, SibeliusCatalogue number: ONYX 4163 The Ehnes Quartet’s shared philosophy of sound and blend, plus its unanimity of pacing and purpose, especially beguile the ear in its interpretations of these soul-searching works. ...