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ArticleBloch: 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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Article'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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ArticleSol 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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ArticleThe 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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ArticleViolinist 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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ArticleViolinist 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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ArticleAnne-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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ArticleVaughan 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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ArticleTaneyev: 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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ArticleSchumann: 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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ArticleSchubert: 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. ...
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ArticleSaint-Saëns: Cello Concertos - no.1 in A minor op.33, no.2 in D minor op.119; Suite for cello and orchestra op.16; Allegro appassionato op.43
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: A forgotten cellist's Saint-Saëns finally makes it on to CDMusicians: Christine Walevska (cello) Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Eliahu InbalComposer: Saint-SaënsCatalogue number: DECCA ELOQUENCE 482 2033 Born in Los Angeles in 1948, Christine Walevska (or Walewska) enjoyed a brief vogue in the 1970s when ...
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ArticleMy World - Kennedy: Dedications, Three Sisters
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Nigel Kennedy turns composer as he invites us into his worldMusicians: Nigel Kennedy (violin), Orphy Robinson (percussion), Adam Czerwinski (drums), Doug Boyle, Julian Buschberger, Rolf Bussalb (guitars), Tomasz Kupiec (bass guitar), Oxford Philharmonic OrchestraComposer: Nigel KennedyCatalogue number: NEUE MEISTER MUSIK LCD6203 In ...
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ArticleMondonville: Six Trio Sonatas op.2
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Fascinating trio sonatas in the Corellian mouldMusicians: Ensemble Diderot/Johannes Pramsohler (violin)Composer: MondonvilleCatalogue number: AUDAX ADX13707 Mondonville’s six Trio Sonatas op.2 intermingle the French and Italian styles. Each comprises four movements after Corelli’s da chiesa model, with a double fugue second in the ...
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ArticleDeliverance
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Sounds of the north as players from Shetland and Scandinavia come togetherMusicians: The Nordic Fiddlers BlocCatalogue number: WWW.THENORDICFIDDLERSBLOC.COM NFBCD001 The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc has one of the finest ensemble sounds in Scandinavian folk music – a trio of string voices closely related ...
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ArticleMusic for Violin and Viola - Bruch: Double Concerto in E minor op.88, Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia, Martinu¯: Three Madrigals (Duo no.1), Mozart: Duo no.1 in G major K423; Sinfonia concertante in E f
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: A bargain collection of repertoire for violin and violaMusicians: Davide Alogna (violin), José Adolfo Alejo (viola), Camerata de Coahuila/Ramón ShadeComposer: Bruch, Handel-Halvorsen, Martinu¯, Mozart, Pleyel, Ponce, SpohrCatalogue number: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95241 (2 CDs) This CD set explores ‘the playful intertwining of two ...
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ArticleWilliam Primrose performs his viola transcription of Paganini Caprice no.5 [Audio]
In this audio clip, recently uploaded to YouTube, British violist William Primrose performs his own transcription of Paganini's Fifth Caprice. The live recording was made in London on 5 May 1934. Read: Violist Cynthia Phelps on studying with William Primrose and Donald McInnes Watch: William Primrose performs ...
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ArticleBruch: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor op.44; Adagio appassionato op.57; In memoriam op.65; Konzertstück op.84
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Liebeck and Brabbins continue their Bruch concerto cycle in styleMusicians: Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn BrabbinsComposer: BruchCatalogue number: HYPERION CDA68055 This disc is Volume 21 in Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series and the third Bruch recording I have reviewed in ...
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ArticleVivaldi: Violin Concertos opp.11 and 12
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Guglielmo is muscular and eloquent in Vivaldi's final collectionsMusicians: Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe), L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (violin)Composer: VivaldiCatalogue number: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95048 (2 CDs) Federico Guiglielmo gives persuasive performances of the ten violin concertos in these two collections. He seems unusually relaxed ...
