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ArticleTorque. Bruch: Kol nidrei. Garrop: Torque. Hindemith: Viola Sonata op.11 no.4. Ravel: Pavane (arr. Borisovsky). Schumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Standards, arrangements and discoveries from this Belarusian–Swiss violistMusicians: Viacheslav Dinerchtein (viola) Mauricio Náder (piano)Composer: Bruch, Garrop, Hindemith, Ravel, SchumannCatalogue number: QUINDECIM QP 257 This ‘calling card’ recording offers a nicely chosen mix of both original and transcribed music. Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro ...
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ArticleJanine Jansen rehearses Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris
Violinist Janine Jansen rehearses Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris conducted by Paavo Järvi for concerts takings place in January 2015. Watch: Janine Jansen performs Brahms Violin Concerto under Bernard Haitink Read: Joshua Bell on performing and directing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto for the first time
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartet no.15 in A minor op.132. Mendelssohn: String Quartet no.2 in A minor op.13
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Sacconi pairs A minor quartets by two 19th-century mastersMusicians: Sacconi QuartetComposer: Beethoven, MendelssohnCatalogue number: SACCONI RECORDS SACC 105 The Sacconi Quartet’s fifth own-label release neatly pairs Beethoven’s late A minor Quartet (1825) with Mendelssohn’s own A minor work of two years ...
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ArticleBartók by Heart. Bartók: Complete String Quartets
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Chiara pulls off the feat of playing Bartók's quartets from memoryMusicians: Chiara QuartetComposer: BartókCatalogue number: AZICA ACD 71310 (2 CDs) The title of this disc is literally true: the Chiara Quartet plays from memory. This mnemonical feat must surely play a ...
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ArticleViktoria Mullova performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto 2016
Viktoria Mullova performs Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Insula orchestra conducted by Laurence Equilbey at the Philharmonie de Paris on October 15, 2016. The video was recorded by Medici.tv. Watch: Viktoria Mullova plays Sibelius Violin Concerto Watch: violinist Viktoria Mullova performs at the 1980 Sibelius Competition ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on politics and disability
Itzhak Perlman: 'That was a mindless kind of decision. It was terrible. You don't do that. It's almost not worth commenting on because it's so outrageous.' Itzhak Perlman reacts to Donald Trump's behavior toward a disabled reporter during the 2016 US presidential election campaign, and speaks more ...
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ArticleBach: Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas BWV1001–6
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Chung returns with a new recording of the solo violin's 'old testament'Musicians: Kyung Wha Chung (violin)Composer: BachCatalogue number: WARNER CLASSICS 9029 59441-6 (2 CDs) There are few sterner tests for a recording comeback than a complete set of solo Bach. Kyung Wha ...
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Article'You cannot practise impatiently,' says violinist Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman: 'Have an agenda and be patient. You cannot practise impatiently. I would rather practise with my head for two hours than mindlessly for eight!' Violinist Itzhak Perlman gives good, general advice for effective practice and for dealing with performance nerves. Read: Never practise for more ...
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ArticleTrios from Our Homelands. Babadjanian: Piano Trio in F sharp minor. Clarke: Piano Trio. Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Three rousing trios from Armenia, England and SwitzerlandMusicians: Lincoln TrioComposer: Babadjanian, Clarke, MartinCatalogue number: CEDILLE CDR 90000 165 The Chicago-based Lincoln Trio has come up with a charming idea for this well-recorded project, combining pieces from its members’ countries of origin: England, ...
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ArticleViolinist Vadim Repin performs Schubert and Prokofiev in 1992
Violinist Vadim Repin performs Schubert's Violin Sonata and Prokofiev's First Violin Sonata with pianist Alexander Markovich in Moscow in 1992 at the age of 21. Read: 6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Vadim Repin Watch: Vadim Repin plays seven Stradivarius and Guarneri violins
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ArticleShostakovich: Complete String Quartets
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Brodsky returns to Shostakovich's quartets with breathtaking successMusicians: Brodsky QuartetComposer: ShostakovichCatalogue number: CHANDOS CHAN 10917 (6 CDs) The Brodsky’s first complete Shostakovich cycle (recorded in 1989 for Teldec) was a notable achievement by any standards. Without inflicting the ...
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen on practising for performance
Ray Chen: 'When practising you must be sure that you are focused on every moment of performance. It's normal to think, 'Why did my practice go out the window?' after a performance, but it's because you didn't practise for that situation.' Violinist Ray Chen speaks about practising ...
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ArticleMozart: String Quintets: no.5 in D major K593, no.6 in E flat major K614; Fragment in A minor K515c
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Chilingirian completes its survey of Mozart's six quintetsMusicians: Chilingirian Quartet, Yuko Inoue (viola)Composer: MozartCatalogue number: CRD 3523 These loving performances, which complete the cycle of Mozart quintets made over the past decade by the Chilingirian Quartet with violist ...
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ArticleCellist Alisa Weilerstein on taking a piece from the practice room to the stage
Alisa Weilerstein: 'When getting ready to play in public I find it's so helpful to play for my friends and for people who know me really well, because it's actually more difficult to play for them than it is to play for an audience full of strangers' ...
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ArticleCastello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Libro primo
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Twelve sonatas by the little-known Italian composer Dario CastelloMusicians: Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (harpsichord/organ)Composer: CastelloCatalogue number: AAM RECORDS AAM 005 All we know of Dario Castello is that he led a wind group at St Mark’s, Venice, in the early 17th ...
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ArticleTelemann: Twelve Fantasias for Solo Violin
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Solo violin works that represent an alternative to BachMusicians: Fabio Biondi (violin)Composer: TelemannCatalogue number: GLOSSA GCD 923406 Fabio Biondi’s colourful accounts of Telemann’s cosmopolitan Fantasias demonstrate technical assurance, style awareness and well-considered use of extempore ornamentation, rubato and other expressive devices. ...
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ArticleVadim Gluzman rehearses Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris
Vadim Gluzman rehearses Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris conducted by Juraj ValÄuha for a concert taking place on 14 December 2016.Watch: Maxim Vengerov rehearses Sibelius Violin Concerto with Orchestre de ParisWatch: Violinist Viktoria Mullova performs Prokofiev’s Second Concerto
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ArticleOddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Music of Giovanni Valentini. Sonatas and canzonas for strings
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Inventive music from a mysterious Italian composerMusicians: AcronymComposer: ValentiniCatalogue number: OLDE FOCUS RECORDINGS FCR 904 Giovanni Valentini was born in Venice (or thereabouts) in 1582 (ditto). He worked in the courts of Warsaw and Vienna and composed a vast amount, but a ...
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ArticleThe Cellist of Venice. A story by Kim Maerkl, incorporating Bach: Cello Suites (selections)
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Stories for children interspersed with fine Bach performancesMusicians: Daniel Müller–Schott (cello) Thomas Hampson (narration)Composer: Bach, Kim MaerklCatalogue number: ATLANTIC CROSSING ACR 0010 Kim Maerkl’s tale, set in Venice in 1725, begins at Vivaldi’s Ospedale della PietÁ for girls. Gondolas and the ...
