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Violin Sonatas & Pieces - Grieg: Violin Sonata no.2 in G major, Nielsen: Violin Sonata no.2, Sibelius: Four Pieces op.78, Stenhammar: Violin Sonata in A minor op.19
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: The Skride sisters present an attractive Nordic recitalMusicians: Baiba Skride (violin) Lauma Skride (piano)Composer: Grieg, Nielsen, Sibelius, StenhammarCatalogue num ber: ORFEO C913 161A This thoughtfully planned recital is not titled ‘Music from Scandinavia’, as it well might have been – and that ...
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Friedman: Piano Quintet in C minor, Rózycki: Piano Quintet in C minor
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Piano quintets from the twilight of the Romantic eraMusicians: Szymanowski Quartet, Jonathan Plowright (piano)Composer: Friedman, RózyckiCatalogue number: HYPERION CDA 68124 Written in Paris and Berlin in 1913, Ludomir Rózycki’s Piano Quintet is very much of the late Romantic style. It opens calmly ...
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A Land so Luminous - Causton: Threnody; Rituals of Hunting and Blooding; Non mi comporto male; Sleep; Night Piece, Hesketh: A Land So Luminous; Cautionary Tales; IMMH; Netsuke
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Devoted performances of new music by two 40-something composersMusicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Mary Bevan (soprano) Aleksander Szram (piano) Continuum Ensemble/Philip HeadlamComposer: Richard Causton, Kenneth HeskethCatalogue number: PRIMA FACIE PFCD 051 British contemporary composers Kenneth Hesketh and Richard Causton make for an illuminating ...
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Berlin Philharmonic cellist Ludwig Quandt gives Debussy audition masterclass
You must maintain a good sound to the end of the bow, even when you are playing pp' - Ludwig QuandtBerlin Philharmonic first principal cellist Ludwig Quandt gives an orchestral audition masterclass on Debussy's La Mer. The cello student is Henry Shapard.The masterclass was one in a series ...
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Berlin Philharmonic violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley gives Mozart audition masterclass
I think you have to play a little more soloistically in an audition than you would in a section' - Noah Bendix-BalgleyBerlin Philharmonic first concertmaster Noah Bendix-Balgley gives an orchestral audition masterclass on the first movement of Mozart's Symphony no.40. The violin student is Ann Yu.The masterclass was ...
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Could a brain stimulation tool used for sport improve the results of music practice?
Spanish pianist and actor Mario Marzo uses a Halo Sport brain stimulating device to boost the results of his practice with seemingly impressive results.The headphones use 'Neuropriming' to stimulate the brain during athletic training 'to improve strength, skill, explosiveness, and endurance'. Although designed for athletes, Marzo demonstrates that ...
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Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, Kurtág: Signs, Games & Messages
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Smith turns up the heat in Hungarian masterpiecesMusicians: Simon Smith (violin)Composer: Bartók, KurtágCatalogue number: RESONUS RES 10167 György Kurtág builds grand, over-arching architecture by stringing together compressed fragments – concentrated gestures aimed at provoking concentrated listening. Bartók's Sonata for Solo Violin (1944) ...
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Vadim Repin performs Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto
Vadim Repin performs Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra under Valery Gergiev in St. Petersburg in 1992. The performance was dedicated to David Oistrakh. Read: 6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Vadim Repin Watch: Vadim Repin plays seven Stradivarius and Guarneri violins
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Carnival - Bach: Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV639, Bizet: Two Carmen Suites, Elgar: Salut d’amour, Halvorsen: Passacaglia, Mozart: Adagio in E major K261, Trad.: Variations on The Carnival of
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Colours of Europe in a delightful violin and guitar recitalMusicians: Nazrin Rashidova (violin), Stanislav Hvartchilkov (guitar)Composer: Bach, Bizet, Elgar, Halvorsen, MozartCatalogue number: FIRST HAND RECORDS FHR 48 In Halvorsen’s Passacaglia, probably the most straightforward of these arrangements, the players skitter delightfully through ...
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Berlin Philharmonic violist Máté SzŠ±cs gives Beethoven audition masterclass
If you cannot play beautifully without vibrato, you will not be able to play beautifully at all. The bow must provide variation' - Máté SzŠ±csBerlin Philharmonic first principal violist Máté SzŠ±cs gives an orchestral audition masterclass on the second movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The viola student is ...
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Berl Senofsky in Concert - Bartók: Romanian Dances, Creston: Sonata op.19, Ysaÿe: Sonata in E major op.27 no.6, and works by Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Ravel and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: A little-recorded violinist in a 1958 performanceMusicians: Berl Senofsky (violin) Marie Louise Bastyns (piano)Composer: Bartók, Creston, Ysaÿe, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, WieniawskiCatalogue number: BRIDGE 9470 Fondly recalled by connoisseurs, the American violinist Berl Senofsky (1926–2002) made few records, so this 1958 recital, from ...
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Made in Berlin, featuring violinist Ray Chen, performs Satie Gymnopédie cover
Violinist Ray Chen's new quartet, Made in Berlin, featuring members of the Berlin Philharmonic - Noah Bendix-Balgley, Amihai Grosz and Stephan Koncz - performs an arrangement of Eric Satie's Gymnopédie no.1.The ensemble gave its first public performance in The Netherlands in October 2016.
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Berlin Philharmonic violinist Christian Stadelmann gives Don Juan masterclass
Berlin Philharmonic first principal violinist Christian Stadelmann gives an orchestral audition masterclass on the notorious opening to Richard Strauss's Don Juan. The violin student is Mariko Shimasaki.The masterclass was one in a series given by members of the Berlin Philharmonic over three days, focusing on orchestral repertoire and ...
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Berlin Philharmonic cellist Ludwig Quandt gives Beethoven Fifth Symphony masterclass
Berlin Philharmonic first principal cellist Ludwig Quandt gives an orchestral audition masterclass on Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. The cello student is Georgia Bourderionnet.The masterclass was one in a series given by members of the Berlin Philharmonic over three days, focusing on orchestral repertoire and audition preparation, at New York’s ...
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Shostakovich: Cello Concertos no.1 in E flat major op.107, no.2 in G minor op.126
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Mesmerising accounts by Weilerstein of Shostakovich’s two cello concertosMusicians: Alisa Weilerstein (cello) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Pablo Heras-CasadoComposer: ShostakovichCatalogue number: DECCA 483 0835 Masterly though Rostropovich’s recordings of Shostakovich’s cello concertos unquestionably are, his tendency to live through every note as though it ...
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Steven Isserlis performs Dvorák Cello Concerto
British cellist Steven Isserlis performs Dvorák's Cello Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Shallon in 1991. Watch: ‘If career becomes more important than the music, your soul becomes empty,’ says cellist Steven Isserlis Watch: Cellist Steven Isserlis on using vibrato to improve phrasing
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Fantasies, Rhapsodies and Daydreams - Massenet: ‘Méditation’ from Thaïs, Ravel: Tzigane, Saint-Saëns: Havanaise; Introduction and rondo capriccioso, Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Vaughan Williams: The Lar
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Steinbacher takes on concert encores with flair and virtuosityMusicians: Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo/Lawrence FosterComposer: Massenet, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Vaughan WilliamsCatalogue number: PENTATONE PTC 5186536 As Arabella Steinbacher says in the booklet, this CD recalls the old ...
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: November 2016Description: Childhood friends divine the details in Beethoven’s cello worksMusicians: Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano)Composer: BeethovenCatalogue number: ERATO 9029595113 This significant release looks set to become a landmark in contemporary Beethoven recordings. Its textual accuracy, seemingly effortless technical facility, ...
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Janine Jansen performs Brahms Violin Concerto in 2016
Janine Jansen performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paavo Järvi at NHK Hall in Tokyo, Japan in February 2016. Watch Jansen performing Brahms's Concerto in 2014 with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Bernard Haitink. Read: Janine Jansen receives 1707 Stradivarius ...
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Should orchestral musicians be fearful of their conductor?
Explore more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub People would still have nervous twitches when they came to certain passages because the conductor was such a tyrant and so mean spirited. Ten years later they still had a physical reaction.' Conductors and orchestral musicians speak about ...