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ArticleBartók: 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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ArticleVadim 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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ArticleCarnival - 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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ArticleBerlin 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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ArticleBerl 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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ArticleMade 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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ArticleBerlin 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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ArticleBerlin 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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ArticleShostakovich: 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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ArticleSteven 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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ArticleFantasies, 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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ArticleBeethoven: 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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ArticleJanine 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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ArticleShould 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 ...
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Article3D imaging: Stradivarius 'Benvenuti' violin, 1727
This short video shows a visualisation of the inside of the 'Benvenuti' violin made by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy, in 1727. The 360-degree rendering of the instrument's interior was made using scans taken at the Vienna Micro-CT Lab. Andrea Zanrè tells the story of the ‘Benvenuti’ violin, while Rudolf ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn performs Beethoven Violin Concerto cadenza
Hilary Hahn gives a consummate performance of Kreisler's first movement cadenza to Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin. The performance opened the orchestra's 2016-17 season. Watch: Violinist Hilary Hahn on owning the stage Read: Violinist Hilary Hahn on practice and interpretation
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Article9-year-old violinist Leia Zhu performs Sibelius Humoresque
In the video above violinist Leia Zhu, aged 9, makes her debut at London's Barbican Centre, performing Sibelius Humoresque op.87 no.2 with the London Schools Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Ash on 21 September 2016.Watch the young violinist performing the second and third movements of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto ...
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ArticleBenjamin Zander gives Prokofiev cello masterclass
You're a great musician and a great cellist, but you're not yet a great storyteller. That's because you are more interested in your instrument than you are in your audience' - Benjamin ZanderBoston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra conductor and cellist Benjamin Zander gives a masterclass on Prokofiev's Cello Sonata ...
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ArticleA lesson with violinist Pinchas Zukerman
Don't be afraid to express yourself in any language - whether it's poetry or dance or music. Speak, speak, speak!' Pinchas Zukerman gives a violin lesson to Jaram Kim, including discussions on bowing, vibrato and sound quality. The lesson took place in Ottawa, Canada in 2002. Read: ...
