Book reviews – Page 113
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ReviewWalton: Violin Concerto; Hindemith Variations; Partita; Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
Dazzling, angular, muscular: Walton’s music played just as it should be
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ReviewSimone Lamsma plays Gubaidulina and Shostakovich
Gripping accounts of virtuoso Russian violin concertos, old and new
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ArticleHarrison: Concerto for violin and percussion, Grand Duo; Harrison/Cage: Double Music
Sonically delightful music that runs the gamut from gamelan to Renaissance
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ArticleGlass: Violin Concerto no.1; Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’)
These two 20th-century violin concertos make uneasy bedfellows
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ArticleFauré: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in D minor op.109, no.2 in G minor op.117; Romance in A major op.69; Au bord de l’eau; Après un rêve, Saint-Saëns: Romances: op.36, op.51; Cello Sonata no.1 in C minor op.32
Eloquent, balanced performances that both sparkle and sing
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ArticleElgar: Introduction and Allegro op.471, Symphony no.1 in A flat major op.55
Elegant Elgar, given shape and depth by quartet and orchestra
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ArticleExiles - Bloch: Schelomo, From Jewish Life (arr. Cyrille Lehn); Korngold: Cello Concerto in One Movement in C major op.371, Tanzlied des Pierrot from Die tote Stadt; Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Them
Impassioned, expressive playing in music filled with aching longing
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ArticleBloch: Cello Sonata, Suite for cello and piano (transc. Rejto/Baller), Nigun (arr. Schuster), From Jewish Life, Méditation hébraïque
Sympathetic performances of Jewish-inspired cello music
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ArticleJohn Adams: Violin Concerto, Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major op.35
A pair of violin concertos linked by their striving for melody
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ArticleDvorák: Piano trios nos.3 and 4 ‘Dumky’
Beautifully balanced light and shade leave little wanting
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ArticleGlière: Deux pièces op.32, Deux morceaux op.9; Koussevitzky: Chanson triste op.2, Valse miniature op.1 no.2; Bruch: Kol nidrei; Brahms: Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor op.38
Virtuoso double bassist gives cellists a run for their money
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ArticleHartmann: Concerto funèbre, Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D minor, Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie (Suite no.3), Schubert: Rondo in A major for violin and string orchestra D438
Bohren dispenses with the myth of the difficult second album
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ArticleMendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor op.64, String Octet in E flat major op.20
The Strad Issue: June 2017Description: Searching musicianship yields some satisfying answersMusicians: Lisa Ferschtman (violin), Het Gelders Orkest/Kees BakelsComposer: MendelssohnCatalogue Number: CHALLENGE CLASSICS CC72748Does the world need another recording of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto? Liza Ferschtman bravely asks the question herself in the CD booklet, before telling us of ...
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ArticleMusic for Two Violas - Jacob: Sonatina, Druzhinin: Sinfonia a Due, Rubbra: Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn ‘O quando in cruce’ op.117a, Prokofiev: (arr. Vadim Borisovsky) Two movements from Romeo and
The Strad Issue: June 2017Description: All roads lead back to Tertis in music for duetting violasMusicians: Peter Mallinson (viola), Matthias Wiesner (viola), Evgenia Startseva (piano), Oliver Lowe (triangle)Composer: Jacob, Druzhinin, Rubbra, Prokofiev, Bridge, Pytor Bulhakov, KhatchaturianCatalogue Number: MERIDIAN CDE 84641It seems appropriate that two members of the ...
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ArticleMozart: Sonatas for keyboard and violin: no.12 in G major K27, no.16 in B flat major K31, no.17 in C major K296, no.23 in D major K306, no.32 in B flat major K454, no.36 in F major K547 ‘For Beginners
The Strad Issue: June 2017Description: Characteristically invigorating performances from two fine Mozartian’sMusicians: Alina Ibragimova (violin), Cédric Tiberghien (piano)Composer: MozartCatalogue Number: HYPERION CDA 68143 (2 CDs)This seasoned duo’s two-disc-for-one Mozart package takes in six works spanning more than 20 years from the two juvenile essays (K27, K31) of ...
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ArticleRavel: Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor ‘Sonate posthume’, Prokofiev: Violin Sonata no.2 in D major, Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major
The Strad Issue: June 2017Description: A multi-sensory approach brings a vivid recital to colourful lifeMusicians: Tobias Feldmann (violin), Boris Kusnezow (piano)Composer: Ravel, Prokofiev, StraussCatalogue Number: ALPHA CLASSICS 253The colour palette at the heart of Tobias Feldmann’s Polychrome disc is an exacting, not to say synaesthetic, one, as ...
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ArticleSchubert: String Quartet in G major D887, Haydn: String Quartet in G minor op.20 no.3
The Strad Issue: June 2017Description: Theatrical playing that’s almost too intense but always interestingMusicians: Tetzlaff QuartetComposer: Schubert, HaydnCatalogue Number: ONDINE ODE 1293-2Extreme dynamics feature from the opening of Schubert’s G major Quartet – there is an alarming crescendo not far from the start. The sound has an ...
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ArticleSchumann: Violin Sonata no.1 in A minor op.105; Drei Fantasiestücke op.73, Brahms: Scherzo in C minor from the F-A-E Sonata, Bach: Violin Sonata no.4 in C minor BWV1017
The Strad Issue: June 2017Description: Live and studio performances from a legendary dynamic duoMusicians: Itzhak Perlman (violin), Martha Argerich (piano)Composer: Schumann, Brahms, BachCatalogue Number: WARNER CLASSICS 0190295937898The Schumann recording here is of a live performance in New York in 1998; the rest was recorded in a Paris ...
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ArticleShore: Ruin and Memory (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra); Mythic Gardens (Concerto for Cello and Orchestra)
The Strad Issue: June 2017Description: Two concert-hall concertos from a film-music heavyweightMusicians: Sophie Shao (cello) Lang Lang (piano) China Philharmonic Orchestra/Long Yu, 21st Century Chamber Orchestra1/Ludwig WickiComposer: Howard ShoreCatalogue Number: SONY CLASSICAL 88985348732If you liked the soundtrack for the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, you ...
