Book reviews – Page 116
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ReviewPortuguese Music for Cello and Orchestra
The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Eloquent performances of music from off the beaten track Musicians: Bruno Borralhinho (cello), Gulbenkian Orchestra/Pedro Neves Composer: Braga Santos, Costa, De Freitas, Branco, Lopes-Graça Catalogue number: Naxos ...
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ReviewPolish Violin Concertos - Bacewicz: Violin Concerto no.1; Panufnik: Violin Concerto; Tansman: Five Pieces; Spisak: Andante and Allegro
The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: An important addition to the discography of these works Musicians: Piotr Plawner (violin), Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble/Jürgen Brun Composer: Bacewicz, Panufnik, Tansman, Spisak Catalogue number: Naxos 8.573496 ...
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ReviewHora Cero: Tangos by Carli, Piazzolla, Salgán and Stafano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: The Berlin Phil’s cello section lets its hair down in music with a Latin swing Musicians: Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Composer: Carli, Piazzolla, Salgán and ...
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ReviewWeinberg: Solo Violin Sonatas nos.1–3; Shostakovich: Three Fantastic Dances (transc. Glikman)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Roth goes it (largely) alone as he reaches Weinberg’s three solo sonatas Musicians: Linus Roth (violin), José Gallardo (piano) Composer: Weinberg, Shostakovich Catalogue number: ...
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ReviewDowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Subtle and intimate performances of Dowland’s tear-stained viol cycle Musicians: Phantasm, Elizabeth Kenny (lute) Composer: John Dowland Catalogue number: LINN CKD 527 (SACD) Subtle ...
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ReviewWhy Not Here - Music for two lyra viols by Alison, Danyel, Ferrabosco, Ford, Holborne, Jenkins and Lawes
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Delicious works for viols played ‘lyraway’ in the 17th-century style Musicians: Hille Perl, Friederike Heumann (violas da gamba) Lee Santana (lute/cittern) Michael Freimuth (lute) Composer: Alison, Danyel, Ferrabosco, Ford, Holborne, ...
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Review8 Jahreszeiten - Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciones porteñas; Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Seasonal portraits from Venice and Buenos Aires sit side by side Musicians: Deutsches Kammerorchester Berlin/ Liv Migdal (violin) Composer: Piazzolla, Vivaldi Catalogue number: SOLO MUSICA SM 235 ...
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ReviewStojowski: Violin Concerto in G minor; Romanze in E flat major, Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra Faust de Gounod
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Fine advocacy for some less-visited gems of the Romantic violin tradition Musicians: Bartlomiej Niziol (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz Borowicz Composer: Stojowski, Wieniawski Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA ...
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ReviewC. Matthews: Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto no.2; Cortège
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Two string concertos by one of today’s leading British composers Musicians: Leila Josefowicz (violin) Anssi Karttunen (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oliver Knussen, Rumon Gamba; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly Composer: Colin Matthews ...
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ReviewMeister: Il giardino del piacere – Sonatas nos.1, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 12
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: The Diderot finishes off a project begun by Reinhard Goebel Musicians: Diderot Ensemble/Johannes Pramsohler (violin) Composer: Meister Catalogue number: AUDAX ADX13705 The period-instrument Diderot Ensemble completes a ...
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ReviewLalo: Symphonie espagnole; Guitarre; Fantaisie norvégienne; Romance–sérénade; Fantaisie-ballet; Introduction and scherzo (Namouna); Violin Concerto in F major; Cello Concerto in D minor; Concerto russ
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Young Queen Elisabeth soloists present Lalo’s complete concertante works Musicians: Vladyslava Luchenko, Woo Hyung Kim, Lorenzo Gatto, Elina Buksha (violins); Ori Epstein (cello), Nathanaël Gouin (piano), Liège Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Jean-Jacques Kantorow ...
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ReviewElgar: Violin Concerto in B minor op.61; Haydn: Concerto in F major for violin, keyboard and strings
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: The Elgar Concerto’s first Soviet recording by the scion of the Oistrakh family Musicians: Igor Oistrakh (violin), Natalia Zertsalova (piano), Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Valentin Zhuk Composer: Elgar, Haydn Catalogue ...
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ReviewDvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor op.104; Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor op.129
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Romantic concertos in commanding readings, let down by poor sound Musicians: Carmine Miranda (cello), Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra/Petr Vronský Composer: Dvorák, Schumann Catalogue number: NAVONA NV6034 In the ...
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ReviewDämmerung - Brucken Fock: Cello Sonata in E minor; Dohnányi: Cello Sonata in B flat minor; Zemlinsky: Cello Sonata in A minor; Three Pieces
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Nineteenth-century cello sonatas revisited and rediscovered Musicians: Larissa Groeneveld (cello), Frank van de Laar (piano) Composer: Brocken Fock, Dohnányi, Zemlinsky Catalogue number: GUTMAN CD154 Groeneveld and van ...
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ReviewBrahms: Complete Piano Trios; ‘Double’ Concerto in A minor op.102
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Brahms’s three piano trios and the concerto for the same soloists Musicians: Hagai Shaham (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Arnon Erez (piano) Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie/Daniel Raiskin Composer: Brahms Catalogue ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.6; Mozart, Françaix: Nonet (after the Quintet K452); Schumann: Phantasie in C major op.131
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: A new ensemble meets with conspicuous success in Mozart and Schumann Musicians: Sebastian Bohren (violin), Chaarts Chamber Artists Composer: Beethoven, Mozart, Françaix, Schumann Catalogue number: RCA RED ...
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ReviewA Violin's Life, Vol.2: Music for the ‘Lipinski’ Stradivari; Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.9 in A major op.47 ‘Kreutzer’; Maier-Röntgen: Violin Sonata in B minor; Tubin: Sonata for solo violin
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: The further adventures of a notable and newsworthy violin Musicians: Frank Almond (violin), William Wolfram (piano) Composer: Beethoven, Maier-Röntgen, Tubin Catalogue number: AVIE AV 2363 The second ...
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ReviewBach: Solo Violin Sonatas BWV1001, BWV1003 and BWV1005
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Seiler tackles the three sonatas to complete her solo Bach survey Musicians: Midori Seiler (violin) Composer: Bach Catalogue number: BERLIN CLASSICS 0300721BC These reverberant, well-engineered recordings complete ...
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ReviewVasks: String Quartets nos.1, 3 & 4
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: The SpÄ«Ä·eru closes the circle of the Latvian composer’s quartets Musicians: SpÄ«Ä·eru Quartet Composer: PÄ“teris Vasks Catalogue number: Wergo WER 7330-2 PÄ“teris Vasks knows ...
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ReviewMozart: Violin Concertos: no.3 in G major K216; no.4 in D major K218; no.5 in A major K219 ‘Turkish’
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Natural, spontaneous Mozart from Kraggerud and his Norwegian players Musicians: Henning Kraggerud (violin), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: NAXOS 8.573513 If Henryk ...
