Book reviews – Page 221
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ArticleBeethoven: Piano Trios in G major op.1 no.2 & in D major op.70 no.1 ‘Ghost’. Maxwell Davies: A Voyage to Fair Isle
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Grieg TrioComposer: Beethoven, Maxwell DaviesThis is one of a series of CDs placing the trios of Beethoven with works by contemporary composers, to display ‘both their contrasts and their connections’. Beethoven was constantly innovative in his trios right from his op.1 set, ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Violin Sonatas no.4 in A minor op.23 & no.7 in C minor op.30 no.2, Variations on ‘Se vuol ballare’ WoO40
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Daniel Sepec (violin) Andreas Staier (piano)Composer: BeethovenThis disc has significant organological interest. Daniel Sepec plays an early 18th-century Austrian violin presented to Beethoven by Prince Lichnowsky around 1800 and recently restored to its original condition, while Andreas Staier masters with a refined ...
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ArticleCello Sonatas. Weinberg: Cello Sonata no.2 op.63. Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor op.40. Boris Tchaikovsky: Cello Sonata
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Johannes Moser (cello) Paul Rivinius (piano)Composer: Weinberg, Shostakovich, Boris TchaikovskyThese are three sturdy works from the Soviet period. Moisey Weinberg (aka Mieczyslaw Vaynberg, 1919–96) and Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–96) both postdate the Revolution, but grew to maturity during Stalin’s cultural purges (the second ...
