All britten articles – Page 2
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Concert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Tim Homfray watches the sibling duo perform at London’s Barbican on 4 July 2021
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Live-streamed concert review: Timothy Ridout (viola) James Baillieu (piano)
Tim Homfray tunes in to the performance from London’s Wigmore Hall on 25 March 2021
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Sinfonia of London: English Music for Strings
File under B, but it’s an A-plus for this superb collection of British music
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Concert review: The Crypt Sessions: Salon Séance For Benjamin Britten
Leah Hollingsworth reviews the performance at New York’s Church of the Intercession, 4 December 2019
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Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky: 20th-Century Classics
A father–daughter combination achieves some almost miraculous musical moments
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Diyang Mei: Transforming Viola
An attractive musical calling card from a prize-winning viola player
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Janet Sung: Sung Sessions: Edge of Youth
The programming is the standout feature of this debut album
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Sonata Song - Bach: Chaconne; Penderecki: Sarabande; Carter: Figment IV; Harbison: Sonata for viola; Khachaturian: Sonata-Song; Britten: Elegy; Silvestrov: Lacrimosa
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: A vivid, varied recital of music for viola aloneMusicians: Milan Milisavljević (viola)Composer: Bach, Penderecki, Carter, Khachaturian, Britten, Silvestrov etc.Catalogue Number: DELOS DE 3519 This most recommendable recital by Serbian-born Milan Milisavljević, assistant principal viola at New York’s ...
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Britten: Three Suites for Solo Cello
The Strad Issue: February 2017Description: Viersen offers thoughtful and integrated performances of the three suitesMusicians: Quirine Viersen (cello)Composer: Benjamin BrittenCatalogue number: GLOBE GLO 5259 In a candid booklet interview, the Dutch cellist Quirine Viersen speaks of her tentative, even wary approach to performing and recording Britten’s three ...
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Virtuoso. Works for violin and piano by Britten, Dohnányi, Dvorák, Elgar, Falla, Paganini, Sarasate, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tárrega, Tchaikovsky and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Kavakos displays his technical prowess in a programme of encore pieces Musicians: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Enrico Pace (piano) Composer: Britten, Dohnányi, Dvorák, Elgar, Falla, Paganini, Sarasate, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tárrega, Tchaikovsky, ...
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English Delight. Bridge: Pensiero; Allegro appassionato. Britten: Lachrymae. Clark: E Viola Sonata. Dowland: Flow my tears; If my complaints. Harvey: Chant. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies on English Fo
The Strad Issue: May 2016Description: Vivid viola sounds in La Marca’s thoughtfully conceived programmeMusicians: Adrien La Marca (viola) Thomas Hoppe (piano)Composer: Bridge; Britten; Clarke; Dowland; Harvey; Vaughan Williams; PurcellFrom the opening fanfares of Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata, Adrien La Marca lays down his credentials as a sophisticated player ...
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Britten: Violin Concerto in D minor op.15. Korngold Violin Concerto in D major op.35
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: May 2016Description: Frang approaches an odd couple of concertos with lyricism and dramaMusicians: Vilde Frang (violin) Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra/James GaffiganComposer: Britten; KorngoldIn the booklet notes to this release, the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang describes Britten’s Violin Concerto as ‘one of the ...
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Debut. Bloch: Prayer (arr. Shaw). Brahms: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in E minor op.38; no.2 in F major op.99. Britten: Solo Cello Suite no.3. Casals: Song of the Birds (arr. Shaw); Trad: A Brit in Denmark (a
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: A quirky first recording for this Brit in DenmarkMusicians: Jacob Shaw (cello) José Gallardo (piano) Musicians from the Confucius InstituteComposer: Bloch; Brahms; Britten; Casals; Trad; De Wallensbourg; Wang LipingThis is a rather unusual recording debut. The first disc, of Brahms’s two cello ...
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Viola Dolorosa. Britten: Elegy; Lachrymae. Seabourne: PietÁ
The Strad Issue: December 2015Description: A finely wrought new addition to the viola and piano repertoireMusicians: Georg Hamann (viola) Akari Komiya (piano)Composer: Britten, SeabourneThe three compositions united under this recital’s somewhat masochistic title variously explore the mood of ‘deep sadness’ that Berlioz singled out as the viola’s ...
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Britten: Violin Concerto. Delius: Violin Concerto. Milford: The Darkling Thrush
The Strad Issue: November 2015Description: Graffin takes on two British concertos and the premiere of a rare birdMusicians: Philippe Graffin (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra/David Lloyd-Jones Philharmonia Orchestra/Nicholas CollonComposer: Britten, Delius, MilfordDelius’s and Britten’s violin concertos require quite different resources from their soloists, which may be why ...
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Violinist Maxim Vengerov on blending your sound with other instruments
You have to forget sometimes that you play the violin. Use it to express the sound of the music and to integrate with the orchestra'Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Britten’s Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London. The full 50-minute video is available to ...
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Britten: Cello Suites nos.1–3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: February 2015Description: Immaculate but eloquent recordings of Britten’s solo cello suitesMusicians: Olivier Marron (cello)Composer: BrittenIt may well be true, as the composer David Matthews has suggested, that Britten’s three cello suites are the most important solo cello music since Bach. There’s no ...
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British Viola Concertos. Walton: Viola Concerto. Beamish: Viola Concerto no.1. Britten: Lachrymae
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Tatjana Masurenko, NDR Radio Philharmonic, Garry WalkerComposer: Walton, Beamish, BrittenTatjana Masurenko keeps growing in artistry every time I hear her. Following an unaccompanied recital (also for Coviello Classics) which I reviewed over two years ago (see The Strad, April 2004), she now ...
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