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ReviewEnglish 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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ReviewBritten: 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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ReviewDebut. 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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ReviewViola 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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ReviewBritten: 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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ArticleViolinist 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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ReviewBritten: 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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ArticleBritish 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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