All cello articles – Page 9
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Rostropovich Encores - music by Chopin, Debussy, Popper, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rostropovich, Scriabin, Sinding and Stravinsky
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: March 2017 Description: Gerhardt emulates the great Slava but finds his own personal intimacy Musicians: Alban Gerhardt (cello) Markus Becker (piano) Composer: Chopin, Debussy, Popper, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Rostropovich, Scriabin, Sinding and Stravinsky Catalogue number: ...
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Britten: Three Suites for Solo Cello
The Strad Issue: February 2017 Description: Viersen offers thoughtful and integrated performances of the three suites Musicians: Quirine Viersen (cello) Composer: Benjamin Britten Catalogue number: GLOBE GLO 5259 In a candid booklet interview, the Dutch cellist Quirine Viersen speaks of her ...
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Brahms: Cello Sonata no.2 in F major; Violin Sonata no.2 in A major op.100 (arr.Wispelwey), Schubert: Violin Sonata in A major D574 (arr.Wispelwey)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: February 2017 Description: Wispelwey adopts and adapts Brahms and Schubert for the cello Musicians: Pieter Wispelwey (cello) Paolo Giacometti (piano) Composer: Brahms, Schubert Catalogue number: EVIL PENGUIN EPRC 0022 Assigning works written for one ...
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Review
Cello Rising: from Degli Antonii to Boccherini - Antonii: Ricercata decimal; Boismortier: Sonata II in G major; Boccherini: Sonatas in B flat major G8, in A major G4; D. Gabrielli: Sonata in G major;
The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Expressive explorations of early repertoire for cello Musicians: Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann (cello), Björn Gäfvert (harpsichord), Karl Nyhlin (guitar) Composer: Antonio, Boismortier, Boccherini, Gabrielli, Galli, Telemann Catalogue number: ...
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Review
Mozart: Piano Trio in B flat major K502; E major K542; G major K564
The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Joyful period performances of three of Mozart’s piano trios Musicians: Rautio Piano Trio Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: RESONUS RES 10168 In a booklet note to this ...
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Common cello problems
You wouldn't be hiding a dead body in there would you...'Juilliard School students Esther Yang and Rachel Yin produce a series of fun skits, featuring cellist Nathan Chan, focusing on common problems faced by cellists - from slipping endpins to the monotony of Pachelbel's Canon.Watch: Shostakovich cello tailpiece ...
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Yo-Yo Ma performs 'Song of the Birds' as BBC Proms encore
Yo-Yo Ma performs the Catalan ‘Song of the Birds’, arranged by Pablo Casals, as an encore at the 2015 BBC Proms. Watch: Cellist Bernard Greenhouse performs Song of the Birds aged 95
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Gallery
From the Archive: the Stradivarius 'Barjansky' cello, 1684
This illustration of the Barjansky Stradivarius cello was published in The Strad, August 1983. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Sotheby's auction on 23 June was another of their marathon events, divided into two sessions, and there were some sensational prices among the ...
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Review
Portuguese 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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News
Romanian cellist sustains injuries during police raid
Adrian Naidin jumped from him first floor window, sustaining fractures, and has cancelled a forthcoming concert
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Review
Brahms: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in E minor op 38; no.2 in F major op.99, Four Serious Songs op.121 (transc. Shafran/Baillie)
The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: A Brahmsian 60th-birthday present for cellist Alexander Baillie Musicians: Alexander Baillie (cello), John Thwaites (piano) Composer: Brahms Catalogue number: SOMM SOMMCD 0158 Using three different pianos offers ...
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Hora 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 ...
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Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform duo encore
Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform Handel-Halvorsen’s Passacaglia as an encore in Saarbrücken, Germany in 2007. Read: Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott on sound projection Julia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott describe the demands and rewards of their duo partnership in The Strad’s October ...
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Blogs
Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott on sound projection
The soloists talk to Pauline Harding about orchestral accompaniment and soloistic sound
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News
The Strad October 2016 issue is out now
Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott discuss the demands and rewards of their duo partnership
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News
Zlatomir Fung wins 2016 George Enescu Competition cello section
American cellist makes history with his performance of the composer’s work
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Review
C. 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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Blogs
Steven Isserlis and his Stradivarius cello – the relationship between soloist and instrument
In the process of researching his book on Stradivari instruments, Toby Faber spoke to the British cellist about the powerful connection between a musician and his instrument
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News
Scottish Chamber Orchestra appoints three new front desk string players
The orchestra welcomes a new principal cello, principal second violin and sub principal viola
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Review
Lalo: 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 ...