All Chamber articles – Page 5
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VideoThe Sakura cello quintet plays Schubert's Erlkönig
The Los Angeles based cello quintet Sakura perform an arrangement of Franz Schubert’s op.1 song Erlkönig (based on a poem by Goethe). The five cellists of Sakura are Peter Myers, whose also created the arrangement, and Michael Kaufman, Benjamin Lash, Gabriel Martins, and Yoshika Masuda. Audio/video by Louis Ng - ...
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ReviewSchubert: Trout Quintet. Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov, Hwayoon Lee, Maximilian Hornung, Roman Patkoló
All eyes are on the musical big fish in this starry ‘Trout’
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NewsCastalian String Quartet wins inaugural Merito String Quartet Award worth €45,000
Professional development award headed by Alban Berg Quartet cellist Valentin Erben, is based on secret observation of elligible quartets
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FocusPeter Buckoke: The hardest thing I’ve had to learn
As the Schubert Ensemble performs its 35th and final season, its double bass player reflects on lessons learned the hard way
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ReviewArod Quartet: Mendelssohn, works for quartet
Outstanding musicianship makes for an impressive recording debut
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VideoThe Hagen Quartet plays the second movement of the Ravel quartet
The Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen and Rainer Schmidt, violins, Veronika Hagen, viola, Clemens Hagen, cello) perform the second movement of Ravel’s String Quartet in F at the Salzburg Mozarteum in 2000.
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NewsTakács Quartet founding violinist Károly Schranz steps down
Tenure lasting 43 years comes to an end as Harumi Rhodes prepares to take second violin chair
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VideoDanish String Quartet: Last Leaf
The Danish String Quartet performs a track from their recent album of folk song arrangements, Last Leaf, reviewed in The Strad as having a ’magical atmosphere’. The musicians are: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen: violin, harmonium; Frederik Øland: violin; Asbjørn Nørgaard: viola; Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin: violoncello
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VideoThe Quartetto di Cremona performs Mozart's 'Dissonance' Quartet (first movement)
Filmed live at the Sala Verdi in Milan, this video features the Quartetto di Cremona performing the first movement of Mozart’s String Quartet no.19 in C major, K465, known as the ‘Dissonance’ Quartet due to its experimental slow introduction.
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ReviewQuatuor Mosaïques: Beethoven – The Late Quartets
Revelatory late Beethoven played on period instruments
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VideoBerlin-based Vision String Quartet picks up €60,000 award
Biennial Jürgen Ponto Foundation award also includes concerts at its four partner festivals
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FocusThe Arod Quartet on competition success and the pressures of life on the road
The young French players of the Arod Quartet have enjoyed rapid career success, helped in no small part by their mentor, former Ébène Quartet violist Mathieu Herzog. But being an effective 21st-century chamber musician is about much more than first-rate playing, as Charlotte Gardner discovers
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VideoThe Arod Quartet record Mendelssohn String Quartet op.13 in A Minor - Adagio
In this video, the Arod Quartet, cover stars of The Strad’s February 2018 issue, perform the introductor Adagio of Mendelssohn String Quartet no.2, op.13. The recording is from their debut album, released in September 2017 by Erato/Warner Classics
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ReviewMinguet Quartet, Jens Peter Maintz: works by Wolfgang Rihm
Clarity and theatrical bite combine to make a deeply rewarding disc
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ReviewBorusan Quartet: Company – works by Pärt, Uçarsu, Glass, Vasks
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Contemporary quartets that are in good… company Musicians: Borusan Quartet Works: PÄRT Summa, UÇARSU String Quartet no.2 ‘The Untold’, GLASS String Quartet no.2 ‘Company’, VASKS String Quartet no.4 Catalogue Number: ONYX 4171 Philip ...
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ReviewClare Howick, John Paul Ekins: British Music for Violin and Piano
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Gorgeous musical miniatures spark to life in the hands of experts Musicians: Clare Howick (violin) John Paul Ekins (piano) Works: ELGAR Violin Sonata in E minor op.82; Three Characteristic Pieces; and works by Bridge, ...
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FocusIn the studio with the Signum Quartet – what is the recipe for a successful recording process?
As the Signum Quartet gears up for a focus on the quartets of Jörg Widmann at the first edition of the String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam, its first violinist Florian Donderer and violist Xandi van Dijk report back from their recent recording sessions featuring the contemporary composer’s work
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FocusYsaÿe’s Knokke: the Belgian coastal town honouring its famed violinist son
Edward Bhesania reports from a chamber music festival in the Belgian town of Knokke themed around its illustrious one-time resident, Eugène Ysaÿe
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ReviewCremona Quartet: Beethoven String Quartets, vol. VIII
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: The Cremona’s Beethoven project hurtles towards an exciting climax Musicians: Cremona Quartet Works: BEETHOVEN String Quartets: no.3 in D major op.18 no.3, no.10 in E flat major ‘Harp’ Catalogue Number: AUDITE 92.688 ...