All Debussy articles – Page 3
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ReviewIdentity. Debussy: Violin Sonata. Janácek: Violin Sonata. Schulhoff: Violin Sonata. Szymanowski: Violin Sonata op. 9; Notturno and Tarantella op. 28
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: April 2016Description: Intelligent programming and ideal performancesMusicians: Noé Inui (violin) Mario Häring (piano)Composer: Debussy; Janácek; Schulhoff; SzymanowskiThis is a thoughtfully produced disc. The booklet notes, linking these early 20th-century compositions, create a useful conceptual context for these varied but complementary works, including ...
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ArticleViolinist Jascha Heifetz performs Debussy's The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
Jascha Heifetz performs an arrangement for violin of Debussy's The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin) from the composer's Preludes Book I accompanied by Emanuel Bay. Read: Studying the violin with Jascha Heifetz Read: Jascha Heifetz and Nathan Milsetin - two titanic ...
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ArticleViolinist David Oistrakh performs Debussy's Clair de Lune
Violinist David Oistrakh performs Debussy's Clair de Lune with pianist Frida Bauer in Paris in 1962. Read: Remembering the great violinist David Oistrakh Watch: David Oistrakh performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
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ReviewIvry Gitlis: Works by Bartók, Brahms, Bloch, Debussy, Haubenstock-Ramati, Hindemith, Saint-Saëns and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: The two faces of Ivry Gitlis in recordings covering 1962–86 Musicians: Ivry Gitlis (violin) Daria Hovora (piano) Stuttgart Radio Orchestra/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, SWR SO Baden-Baden/Hans Rosbaud, Orchestra of the National Theatre, Mannheim/Wolfgang Rennert ...
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ReviewTre Voci. Takemitsu: And then I knew ’twas wind. Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp. Gubaidulina: Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Three become one in works for Debussy’s classic combinationMusicians: Kim Kashkashian (viola) Marina Piccinini (flute) Sivan Magen (harp)Composer: Takemitsu, Debussy, GubaidulinaMany good things have come out of the Marlboro Music Festival over the years and the meeting of musical minds on this ...
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ReviewFive Decades of Treasured Performances. Works by Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis,
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: A celebration of an under-sung violinist now in her eightiesMusicians: Camilla Wicks (violin) various artistsComposer: Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis, Ravel, Sarasate, Scărlătescu, Schubert, Shostakovich, R. Strauss, Tailleferre, Tchaikovsky, ...
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ReviewA War Concert: Transcriptions by Jascha Heifetz. Works by Ponce, Kreisler, Gershwin, Foster, Debussy and Castelnuovo-Tedesco
The Strad Issue: April 2015Description: A re-creation of Heifetz’s concerts to provide entertainment at the front lineMusicians: Lucio Degani (violin) Andrea Rucli (piano)Composer: Ponce, Kreisler, Gershwin, Foster, Debussy and Castelnuovo-TedescoEntertaining troops at the various points of conflict during the Second World War was the contribution made by ...
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ReviewUnder the Stars. Works by Spencer, Bull, Debussy, Elgar, Bizet/Hubay, Hubay, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky, Kreisler, Fauré, Brahms, Shostakovich and Siem
The Strad Issue: April 2015Description: Starry violinist dazzles and charms in a disc of encore piecesMusicians: Charlie Siem (violin) Munich Radio Orchestra/Paul GoodwinComposer: Spencer, Bull, Debussy, Elgar, Bizet/Hubay, Hubay, Dvorˇák, Tchaikovsky, Kreisler, Fauré, Brahms, Shostakovich and SiemThis disc features a generous mix of virtuoso fireworks and sweetmeats ...
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ReviewFauré: Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor op.15. Bonis: Piano Quartet no.1 op.69
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Fauré’s First Piano Quartet and a delightful discovery from a contemporary of DebussyMusicians: Giardini Piano QuartetComposer: Fauré, BonisThere are many good things on this recording. The playing is fluid and often extremely beautiful, the tone sweet and appealing. First impressions, sadly, are ...
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ReviewColours of the Heart. Debussy: Violin Sonata. Delius: Violin Sonata no.3. Ravel: Violin Sonata. Grieg: Songs (arr. Sauret)
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Sensitive accounts of music full of sensual allureMusicians: Midori Komachi (violin) Simon Callaghan (piano)Composer: Debussy, Delius, Ravel, GriegDebussy’s Violin Sonata tantalisingly fuses stream-of-consciousness sensuality with structural and gestural Classical norms. Midori Komachi leans more towards the former, characterising the composer’s episodic asides ...
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ReviewThe Seafarer. Debussy: La mer (arr. Beamish). Beamish: The Seafarer
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: December 2014Description: An unusual but rewarding pairing of nautical music for piano trioMusicians: Apaches Trio: Matthew Trusler (violin) Thomas Carroll (cello) Ashley Wass (piano); Willard White (voice)Composer: Debussy, BeamishSally Beamish’s piano trio arrangement of Debussy’s La mer came about as a result ...
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ArticleYsaÿe Quartet says adieu after 30 years
The quartet performs a special farewell concert in Paris on Friday night
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