All Editorial articles
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Gasparo da Salò double bass c.1580
The workmanship of this bass is typical of Gasparo, with the distinctive double purfling and long, widely set f-holes
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Focus
The Strad Calendar 2021: Giovanni Battista Rogeri cello 1695
The arching of the Rogeri is flat, unlike the bulbous forms of most of his contemporary makers
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The Strad Calendar 2021: Carlo Bergonzi ‘Kreisler’ violin 1735
The ‘Kreisler’s characteristically thin yet intensely coloured varnish is in abundance
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The Strad Calendar 2021: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin 1848-50
This Vuillaume is a mid-period ‘del Gesù ’ copy, on which the f-holes of the ‘Ole Bull’ Guarneri have been imposed
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Review
Book review: House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons
Janet Banks reviews a memoir by the matriarh of the multitalented Kanneh-Mason household
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Review
Book review: Violin Technique in Practice
Alex Laing reviews an innovative new technique book aimed at all ages
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Book review: Easy Concert Pieces for string quartet or string orchestra
Anne Inglis reviews the latest collection for young players by Peter Mohrs
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Concert review:Tabea Zimmermann, members of the Berlin Philharmonic
Carlos María Solare hears a performance at the Berlin Philharmonie on 23 September 2020
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Review
Concert reviews: Dreamstage
Bruce Hodges tunes in to a new live streaming platform co-founded by cellist Jan Vogler
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Review
Spektral Quartet: Experiments in Living
A collection of contrasting music that’s more than just a game of chance
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Review
Josephine Knight: Schumann, Piatti
Elegant playing characterises a deeply researched and challenging programme
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Review
Andreas Brantelid: Russian Tales
An exquisite recital of Russian Romantic pieces that really glows
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Review
Raphaela Gromes: Romantic Cello Concertos
Romantic cello works yield delights in the hands of a passionate advocate
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Review
Trio Isimsiz: Fauré, Schubert, Brahms
Eagerly anticipated follow-up to an impressive debut from BB Trust artists
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Dover Quartet: Beethoven
Beautifully judged traversal of op.18 quartets never fails to hit the mark
