All Editorial articles
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ReviewBook review: The Violin Maker’s Secret
Lauren Wesley-Smith reads Evie Woods’ novel following the search for a stolen violin – with some personification of the instrument itself
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ReviewBook review: Duo Gems: Classics for Two Violins
Alex Laing peruses Jennifer Maslin’s book of 20 duet arrangements, by composers from Delibes and Bizet to Offenbach and Rachmaninoff
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ReviewBook review: Liuteria Mantovana Vol.2
Alberto Giordano reviews the second in the three-volume series by Andrea Zanrè and Philip Kass that shines a light on the myriad violin makers based in the city of Mantua over the centuries
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: c.1689 ‘Ragin’ Stradivari violin
An instrument from fairly early in Stradivari’s career, it still shows the influence of his mentor Nicolò Amati
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ReviewAdolf Busch: Bach, Handel, Mozart et al
Breathtaking Mozart and Bach from a golden-age violinist
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ReviewLeonidas Kavakos, Antoine Tamestit, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Beethoven for Three, vol.5
Three become four in this latest Beethoven instalment
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: c.1694 ‘Ovcharov’ Stradivari violin
One of Stradivari’s Long Pattern instruments, the violin has a false label incorrectly dating it to 1705
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ReviewLeon Bosch: Treasures from the New World, Vol.4: Brazilian Piano Quintets
Plenty to entice the ear in this thought-provoking series
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ReviewLa Rêveuse: L’Enigme Sainte Colombe
A viola da gamba master comes to life in imaginative performances
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2027: 1705–10 ‘Maurer, van Veen, Elphinstone’ Stradivari violin
A fine example of Stradivari’s ‘golden period’, the instrument has a two-piece back of gloriously flamed maple
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Trio Azura: Storytellers
An impressively mature first album from this US-based trio
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