All Editorial articles – Page 22
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: c.1696 ‘Bonjour’ Antonio Stradivari cello
A beautiful instrument with plentiful red–brown varnish, it has been played by Robert Cohen, Martin Lovett and others
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ReviewBook review: Luigi Boccherini: Musica Amorosa
Robin Stowell reviews Babette Kaiserkern’s treatise on the Baroque composer’s life and works, translated into English for the first time
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ReviewBook review: Expressive Violin Technique: How to Teach and Acquire It
Celia Cobb explores Bruce Douglas Berg’s method to help intermediate to advanced players and teachers ‘combine expression with technique’
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ReviewJoshua Bell, Steven Isserlis: Mendelssohn
Darkness and drama aplenty from three master musicians
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ReviewLucile Boulanger: La Messagère
Old and new make for compelling disc-mates on an enterprising album
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ReviewNordic Quartet, The Firebirds: Adaptations
A fascinating concept album, though the results are variable
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ReviewBennewitz Quartet: An Evening in Vienna 1784
A mythical Viennese meeting inspires a fascinating programme
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ReviewBozzini Quartet, JunctQín Keyboard Collective: Bruton, Doell
A new label offers a compelling debut release
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: 1689 ‘Baumgartner’ Antonio Stradivari violin
Marking the end of Stradivari’s early ’Amatisé’ period, it is named for the Swiss violin dealer Fritz Baumgartner
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Vilde Frang: Elgar
Profundity and spiritedness go hand in hand in this Romantic masterpiece
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Lawrence Power: Lindberg
A richly rewarding performance of a major new viola concerto
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Emmanuelle Bertrand: Cello Dreams
A charm of lullabies that avoids the saccharine
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ReviewConcert review: Lark, Roman and Meyer Trio
Thomas May attends their concert of Bach and music by Meyer himself at the University of Washington’s Meany Center for the Arts in Seattle on 16 October 2024
