All Hindemith articles
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Gil Shaham (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev and Ustvolskaya at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 19 April 2023
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Christian Poltéra: Haydn, Hindemith
Haydn and Hindemith make strikingly sympathetic bedfellows
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Eivind Ringstad: Correspondances
A beautifully constructed recital from a virtuoso viola player
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Timothy Ridout: Vaughan Williams, Martinů, Hindemith, Britten
Blossoming viola soloist gracefully takes on the mantle of Tertis
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Diyang Mei: Transforming Viola
An attractive musical calling card from a prize-winning viola player
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Trio Zimmermann discuss how forming the group has changed them as musicians
A decade after its founding, Trio Zimmermann has put the string trio back in the spotlight. How does this all-star ensemble function, and can it save the string trio from obscurity? Andrew Mellor went to meet its members
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Torque. Bruch: Kol nidrei. Garrop: Torque. Hindemith: Viola Sonata op.11 no.4. Ravel: Pavane (arr. Borisovsky). Schumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70
The Strad Issue: January 2017 Description: Standards, arrangements and discoveries from this Belarusian–Swiss violist Musicians: Viacheslav Dinerchtein (viola) Mauricio Náder (piano) Composer: Bruch, Garrop, Hindemith, Ravel, Schumann Catalogue number: QUINDECIM QP 257 This ‘calling card’ recording offers a nicely chosen mix ...
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Brahms: Two Viola Sonatas op.120. Hindemith: Viola Sonata op.11 no.4. Weigl: Viola Sonata op.32
The Strad Issue: March 2016 Description: Vintage viola recordings that reveal a unique authenticity Musicians: Paul Doktor (viola) Nadia Reisenberg (piano) Composer: Brahms; Hindemith; Weigl These deliciously ‘old world’ readings were recorded around 60 years ago by a wonderfully well-attuned duo. The main drawback is the recording ...
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The Sonatas. Brahms: Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor (transc. de Groot). Gubaidulina: Double Bass Sonata. Hindemith: Double Bass Sonata. Vasks: Solo Double Bass Sonata
The Strad Issue: December 2015 Description: Brahms on the bass – at pitch! – and three more recent works Musicians: Niek de Groot (double bass) Catherine Klipfel (piano) Composer: Brahms, Gubaidulina, Hindemith, Vasks As his thoughtful message in the booklet states, Niek de Groot’s career was forged ...
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Violist Antoine Tamestit performs Hindemith on the 'Mahler' Stradivarius
Antoine Tamestit performs the fiendishly difficult fourth movement of Paul Hindemith's Solo Viola Sonata op.25 no.1 on the 1672 'Mahler' Stradivarius - one of very few violas made by the famous luthier, on loan through the Habisreutinger Foundation.Watch: Vadim Repin performs on seven Stradivarius and Guarneri violins
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Hindemith: Three Pieces op.8; Solo Cello Sonata op.25 no.3; Meditation from ‘Nobilissima visione’; Cello Sonata op.11 no.3
The Strad Issue: October 2015 Description: A cellist whose tone could have been made for Hindemith’s music Musicians: David Geringas (cello) Ian Fountain (piano) Composer: Hindemith Hindemith’s cello works have perhaps never received the attention given to his pieces for viola or for violin. They are all ...
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Ivry 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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Oscar Shumsky: Legendary Treasures. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Buxtehude, Hindemith, Kreisler, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Tartini, Telemann and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2015 Description: Historic recordings from a great American violinist Musicians: Oscar Shumsky (violin) Nadia Reisenberg, Carroll Hollister, Mario Bernardi, Leo Barkin, George Schick, Earl Wild, Frank Maus (piano) Lois Marshall, Erna Berger (sopranos) Maureen Forrester (contralto) James Melton (tenor) Bach Aria Group, CBC ...
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Walton: Cello Concerto, Passacaglia for cello solo. Hindemith: Cello Concerto (1940), Sonata for solo cello
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2015 Description: A highly satisfying coupling of two composers’ music for cello Musicians: Christian Poltéra (cello) SÁo Paolo Symphony Orchestra/Frank Shipway Composer: Walton, Hindemith Christian Poltéra is at the top of his game in these works by two composers whose ...
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Hindemith: Viola Sonata op.11 no.4, Solo Viola Sonatas op.25 no.1 & op.11 no.5, Trauermusik
The Strad Issue: November 2014 Description: A largely well-played collection of some of Hindemith€™s viola works Musicians: Jitka Hosprová (viola) Jitka ÄŒechová (piano) Prague Chamber Orchestra Composer: Hindemith Catalogue Number: Supraphon SU 4147-2 Arriving at the tail-end of numerous recordings marking last year s 50th anniversary of ...
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Declarations: Music Between the Wars’. Janácek: String Quartet no.2 ‘Intimate Letters’. Crawford Seeger: String Quartet. Hindemith: String Quartet no.4 op.22
The Strad Issue: January 2007 Musicians: Pacifica-Quartet Composer: Janácek, Crawford-Seeger, Hindemith Comparisons are available for all these works, but they are rendered irrelevant both by the programming and the playing, which reconstruct a sense of what it might have been like to be living through and composing ...