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Premium ❘ ArticleJanuary 2021: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the January 2021 issue
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Jean Guihen-Queyras: A journey through time
Recording Beethoven’s ‘Triple’ Concerto last June allowed French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras to step back into near normality, among colleagues and friends. He tells Pauline Harding about recording at a social distance, the importance of musical ‘family’, and why working with living composers has helped him to nd contemporary relevance in ...
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CT-Scanning the ‘Messiah’
In 2016 the ‘Messiah’ Stradivari was the subject of an extensive CT scanning project. Francesco Piasentini and Gregg Alf examine the resulting data, discovering repair work in the neck, and attempt to determine how it had originally been set
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George Neikrug: Memories of a legend
Cellist George Neikrug, who died in 2019 at the age of 100, was a celebrated performer and orchestral principal. However, his skills as a pedagogue were second to none, writes University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Benjamin Whitcomb, who has gathered personal recollections
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Basic Maintenance: Avoiding instrument carnage
Luthiers often see the same basic problems when repairing instruments – and most of them could be solved by some simple care and attention from the players themselves. Korinthia Klein presents a simple guide to violin maintenance, without encroaching on the experts’ territory
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Two-fingered Tchaikovsky: Beating the odds
Despite losing the function of the third and fourth fingers of his left hand through focal dystonia and a shoulder injury, violinist Clayton Haslop was determined to continue playing. Here he shares his story
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Session Report: Right place, right time
For Renaud Capuçon, recording Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle was a dream come true – and one that he couldn’t allow to be derailed by Covid-19’s lockdown restrictions, as he tells Charlotte Gardner
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Book review: Nineteenth Century Musical Autographs: the Niçois Album of the Count of Cessole
Julian Haylock examines a unique collection of musical autographs, including such string players as Paganini, Alard and Franchomme
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Book reviews: ‘Mr Blok’ and ‘The Speed of Dark’
Jeffrey Solow reviews a novel by cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and a memoir by his son Joram
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Concert review: Catalyst Quartet, Harlem Quartet
Bruce Hodges hears the performance at Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Hall on 30 October 2020
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Festival Review: Beijing Music Festival 2020
Tim Homfray views a plethora of sonata performances on the BMF live streaming platform (12-14 October 2020)
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Matt Haimovitz: Mon Ami, Mon Amour
Plenty to enjoy in a recital that explores a wide variety of French cello music
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Ligeti Quartet: Songbooks vol.1
Fearless and inventive string ensemble embraces Tuvan throat singing
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Quartetto di Cremona: Italian Postcards
Richly characterised musical postcards for armchair travellers
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Daniel Rowland, Maja Bogdanović: Vasks
Violinist is a passionate advocate of Latvian composer’s modern classics
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Steven Isserlis: Tavener
A deeply personal celebration of a composer and cellist’s creative relationship
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Review
Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn
Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn The Strad Issue : January 2021 Description : Newly formed French trio demonstrates its distinctive drama and beauty Musicians : Zeliha Trio Works : Shostakovich: Piano Trio no.1 in C minor op.8. Arensky: Piano Trio no.1 in D ...
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Emerson Quartet: Schumann
A pure but not simple approach from a quartet making its label debut
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Busch Trio: Schubert
Expressive and well-balanced playing relishes Schubert’s optimistic side
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Arod Quartet: Schubert
Mature and gripping accounts from a young ensemble that’s streets ahead
