All Magazine articles – Page 84
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma et al: Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Cellist and folk-music friends in a delightful, genre-bending second album
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ReviewLisa Batiashvili: City Lights
Lights, camera, action: a violinist’s evocative movie-musical travels
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ReviewArabella Steinbacher: Four Seasons
A popular seasonal pairing full of requisite energy and drama
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: Schubert
A light but not lightweight approach imbues this with a sense of wonder
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ReviewAviv Quartet, Amit Peled: Schubert
A light but not lightweight approach imbues this with a sense of wonder
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ReviewCamille Thomas: Voice of Hope
Expansive and expressive playing in a musical journey towards hope
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ReviewHee-Young Lim: Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev
A sensitive and poetic approach to Russian cello sonatas
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ReviewLawrence Power: MacMillan
Viola concerto is a 21st-century classic in the hands of a passionate advocate
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ReviewCamerata Tchaikovsky/Yuri Zhislin: Russian Colours
A revelatory viola arrangement of a saxophone concerto
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ReviewInbal Segev: Clyne, Elgar
Well-pitched and assertive playing in cello concertos both old and new
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ReviewAlisa Weilerstein: Bach
A standout, meditative and individual approach to the cellists’ cornerstone
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Premium ❘ ArticleAugust 2020: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the August 2020 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureDigital Double Act: TwoSet Violin
Over the past eight years, Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin have become an increasingly popular source of humour and inspiration for string players worldwide through their hugely successful YouTube channel. A more recent foray into staging live shows was a shot in the dark. Kimon Daltas meets ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureLutherie Collectives: The Wisdom of Crowds
Violin making is traditionally a solitary career, so why are so many luthiers and bow makers choosing to join collectives? Peter Somerford talks to the founders and members of such groups around the world to discover the benefits of pooling resources, knowledge and time
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn search of perfection: finding the right bow
Violinist and Metropolitan Opera concertmaster Benjamin Bowman has spent his entire playing career in search of ever more subtle and responsive bows. Here, he charts his journey to finding his ‘forever bow’, and advises string players on how they, too, can invest in this most important of assets
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Family connections
For her latest recording, violinist Viktoria Mullova has collaborated with her son, jazz bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado in an eclectic array of duets. Harry White speaks to the pair about the project’s origins and about working with family
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Premium ❘ FeatureD. C. Dounis: Training the brain
For Demetrius Constantine Dounis, the secret of good technique came from developing the brain and memory, as well as the arms and fingers. James Dickenson examines what made his ideas so special, and why he became one of the 20th century’s most influential teachers
