All Magazine articles – Page 86
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ReviewBook review: The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty
Julian Haylock reviews Martin Schleske’s book relating the art of violin making to a profound belief in God
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ReviewBook review: The German Bow: A study exhibit of German bow making
Bow maker Matt Wehling reviews the latest publication from the Violin Society of America
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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
