All Magazine articles – Page 92
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ReviewJanet Sung: The Deeper the Blue
Janet Sung: The Deeper the Blue The Strad Issue: February 2020Description: Capturing the colour of infinity in this well-planned, thoughtful programmeMusicians: Janet Sung (violin) Simon Callaghan (piano) Britten Sinfonia/Jac van SteenWorks: Music by Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Dutilleux and HeskethCatalogue Number: SOMM CD 275 Inspired by a passage ...
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ReviewRaphael Wallfisch: Ben-Haim, Bloch, Korngold
Plenty of gold to be mined here in an enterprising collection of concertos
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Premium ❘ FeaturePablo Casals: Boundless Expression
The legacy of Pablo Casals is alive and well in the cello playing of today – and can be traced primarily to the methods of his colleague Diran Alexanian and favourite student Maurice Eisenberg. Oskar Falta explores the Catalonian cellist’s main vibrato theories, as communicated by his two important associates
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Premium ❘ FeatureChinese Tonewoods: Interesting Times
For luthiers worldwide, European wood is still viewed as the best for making stringed instruments – even though China’s forests are filled with high-quality spruce and maple. Xue Peng presents the results of a study comparing the tonewoods of China and Europe, with some startling conclusions
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Freedom of Choice
For Jack Liebeck, recording the Brahms and Schoenberg violin concertos has felt like a homecoming – a chance to reflect on the life of his grandfather, and to appreciate the liberties we enjoy today, as he tells Harry White
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Premium ❘ FeatureWilliam C. Honeyman: The People’s Violin Man
During the 19th century there was an upsurge of interest in violin playing in Britain. At its centre, writes Kevin MacDonald, was the Scottish violinist and writer William C. Honeyman – purveyor of string secrets to the masses and perhaps the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes
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Premium ❘ FeatureKaren Tuttle: The Violists’ Champion
Violists, particularly in the US, regard Karen Tuttle as a pioneer of pedagogy, tirelessly committed to improving the playing freedom of her students. As this month marks the 100th anniversary of her birth, Carlos María Solare pays tribute to her career, teaching methods and formidable strength of character
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ReviewNash Ensemble: Poetry Nearing Silence
Athletic performances of eclectic music by a British composer
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ReviewVadim Gluzman, Johannes Moser, Yevgeny Sudbin: Tchaikovsky, Babajanian, Schnittke
Vadim Gluzman, Johannes Moser: Tchaikovsky, Babajanian, Schnittke THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: February 2020Description: Amazing virtuosity but always at the service of the musicMusicians: Vadim Gluzman (violin) Johannes Moser (cello) Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)Works: Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor op.50 ‘In Memory of a Great Artist’. Babajanian: ...
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ReviewConcert review: Isabelle Faust (violin) et al
Tim Homfray hears the violinist and her cohorts at Wigmore Hall, London, on 23 December 2019
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ReviewConcert review: Belcea Quartet
Tim Homfray visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 18 and 20 December 2019 for two all-Beethoven recitals
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ReviewConcert review: Alisa Weilerstein (cello) London Symphony Orchestra/François-Xavier Roth
Peter Quantrill gives his thoughts on the performance at London’s Barbican, 19 December 2019
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ReviewConcert review: Quatuor Danel
Peter Quantrill waxes lyrical about the recital at Wigmore Hall, London, on 10 December 2019
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ReviewConcert review: Aisslinn Nosky (Violin) Handel & Haydn Society
Leah Hollingsworth assesses the playing at Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, NYC, on 20 December 2019
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Bruce Hodges attends the Biritsh cellist’s debut recital at Weill Recital Hall on 11 December 2019
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ReviewConcert review: Carolin Widmann (violin) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Bruce Hodges hears the concert at New York’s 92nd Street Y, on 7 December 2019
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ReviewConcert review: The Crypt Sessions: Salon Séance For Benjamin Britten
Leah Hollingsworth reviews the performance at New York’s Church of the Intercession, 4 December 2019
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ReviewBook review: Listening Through the Lens
Julian Haylock reviews the autobiography of British film-maker Christopher Nupen
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ReviewBook review: A Quintessential Quartet: The Story of the Lindsay String Quartet
Tully Potter reviews an account of the famed British foursome, penned by its cellist
