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ArticleBorodin Quartet: Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich
The Borodin Quartet performs Tchaikovsky's String Quartet no.1 op.11 & no.2 op.22, followed by Shostakovich's String Quartets no.3 op.73 & no.8 op.110. Recorded at the Henry Wood Hall, London, 7-9 October 1987Mikhail Kopelman, violinAndrei Abramenkov, violinDmitry Shebalin, violaValentin Berlinsky, celloSubscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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ArticleBach's Chaconne on film: Ida Haendel
A recent performance by the violinist illustrates her special sound.
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ArticleRCM graduate Chew Jun Ru in performance
Chew Jun Ru's performance at the 2012 National Chinese Music Competition. The Singaporean musician took first prize in the erhu category. Chew has recently become the Royal College of Music's first graduate in a traditional Chinese instrument. Read the full story. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition ...
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ArticleConversations with great artists: Steven Isserlis meets Ida Haendel
In an interview recorded in 2012 at London's Wigmore Hall, Steven Isserlis is joined by violinist Ida Haendel to speak about her life in music, the place of music in her life and her views on the essential spirit of being a performer. 'I am the violin', ...
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ArticleFernando Grillo in performance
Double bassist Fernando Grillo, who died on 26 July aged 67, performs two of his own works: Taiacis (1981/82) and Gstüss (1975).
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ArticleConversations with great artists: Isaac Stern
The legendary violinist talks about his musical background and philosophies
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ArticlePerlman and Ashkenazy record Franck
Heated discussions about the volume of the violin in the recording provide fascinating insight into the recording process
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ArticleBeyond classical: Sarah Neufeld
The Arcade Fire violinist creates the music for Forcelessness, a ballet
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ArticleThe way they played: Erica Morini
The Italian violinist plays the third movement of Bruch's First Violin Concerto.
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ArticleThe way they played: Jacqueline du Pré
The cellist plays Brahms's Second Cello Sonata with Daniel Barenboim.
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ArticleBeyond classical: Kevin Burke
The Irish fiddler, and subject of Double Acts in The Strad's August issue, performs with Michael O'Domhnaill.
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ArticleGreat teachers on film: Leonard Rose
Cellist Leonard Rose (1918-1984) was famous for having had a deep burnished tone and was naturally gifted in left-hand technique. This 1978 film, edited for viewing by Steven Honigberg, documents Rose's teaching theories for posterity. Click here to see Rose perform Bloch's Schelomo Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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ArticleComedy moments: Victor Borge accompanies Anton Kontra
The comic pianist mugs his way through Monti's Czardas
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ArticleThe way they played: Leonard Rose
The cellist performs Bloch's Schelomo with Lorin Maazel and the Cleveland Orchestra
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ArticleConversations with great artists: Joseph Szigeti
In a 1964 interview, Szigeti explains the importance of choosing fingering: 'We must look for the line of most resistance, as Artur Schnabel said. Fingerings compel certain expression and it is this faculty of drawing out of our musical treasures the maximum of expressiveness and character and ...
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ArticleLynn Harrell on The Colbert Report
The cellist shares his airline woes in this devastating parody
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