All Mozart articles – Page 6
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FocusTrio Zimmermann discuss how forming the group has changed them as musicians
A decade after its founding, Trio Zimmermann has put the string trio back in the spotlight. How does this all-star ensemble function, and can it save the string trio from obscurity? Andrew Mellor went to meet its members
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NewsEllinor D'Melon plays Mozart Violin Concerto no.5, 3rd movement
In this video, 15-year-old Ellinor D’Melon plays the Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.5 (3rd movement) with Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid under conductor Zubin Mehta. D’Melon was born in Kingston, Jamaica, beginning violin lessons at the age of two and a half. She then ...
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FocusMy most memorable musical experience – Joshua Bell
A wayward shoulder rest nearly ruins the violinist’s first appearance with a world-class orchestra, aged just 14
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ArticleMozart: Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra
The Strad Issue: February 2017Description: Period playing and new cadenzas in the five Mozart concertosMusicians: Isabelle Faust (violin), Il Giardino Armonico/Giovanni AntoniniComposer: MozartCatalogue number: HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 90 2230/31 (2 CDS) This is now one of several sets of the Mozart concertos I have reviewed for The ...
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ArticleBartók: String Quartet no.3, Dvorák: String Quartet no.11 in C major op.61, Mozart: String Quartet no.20 in D major K499 ‘Hoffmeister'
The Strad Issue: February 2017Description: Salzburg recordings from 1965 in slightly compromised soundMusicians: Juilliard QuartetComposer: Bartók, Dvorák, MozartCatalogue number: ORFEO C927 161B Live Juilliard performances can be illuminating, but here the tape imparts a tremulous quality to the strings. In a purposeful Allegretto to Mozart’s ‘Hoffmeister’, tangy ...
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FocusPsychoanalysing Mozart
Are the frequent mood swings in Mozart's violin works a symptom of operatic composing, or of his affliction with a rare psychiatric disorder? Rok Klopčič offers some thoughts
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ArticleMozart: String Quintets: no.5 in D major K593, no.6 in E flat major K614; Fragment in A minor K515c
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Chilingirian completes its survey of Mozart's six quintetsMusicians: Chilingirian Quartet, Yuko Inoue (viola)Composer: MozartCatalogue number: CRD 3523 These loving performances, which complete the cycle of Mozart quintets made over the past decade by the Chilingirian Quartet with violist ...
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ReviewMozart: Piano Trio in B flat major K502; E major K542; G major K564
The Strad Issue: October 2016 Description: Joyful period performances of three of Mozart’s piano trios Musicians: Rautio Piano Trio Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: RESONUS RES 10168 In a booklet note to this recording ...
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ArticleViolinist Julia Fischer and violist Gordan Nikolitch record Mozart
Violinist Julia Fischer and violist Gordan Nikolitch (normally a violinist) record Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra for their 2007 recording on PentaTone Classics. Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott describe the demands and rewards of their duo partnership in The Strad’s October 2016 issue ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.6; Mozart, Françaix: Nonet (after the Quintet K452); Schumann: Phantasie in C major op.131
The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: A new ensemble meets with conspicuous success in Mozart and Schumann Musicians: Sebastian Bohren (violin), Chaarts Chamber Artists Composer: Beethoven, Mozart, Françaix, Schumann Catalogue number: RCA RED ...
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ReviewMozart: Violin Concertos: no.3 in G major K216; no.4 in D major K218; no.5 in A major K219 ‘Turkish’
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: September 2016 Description: Natural, spontaneous Mozart from Kraggerud and his Norwegian players Musicians: Henning Kraggerud (violin), Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: NAXOS 8.573513 If Henryk ...
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ReviewMozart: Complete Violin Concertos
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: All five concertos and three single movements in live performances Musicians: Kristóf Baráti (violin), Hungarian Chamber Orchestra Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: Brilliant Classics 95368 (2 CDs) It ...
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ReviewMozart: Sonatas for keyboard and violin: in B flat major K10; in C major K14; in F major K30; in G major K301; in E minor K304; in G major K379; in E flat major K481
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: Seven sonatas demonstrating Mozart’s early charm and mature depth Musicians: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA 68091 (2 ...
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ReviewMozart: String Quartets: in G major K387, in B flat major K458 ‘Hunt’
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: An individual approach to two of Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets Musicians: Hagen Quartet Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: MYRIOS MYR 017 Just like skinning a cat, there are many ...
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ReviewHuberman Festival 1982. Bach: Double Concerto in D minor BWV1043. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major K364. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto grosso in B minor op.3 no.10
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: Star string players gather to celebrate Huberman’s 100thMusicians: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel, Ivry Gitlis (violins) Pinchas Zukerman (violin/viola) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin MehtaComposer: Bach; Mozart; VivaldiIn December 1982, to mark the centenary of the Israel Philharmonic’s founder Bronislaw Huberman, ...
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ArticleViolinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Mozart's Third Concerto
A youthful Frank Peter Zimmermann performs the first movement of Mozart's Third Violin Concerto conducted by Bernard Haitink. The violinist discusses re-recording the Mozart violin concertos, 20 years after his breakthrough recording cycle, in The Strad's April 2016 issue - download on desktop computer or through The ...
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NewsThe Strad April 2016 issue is out now
Twenty years after his breakthrough recording of the Mozart concertos, German violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann revisits the cycle on disc
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ReviewMozart: Violin Concerto no.3 in G major K216; Piano Trio in E major K542. Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
The Strad Issue: March 2016Description: Classics reissued – and the Ravel Trio for the first time on silver discMusicians: Yehudi Menuhin (violin/director) Gaspar Cassadó (cello) Louis Kentner (piano) Bath Festival OrchestraComposer: Mozart; RavelThe old LP of the Ravel and Mozart trios introduced me to the works, more ...
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ArticleAna Chumachenco gives Mozart violin cadenza masterclass
Play with virtuosity but with a cool head...'Kronberg Academy violin professor Ana Chumachenco gives a masterclass on the cadenza of Mozart's Third Violin Concerto.The full 120-minute video is available to buy as a download or DVD through the Masterclass Media Foundation.Watch: Maxim Vengerov on playing the violin like ...
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ArticleMozart: Violin Sonatas: no.1 in C major K6, no.2 in D major K7, no.4 in G major K9, no.10 in B flat major K15, no.14 in D major K29, no.22 in A major K305, no.24 in F major K376, no.29 in A major K402
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Ibragimova and Tiberghien offer a second set of Mozart sonatasMusicians: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano)Composer: MozartCatalogue number: HYPERION CDA 68092 Alina Ibragimova is, in many ways, an ideal interpreter for this double disc of (mainly) early Mozart sonatas. Ibragimova’s interest in ...
