All Mozart articles – Page 7
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NewsLock of Mozart’s hair set to reach £12,000 at auction
Sotheby’s in London is selling the item, enclosed in a locket
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ReviewMozart: Violin Sonatas: in E minor K304; in A major K305; in B flat major K454; in A major K526
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Violin sonatas from early and late in Mozart’s careerMusicians: ErnŠ‘ Kállai (violin) Zoltán Fejérvári (piano)Composer: MozartThough the booklet makes no reference to the use of period instruments, the tonal quality and style of performance would place this disc within that category. The ...
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ReviewMozart: Complete Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante K364
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Clean and clear readings of Mozart’s violin concertos and ConcertanteMusicians: Rachel Barton Pine (violin) Matthew Lipman (viola) Academy of St Martinuin the Fields/Neville MarrinerComposer: MozartThis double-disc set is a mixture of old and new. On the one hand, it represents an established ...
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ReviewMozart: Violin Sonatas in C major K296 & B flat major K454. Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Fire and ice on display in music by two contrasting composersMusicians: Esther Hoppe (violin) Alasdair Beatson (piano)Composer: Mozart, StravinskyAlasdair Beatson is the more prominent protagonist in the two Mozart sonatas but Esther Hoppe admirably complements his perceptive playing in their various exchanges, ...
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov on playing the violin like Mozart
Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London - including a humorous impression of Mozart's violin playing.The full 48-minute video is available to buy as a download or DVD through the Masterclass Media Foundation.Watch Vengerov give a showstopping ...
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ArticleDavid and Igor Oistrakh perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
David Oistrakh and his son Igor Oistrakh perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante viola and violin parts respectively with the Moscow Philharmonic conducted by Yehudi Menuhin.Watch David Oistrakh perform Bach's Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin.Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti's 's influence on Prokofiev's violin concertos and sonatas in ...
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ReviewJohanna Martzy Vol.3. Works by Vivaldi, Szymanowski, Martinu¯, Ravel, Bartók, Brahms, Falla, Mozart, Bach & Suk
The Strad Issue: February 2015Description: Welcome exposure for the artistry of a neglected Hungarian virtuosoMusicians: Johanna Martzy (violin) Adolph Hallis, István Hajdu (piano) Stuttgart Radio Orchestra/Hans Müller-Kray, Netherlands Radio Orchestra/Willem van Otterloo, New York Philharmonic/André Cluytens, Cleveland Orchestra/George SzellComposer: Vivaldi, Szymanowski, Martinu¯, Ravel, Bartók, Brahms, Falla, Mozart, ...
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FocusDid early string players use continuous vibrato?
Contrary to current thinking, a light vibrato was the order of the day for 18th-century musicians, asserts Beverly Jerold
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FocusFree sheet music: James Ehnes's cadenzas to the early Mozart violin concertos
The violinist describes the process behind writing his own cadenzas for Mozart’s First and Second Concertos. Download the scores as a PDF at the bottom of the article
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ArticleJanine Jansen and Julian Rachlin perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
Janine Jansen and Julain Rachlin perform the solo violin and viola parts of the Presto from Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, K364 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia conducted by Victor Pablo Perez. Rachlin was this week named principal guest conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ReviewMozart: String Quartets in G major K387, E flat major K428 & C major K465 ‘Dissonance’
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: November 2014Description: Polished accounts of three of Mozart's 'Haydn' quartetsMusicians: Casals QuartetComposer: MozartCatalogue Number: HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 902186This triptych of Mozart performances is of the highest calibre, captured by a close recording whose revealing detail exposes no weakness among the players. Unanimity ...
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ArticleViolin believed to have belonged to Mozart donated to Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation
A violin believed to be the instrument Mozart owned and played during the years he lived in Vienna from 1781 has been donated to the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation in Salzburg, Austria.The instrument contains an inside label stating the name of the Italian maker Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa, a member of ...
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FocusFrom the archive: Mozart's Pietro Antonio Dalla Costa Violin
This article from The Strad, December 1945, describes the story behind the Dalla Costa violin believed to have been owned and played by Mozart during his years living in Vienna.Click on the pdf to read the article. Click here to read the news story about the Dalla Costa violin donated ...
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FocusJames Ehnes on Mozart
In an article from August 2006, the Canadian violinist explains how he wrote his own cadenzas for the composer's violin concertos
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ArticleMozart: Violin Sonatas vol.6: Sonatas in A major K402 (385e) & in C major K403 (385c), Piano Sonata in B flat major K570 (arr. for violin & piano), Six Variations in G minor on ‘Au bord d’une fontaine
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Takako Nishizaki (violin) Benjamin Loeb (piano)Composer: MozartThis sixth volume of Mozart’s complete violin sonatas doesn’t actually contain any complete Mozart violin sonatas. Two of them were finished by Maximilian Stadler after the composer’s death, while K570 is a piano sonata with a ...
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ArticleMozart: Violin Concertos no.1 in B flat major K207, no.2 in D major K211 & no.3 in G major K216
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Fabio Biondi (violin/director) Europa GalanteComposer: MozartThe day before I began appraising this disastrous disc, I was listening with pleasure to one of the CDs of Boccherini quintets by Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante. It is not a long journey from Boccherini to ...