All Review articles – Page 110
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ReviewQuatuor Zaïde: Franck – String Quartet in D major; Chausson – Chanson perpétuelle op.37
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: French-perfumed flair all round from young Gallic quartet Musicians: Quatuor Zaïde, Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), Jonas Vitaud (piano)Works: FRANCK String Quartet in D major; CHAUSSON Chanson perpétuelle op.37Catalogue Number: NOMAD MUSIC NMM044 This is the first time the young French Quatuor Zaïde ...
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ReviewElinor Frey: Fiorè – Complete Cello Sonatas; and 17th-century Italian arias
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: Exploring how the 17th-century cello found its individual voiceMusicians: Elinor Frey (Baroque cello) Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) Lorenzo Ghielmi (harpsichord) Esteban La Rotta (theorbo)Works: FIORÈ Complete cello sonatas; plus 17th-century arias for soprano, cello obbligato and basso continuo by ...
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ReviewRobert deMaine: Fauré, Grieg, Rachmaninoff – works for cello & piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: Lavish and powerful playing of Romantic cello musicMusicians: Robert deMaine (cello) Andrew Armstrong (piano) Works: FAURÉ Élégie in C minor op.24; GRIEG Cello Sonata in A minor op.36; RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata in G minor op.19 ...
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ReviewEuclid Quartet: American Quartets (Dvořák, Marsalis)
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: America seen through the lens of two very different composersMusicians: Euclid Quartet Works: DVOŘÁK String Quartet no.12 in F major op.96 ‘American’; MARSALIS String Quartet no.1 ‘At the Octoroon Balls’ Catalogue Number: AFINAT RECORDS AR1701 The ‘American’ ...
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ReviewThe Brahms Project: The Complete Piano Quartets
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: Splendid Spanish musicians share their passion for Brahms Musicians: The Brahms Project: Josep Colomé (violin) Joaquín Riquelme (viola) David Apellániz (cello) Enrique Bagaría (piano) Works: Brahms Piano Quartets: no.1 in G minor op.25, no.2 in A major op.60, ...
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ReviewJames Ehnes: Beethoven Violin Concerto, Romances. Schubert Rondo
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: It’s truly a team effort in this elegant account of Beethoven’s Concerto Musicians: James Ehnes (violin) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze Works: Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major op.61; Romances: no.1 in G major op.40, ...
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ReviewChristian Tetzlaff: Bach – Sonatas and Partitas
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: An alert and flexible live response to the beauties of solo BachMusicians: Christian Tetzlaff (violin)Works: Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV1001–6 Catalogue Number: ONDINE ODE12992D (2 CDS) The process behind Christian Tetzlaff’s third recording of ...
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ReviewBartholomew LaFollette: Brahms – Works for Cello and Piano
The Strad Issue: November 2017Description: High-quality Brahms in cellist’s debut recordingMusicians: Bartholomew LaFollette (cello), Caroline Palmer (piano)Works: Brahms: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in E minor op.37, no.2 in F major op.99; Four Serious Songs (arr. Shafran); Hungarian Dance no.20 in E minor Catalogue ...
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ReviewBorenstein: Violin Concerto; The Big Bang and Creation of the Universe; If you will it, it is no dream
The Strad Issue: November 2017Description: Contemporary works full of grand gestures and soaring melodyMusicians: Irmina Trynkos (violin) Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir AshkenazyComposer: Nimrod Borenstein Catalogue Number: CHANDOS CHSA 5209 Tel Aviv-born composer Nimrod Borenstein lays bare his love of the large-scale, virtuosic concerto ...
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ReviewQuiroga Quartet: Terra. Works by Bartók, Ginastera, Haffner, Schubert
The Strad Issue: November 2017Description: Powerful passions smoulder in a folk-inspired programmeMusicians: Quiroga QuartetWorks: Bartók: String Quartet no.2 op.17, Ginastera: String Quartet no.1 op.20, Halfeter: Ocho tientos para cuarteto de cuerda op.35, Schubert: Ländler in B flat major D374, Trad.: Panxoliña para o Nadal ...
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ReviewArmida Quartet – Fuga Magna: Bach, Beethoven, Scarlatti, Goldberg, Haussmann
The Strad Issue: November 2017Description: An imaginative exploration of the art of the fugueMusicians: Armida Quartet, Raphael Alpermann (harpsichord)Works: Bach: Contrapunctus I, IV & XI (The Art of Fugue BWV1080), Beethoven: Grosse Fugue in B flat major op.133, Goldberg: Sonata in C minor, ...
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ReviewTasmin Little – Szymanowski: Violin Concertos nos.1 & 2, Karlowicz: Violin Concerto
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: November 2017Description: Romantic concertos that stand in a class of their ownMusicians: Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward GardnerComposer: Szymanowski, KarlowiczCatalogue Number: CHANDOS CHSA 5185 ‘I maintain that our national music is not the ossified ghosts of ...
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ReviewMichel Portal, Ébène Quartet: Eternal Stories. Piazolla, Five Tango Sensations; and works by Colombet, Portal, Tribolet, Le Magadure, Merlin and Boisseau
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Elegant, catchy and highly accomplished jazz/string quartet fusionMusicians: Michel Portal (clarinet, bandonéon) Xavier Tribolet (keyboards) Richard Hery (drums) Ébène QuartetComposer: Piazolla etc.Catalogue Number: ERATO 0190295839567 The Ébène Quartet has a dual studio career. In between recordings of ...
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ReviewCalifornia Quartet: Sergey Taneyev, String Quartets nos.2 & 6
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Russian Romantic composer’s quartets benefits from loving performancesMusicians: California QuartetComposer: TaneyevCatalogue Number: CENTAUR CRC 3589 Sergey Taneyev may have lacked the strong creative personality of his teacher Tchaikovsky and his pupils Rachmaninoff and Scriabin yet, like Glazunov, he was a ...
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ReviewAntonio Meneses: Schumann, Cello Concerto in A minor; Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor; Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations
The Strad Issue: October 2017 Description: Wonderful birthday celebration disc of concertos from a cello star Musicians: Antonio Meneses (cello) Royal Northern Sinfonia/Claudio Cruz Composer: Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Tchaikovsky Catalogue Number: AVIE AV2373 Cellist Antonio Meneses turned 60 this year, and to mark the occasion ...
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ReviewIlya Gringolts: Stravinsky, Pastorale; Duo concertant; Suite for Violin and Piano; etc
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: A somewhat diffident account of self-effacing StravinskyMusicians: Ilya Gringolts (violin) Peter Laul (piano) Composer: StravinskyCatalogue Number: BIS 2245 (SACD) Stravinsky expressed dissatisfaction with the combination of strings and piano. Sometimes I wonder if he wrote the Duo concertant to prove ...
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ReviewFrancesco & Stefano Cerrato, Armoniosa: Platti Trio Sonatas
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: The Cerrato brothers make a convincing case for some rarely performed sonatasMusicians: Francesco Cerrato (Baroque violin), Stefano Cerrato (Baroque cello), ArmoniosaComposer: PlattiCatalogue Number: MDG 9031978-6 Giovanni Platti’s (c.1697–1763) Trio Sonatas, written for the unusual combination of violin, cello and continuo, ...
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ReviewAlina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien: Mozart Violin Sonatas
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Standards remain high: some of the most committed Mozart playing you’ll hearMusicians: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (fortepiano)Composer: MozartCatalogue Number: HYPERION CDA68164 [2 CDs] Volume 4 of this acclaimed cycle sustains the high standards of its predecessors, presenting a careful ...
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ReviewJi Young Lim, Dong Hyen Lim: Mozart and Beethoven violin sonatas
Mozart: Violin Sonatas: no.18 in G major K301, no.21 in E minor K304, no.26 in B flat major K378; Beethoven: Violin Sonata no.1 in D major op.12The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Stylish Classical debut disc from Queen Elisabeth Prize winner Musicians: Ji Young Lim ...
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ReviewMessiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Krakauer: Akoka; Socalled: Meanwhile…
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Curious bookends that meditate on the end of timeMusicians: Jonathan Crow (violin) Matt Haimovitz (cello) David Krakauer (clarinet) Geoffrey Burleson (piano) Socalled (electronics)Composer: Messiaen, Krakauer, Socalled Catalogue Number: PENTATONE OXINGALE SERIES PTC 5186 560 (hybrid SACD) Matt Haimovitz’s disc is ...
