All Review articles – Page 140
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ReviewKorngold: String Sextet op.101, Suite op.232
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Generally successful performances of Korngold chamber worksMusicians: Aron Quartet, Thomas Selditz (viola) MÁ rius Diaz (cello) Henri Sigfridsson (piano)Composer: KorngoldLike the Doric Quartet before it (Chandos; see reviews in November 2010 and May 2012), the Aron Quartet builds on the success of its own ...
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ReviewHindemith: Variations on ‘A Frog He Went A-Courting’, Sonata for solo cello op.25 no.3, Three Pieces op.8, Cello Sonata op.11 no.3
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Rather over-earnest and dynamically flat performances of Hindemith’s cello musicMusicians: Judith Ermert (cello) Daan Vandewalle (piano)Composer: HindemithHindemith has often been admired as a supreme contrapuntalist and for his remarkable musical mind, but the Variations on ‘A Frog He Went A-Courting’ reveal him in a more whimsical ...
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ReviewSchuppanzigh Quartet: Haydn
String Quartets in G major op.54 no.1, C major op.20 no.2 & G minor op.74 no.3
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ReviewAnne-Sophie Mutter: Dvorák Violin Concerto
Violin Concerto in A minor op.531, Romance in F minor op.112, Mazurek in E minor op.493, Humoresque in G flat op.101 no.7 (arr. Kreisler)
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ReviewVenezia Quartet: Casella, Turchi
Casella: Concerto per archi op.40, Cinque pezzi op.34. Turchi: Concerto breve
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ReviewRick Stotijn: Basso Bailando
Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciones porteñas (arr. van Prooijen). Rota: Divertimento concertanto. Falla: Siete canciones populares espanolas (arr. van Prooijen)
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ReviewTianwa Yang, Markus Hadulla: Works by Sarasate
Souvenirs de Faust, transcriptions & arrangements of works by Moszkowski, Chopin, Guignon, Mondonville, Leclair, Handel, Senaillé, Bach & Raff
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ReviewJoel Quarrington, David Jalbert: Brothers in Brahms
Brahms: Violin Sonata no.1 in G major op.78 (arr. Quarrington). Schumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70 (arr. Quarrington). Fuchs: Double Bass Sonata op.97
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ReviewLeonidas Kavakos: Brahms & Bartók
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major op.771, Hungarian Dances nos.1, 2, 6 & 11 (arr. Joachim). Bartók: Rhapsodies nos.1 & 23
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ReviewJanine Jansen: Bach Concertos
Violin Concertos in A minor BWV1041 & E major BWV1042, Concerto for violin & oboe in C minor BWV1060, Violin Sonatas no.3 in E major BWV1016 & no.4 in C minor BWV1017
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ReviewMozart: Violin Concertos no.3 in G major K216 & no.4 in D major K218, Violin Sonata in A major K305
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Characterful performances from a starry young performerMusicians: Ray Chen (violin) Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra / Christoph Eschenbach (piano)Composer: Mozart Taiwan-born, Australian-raised violinist Ray Chen has turned to Mozart for his third release with Sony. Chen may be well-groomed and ...
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ReviewBritten: String Quartets nos.1–3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A new touchstone in an economical one-disc collection of Britten’s three numbered quartetsMusicians: Takács QuartetComposer: Britten Having passed through a period when I favoured the exceptionally dramatic view of Britten’s three quartets from the Belcea Quartet (EMI), I found ...
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ReviewBritten: String Quartets nos.1–3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A new touchstone in an economical one-disc collection of Britten’s three numbered quartetsMusicians: Takács QuartetComposer: BrittenHaving passed through a period when I favoured the exceptionally dramatic view of Britten’s three quartets from the Belcea Quartet (EMI), I found more to enjoy with ...
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ReviewA Violino Solo. Works by Baltzar, Vilsmayr, Westhoff, Biber, Bach & Telemann
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Balanced collection of German Baroque music for solo violinMusicians: Thibault Noally (violin)Composer: Baltzar, Vilsmayr, Westhoff, Biber, Bach, Telemann Thibault Noally’s unpretentious period-instrument accounts of unaccompanied works by six 17th- and 18th-century German polyphonists display technical command and communicative musicianship. Baltzar’s brief Praeludium ...
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ReviewPavel Šporcl: My Violin Legends
Music by Kocian, Laub, Drdla, Kubelík, Ondříček, Příhoda, Sevcík & Šporcl
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ReviewBassic Bach. Bach: Cello Suites no.1 in G major BWV1007, no.4 in E flat major BWV1010 & no.5 in C minor BWV1011
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A disc that sets a new standard for solo Bach on double bassMusicians: DaXun Zhang (double bass)Composer: BachBach’s six solo suites stand at the summit of combined interpretative and technical virtuosity for the cello. Imagine, then, the myriad challenges involved in attempting to play ...
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ReviewJason Anick: Tipping Point
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A classy album dominated by jazz balladsMusicians: Jason Anick (violin/mandolin) Clay Lyons (alto saxophone) Kris Jensen (tenor saxophone) Lee Dynes (guitar) Jason Yeager, Matt DeChamplain (piano) Greg Loughman, Adam Cote (double bass) Mike Connors (drums)Composer: Jason AnickA respected player on the US ...
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ReviewThe Lark Ascending. Moeran: Violin Concerto. Delius: Légende. Holst: A Song of the Night op.19 no.1. Elgar: Chanson de matin op.15 no.2, Chanson de nuit op.15 no.1, Salut d’amour op.12. Vaughan Willia
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A renowned exponent of Romantic repertoire revives a neglected concertoMusicians: Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew DavisComposer: Moeran, Delius, Holst, Elgar, Vaughan WilliamsThe Lark Ascending is the headliner here, but it wisely comes as a treat at the end, when that last ...
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ReviewSigns, Games + Messages. Janácek: Violin Sonata. Kurtág: Signs, Games and Messages (excerpts); Játékok (excerpts); Tre pezzi. Bartók: Violin Sonata no.1
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A largely absorbing recital that could have benefited from a little more fantasy and charmMusicians: Jennifer Koh (violin) Shai Wosner (piano)Composer: Janácek, Kurtág, Játékok, BartókRight from the start of this generously filled, folk-inspired disc, there’s no doubting the passion and intensity of ...
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ReviewSaint-Saëns: Violin Music vol.2 – Violin Sonata no.2 in E flat major op.102, Suite in D minor op.16, Romance in C major op.48, Violin Sonata (unfinished), Méditation, Le cygne
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Consummate artistry on display from a young French violinistMusicians: Fanny Clamagirand (violin) Vanya Cohen (piano)Composer: Saint-SaënsThis disc comprises a pleasing balance of well-known works and more unusual ones. It continues Fanny Clamagirand’s successful collaboration with Naxos (she has already recorded the Saint-Saëns ...
