All Reviews articles – Page 155
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ReviewNordic Violin Music – Tschetschulin: Berceuse. Aulin: Four Aquarelles. Sinding: Romanze op.79 no.23. Carlson: Violin Sonata in E flat minor op.64
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Illuminating performances of a neglected area of repertoireMusicians: Annemarie Šström (violin) Sonja Fräki, Emil Holmström (piano)Composer: Tschetschulin, Aulin, Sinding, CarlsonThe young Finnish violinist Annemarie Åström has built up a collection of Scandinavian fiddle pieces, some little-known abroad, some hardly known at home. ...
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ReviewDavid: Salon–Duett op.25, Suite op.43, Twelve Salon–Stücke op.24, Trois impromptus en forme de Valse
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A disappointing outing for some unjustly neglected repertoireMusicians: Stephan Schardt (violin) Philipp Vogler (piano)Composer: Ferdinand DavidStephan Schardt here unearths an attractive selection of Ferdinand David’s rich, yet sorely neglected legacy of violin compositions. Although he claims a willingness to introduce the subtle ...
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ReviewBrahms: String Quartet in B flat major op.671. Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht op.42
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A warmly played coupling of two Viennese classicsMusicians: Ysaÿe Quartet, Isabel Charisius2 (viola) Valentin Erben2 (cello)Composer: Brahms, SchoenbergIt was Schoenberg who recognised the progressive in Brahms in his famous centenary tribute, so the two composers make an apt match on disc. Here, ...
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ReviewKlughardt: String Quartet in F major op.42, Piano Quintet in G minor op. 431
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A revival of a neglected 19th-century composer’s music on period instrumentsMusicians: Pleyel Quartet, Tobias Koch (piano)Composer: KlughardtAugust Klughardt (1847–1902) is one of the forgotten figures of German music, yet his profile is an interesting one, straddling both Wagner and the Classical style. ...
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ReviewKhachaturian: Concerto–Rhapsody in B flat minor, Sonata–Monologue. Lyapunov: Violin Concerto in D minor op.61
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Old-world charm in music from Armenia and RussiaMusicians: Hideko Udagawa (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Alan BuribayevComposer: Khachaturian, LyapunovKhachaturian’s Concerto–Rhapsody is a more subtly argued and expressively shaded work than the Violin Concerto, although it lacks the latter’s raw emotional power and sheer memorability. ...
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ReviewElgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85. Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Š árka from Má Vlast
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Mixed results in a live account of Elgar’s concertoMusicians: Zuill Bailey (cello) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra/Krzysztof UrbanskiComposer: Elgar, SmetanaZuill Bailey radiates warmth and professional poise in this live recording of Elgar’s Concerto, but its sense of immediacy may not be enough to excuse ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Violin Sonatas (complete)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A masterly set that combines Beethovenian ferocity and gentlenessMusicians: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Enrico Pace (piano)Composer: BeethovenLeonidas Kavakos plays Beethoven’s early violin sonatas with a nice sense of scale. The expressive vibrato is just warm enough, the melodies are exquisitely but ...
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ReviewRavel: Violin Sonata in G major. Bloch: Poème mystique. Janá?ek: Violin Sonata
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A disappointing recital of 20th-century violin masterworksMusicians: Christina Šstrand (violin) Per Salo (piano)Composer: Ravel, Bloch, JanácekThis new release from Christina Åstrand, the principal concertmaster of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, is recorded in the acoustic of a large empty concert hall, which ...
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ReviewHefti: Ph(r)asen, Guggisberg Variations, Mobile, con fuoco
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Recent music for quartet played with theatricalityMusicians: Leipzig QuartetComposer: HeftiYoung Swiss composer David Philip Hefti (b.1975) has produced four string quartets so far, and they’re a wildly contrasting bunch, full of music that’s hard to classify. From the skittering speech imitations in ...
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ReviewImaginative aint-Saens favourites 1
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favouritesMusicians: MarkAngie Patrick from the butchersComposer: Saint Saens Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of ...
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ReviewImaginative 2 aint-Saens favourites
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favouritesMusicians: MarkAngie Patrick from the butchersComposer: Saint Saens Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of ...
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ReviewImaginative and 3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favouritesMusicians: MarkAngie Patrick from the butchersComposer: Saint Saens Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of ...
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ReviewImaginative 4 and some Saint-Saens favourites
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favouritesMusicians: MarkAngie Patrick from the butchersComposer: Saint Saens Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of ...
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ReviewImaginative 5
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favouritesMusicians: MarkAngie Patrick from the butchersComposer: Mozart Amadeus Bach Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing ...
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ReviewImaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favouritesMusicians: MarkAngie Patrick from the butchersComposer: Mozart Amadeus Bach Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing of some Saint-Saëns favourites Imaginative and masterful playing ...
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ReviewShostakovich: Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor op.99. Barber: Violin Concerto op.14
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Authoritative performances marred by unhelpful recorded balanceMusicians: Dylana Jenson (violin) London Symphony Orchestra/David LockingtonComposer: Shostakovich & Barber Dylana Jenson’s career has been a patchy saga of early success in the 1980s scuppered by the removal of a loaned Guarneri. ...
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ReviewSouvenir. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major op.48, Souvenir de Florence op.70 Nielsen At the Bier of a Young Artist, Suite for string orchestra op.1
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Surround sound brings a new aural experience to music for string orchestraMusicians: Trondheim SoloistsComposer: TchaikovskyRecorded in the round, all four pieces here place the listener in the centre of the aural picture, but the distribution of the players around the ...
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ReviewHaydn: String Quartets op.76 nos.1–6
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Haydn performances where the jokes too often fall flatMusicians: Wilanów QuartetComposer: Haydn The award-winning Wilanów players invest their wealth of experience and artistic sensibility in these recordings of Haydn’s popular op.76 set. Their readings are civilised, warm-toned and technically ...
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ReviewMišek Double Bass Sonatas no.1 in A major op.5 & no.2 in E minor op.6, Concert–Polonaise
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Elegant performances of rare double bass repertoireMusicians: Szymon Marciniak (double bass) Joanna Lawrynowicz (piano)Composer: Mišek Polish-born Szymon Marciniak, now principal double bassist of The Hague Philharmonic, puts in impressive performances on his first volume of sonatas and miniatures by ...
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ReviewThe Unknown Enescu Vol.1: Music for Violin. Works by George Enescu
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A welcome exploration of lesser-known gems from the Romanian masterMusicians: Sherban Lupu (violin/conductor) Masumi Per Rostad (viola) Marin Cazacu, Dmitry Kouzov (cello) Ian Hobson, Ilinca Dumitrescu, Samir Golescu (piano) Enescu Ensemble of the University of IllinoisComposer: EnescuThis CD has two geographical centres: ...
