All Reviews articles – Page 206
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ArticleScott: Sonata lirica, Deux préludes, Valse triste op.73 no.3, Tallahassee Suite op.73 no.3, Fantasie orientale, Romance op.73 no.2, Elégie op.73 no.1, Lotus Land, Andante languido, Intermezzo, Dance n
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Clare Howick (violin) Sophia Rahman (piano)Composer: ScottCyril Scott was born in 1879 and would today be described as a crossover composer, always happy to work either in popular light music or in more serious and ambitious works. Sadly he found that his ...
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ArticleShostakovich: Cello Concertos nos.1 & 2
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello) Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor)Composer: Shostakovich Yakov Kreizberg recently notched up a notable success as a sympathetic concerto partner for Julia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott in Brahms’s ‘Double’. A similar level ...
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ArticleProkofiev: Violin Sonatas no.1 in F minor op.80 & no.2 in D major op.94b, March from ‘The Love of Three Oranges’, The Mask from ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Waltz from ‘Cinderella’
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Erik Schumann (violin) Henri Sigfridsson (piano)Composer: Prokofiev Prokofiev possessed a highly complex creative personality. One minute he might enchant the ear with fresh musical slants on the Classical and Romantic traditions, then iconoclastically rail against them with outbursts ...
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ArticleRaff: Violin Concerto no.1 in B minor op.161 (original version), Suite for solo violin and orchestra op.181, La fée d’amour
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Tobias Ringborg (violin) Norrlands Opera Symphony Orchestra, Andrea Quinn (conductor)Composer: Raff Raff’s prolific output is often described as ‘eclectic’. In part, this is a tribute to his profuse writing in a variety of genres, and a style that ...
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ArticleRyelandt: Piano Quintet in A minor, String Quartet no.2 in F minor, Adagio for String Quartet in F sharp minor op.13, Andante ‘Ach Tjanne’ and Variations
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Spiegel Quartet, Joost Magerman (double bass) Jozef de Beenhouwer (piano)Composer: Ryelandt Joseph Ryelandt (1870–1965) was, like his Flemish compatriots Benoît, Blockx, Meulemans, Mortelmans and Roels, a formidable symphonist. He penned meaty oratorios, and his songs are admirably intimate. This ...
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ArticleLost and Found: Treasures of the Heifetz Legacy Vol.2. Works by Beethoven, Badings, Rachmaninoff–Heifetz, Haydn–Heifetz, Wieniawski–Heifetz & R. Strauss
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Sherry Kloss (violin) Brooks Smith (piano) Mark Westcott (piano)Composer: Beethoven, Badings, Rachmaninoff–Heifetz, Haydn–Heifetz, Wieniawski–Heifetz & R. StraussThis disc should be a fascinating insight into Heifetz’s ‘inner circle’ by performers closely associated with the violinist – Sherry Kloss was his assistant at the ...
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ArticleYsaÿe's Six Sonatas for solo violin op.27
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Henning Kraggerud (violin) Composer: YsaÿeNo less an authority than Carl Flesch considered Ysaÿe the ‘most outstanding and individual violinist I have heard in my life’. By his 30s, renowned composers were virtually falling over themselves to ...
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ArticleSibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor op.47. Khachaturian: Violin Concerto*. Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy†
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Gerhard Taschner (violin) Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Sandberg (conductor) NDR Symphony Orchestra, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor)* Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Lehmann (conductor)† Composer: Sibelius, Khachaturian, SarasateI have not previously encountered this 1955 version of the Khachaturian, a work Gerhard Taschner (1922–76) plays ...
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ArticleMendelssohn: Violin Concertos in D minor & in E minor op.64
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Nemanja Radulović (violin) Prague Chamber OrchestraComposer: Mendelssohn Nemanja Radulović won the Joachim (2003) and Enescu (2001) competitions as a teenager. Now nearly 23, he gives his youthful emotions full poetic rein in these sparsely edited, ‘live’ readings. Radulović and the orchestra capture ...
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ArticleD’Amore. Works by Garth Knox, Marais, Roland Moser, Hume, Ariosti & Klaus Huber
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Garth Knox (viola d’amore) Agnès Vesterman (cello) Composer: Garth Knox, Marais, Roland Moser, Hume, Ariosti & Klaus Huber Viola player Garth Knox is a veteran of the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Arditti Quartet. He has made ...
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ArticleScarlatti: Twelve Keyboard Sonatas (arr. Papavrami)
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Tedi Papavrami (violin)Composer: Scarlatti Until I heard this disc, I would not have thought it possible that a Scarlatti keyboard sonata could be played on the violin. I have enjoyed Tedi Papavrami’s realisations so much that I hope ...
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ArticleTim Kliphuis – Swingin’ Through the Classics. Works by Fauré, Dvorák, Chopin, Liszt, Tárrega, Grieg, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mozart, Schubert & Tchaikovsky (arr. Kliphuis)
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Tim Kliphuis (violin) Len Skeat (double bass) Mitch Dalton (guitars) Nick Dawson (piano) Composer: Fauré, Dvorák, Chopin, Liszt, Tárrega, Grieg, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Mozart, Schubert & Tchaikovsky (arr. Kliphuis) This album is much better than ...
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ArticleBloch: Violin Concerto. Lees: Violin Concerto
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Elmar Oliveira (violin) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams (conductor)Composer: Bloch, Lees Bloch’s Violin Concerto gets few outings in the concert hall, and Benjamin Lees’s gets fewer still, so this recording is welcome. Bloch’s work, written just ...
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ArticleDohnányi: Violin Concertos no.1 in D minor op.27 & no.2 in C minor op.43
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Michael Ludwig (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta (conductor)Composer: DohnányiErno Dohnányi (1877–1960) suffered an eclipse after his death, ceding place in his native Hungary to Bartók and Kodály, and (except for his popular Nursery Variations) less of a platform performer after ...
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ArticleFauré: Cello Sonatas nos.1 & 2, Après un rêve, Papillon, Sicilienne, Romance, Berceuse, Sérénade
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Maria Kliegel (cello) Nina Tichman (piano)Composer: Fauré The relative rarity of Fauré’s cello sonatas in recitals is possibly connected with their dark character, the first written during the First World War, the second in 1921 near the end of ...
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ArticleHaydn: Violin Concertos in C major Hob.VIIa:1, A major Hob.VIIa:3 and G major Hob.VIIa:4
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Augustin Hadelich (violin) Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor) Composer: Haydn2006 Indianapolis Competition victor Augustin Hadelich gives impressive accounts of Haydn’s three surviving violin concertos. Although there is plenty for advocates of period performance to baulk at, not least ...
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ArticleHindemith: Viola Sonatas op.11 no.4 & op.25 no.4, Solo Viola Sonatas op.11 no.5 & op.25 no.1
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Michael Zaretsky (viola) Xak Bjerken (piano) Composer: HindemithPaul Hindemith wrote all his viola music for his own use during his years as a soloist. The earliest piece is one of the most popular: the Sonata for viola and piano ...
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ArticleBartók: Violin Sonatas nos.1 & 2, Rhapsodies nos.1 & 2
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Georgy Valtchev (violin) Lora Tchekoratova (piano)Composer: BartókOn an interpretative level, this Bulgarian husband-and-wife team makes a first-rate duo. I find the distaff side of the partnership more consistent but there is no doubt that Georgy Valtchev and Lora Tchekoratova know Bartók’s music ...
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ArticleMendelssohn: Octet in E flat major op.20, String Symphony no.10 in B minor
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: London Concertante Composer: MendelssohnI suspect the Mendelssohn Octet is a repertoire piece for London Concertante. At any rate, the players handle all its aspects with aplomb and I enjoyed their reading very much. What is more, they are excellently ...
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ArticleHindemith: Sonata for double bass and piano. Frank Proto: Sonata ‘1963’. Armando Trovajoli: Sconcerto
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Jens Bomhardt (double bass) Roberto Paruzzo (piano) Composer: Hindemith, Frank Proto, Armando TrovajoliJens Bomhardt gives an alluring account of Hindemith’s late Double Bass Sonata, gracefully despatching the first two short movements, the Allegretto and Scherzo, before embarking on the ...
