Reviews – Page 8
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ReviewDanbi Um: Much Ado: Romantic Violin Pieces
A competition veteran makes her long-awaited solo debut album
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ReviewWen-Sinn Yang, Tassilo Probst: Weinberg
Another noteworthy album of a formerly neglected Soviet figure
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ReviewConcert review: Yo-Yo Ma (cello) New York Philharmonic/Jaap van Zweden, Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Leah Hollingsworth and Bruce Hodges review two concerts by the superstar cellist within the space of two days
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ReviewBook review: Maud Powell: Pioneer American Violinist
Tully Potter reviews the second edition of this landmark biography of the legendary US violinist
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ReviewConcert review: Danish Quartet, Jeremy Denk (piano)
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Ligeti, Mozart and Schumann at London’s Wigmore Hall on 15 September 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Chouchane Siranossian (violin) Leonardo García Alarcón (harpsichord) Balázs Máté (cello)
Tim Homfray hears the performance of Bach, Farina, Walther, Locatelli, Naregatsi and Schmelzer at London’s Wigmore Hall on 18 September 2023
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ReviewConcert review: Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) Reto Bieri (clarinet) Polina Leschenko (piano)
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Enescu, Poulenc, Bartok, Milhaud, Schoenfeld and Kopatchinskaja herself, at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 24 September 2023
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ReviewReview: String highlights of the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival
David Kettle picks out some of the treasures from Nicola Benedetti’s inaugural season as the festival’s director
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Maxim Rysanov, Guy Johnston: Tabakova
Masterly premiere recordings make the case for an individual voice
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff: Brahms, Dvořák, Viotti
Siblings inject joy into Brahms and virtuosity into Viotti
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Gary Hoffman: Beethoven
A new Beethoven cycle offers a fulfilling listen
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ReviewBook review: Two Violins, One Viola, a Cello and Me
Anne Inglis reviews the memoir of classical music agent Sonia Simmenauer, and her encounters with string quartets over the years
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ReviewBook review: Schubert’s String Quartets: The Teleology of Lyric Form
Robin Stowell reviews Anne M. Hyland’s musicological analysis of the composer’s 15 quartets
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ReviewRachel Podger: C.P.E. Bach
A treasurable partnership from two giants of the early music world
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ReviewBenjamin Schmid: Jazz Violin Concertos
A winning mix of concertos that sets the feet a-tapping
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