Reviews – Page 117
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ReviewTestament. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1001–6
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: Another returnee to the Sonatas and Partitas offers a more personal voice Musicians: Rachel Barton Pine Composer: Bach Catalogue number: AVIE AV 2360 (2 CDs) The G ...
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ReviewBach: Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin BWV1001–6
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: Period inflexions in Romantic style as Kaplan returns to solo Bach Musicians: Mark Kaplan Composer: Bach Catalogue number: BRIDGE 9460 (2 CDs) Mark Kaplan’s second recording of ...
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ReviewAdès: Arcadiana; Nørgård: Quartetto Breve; Abrahamsen:Ten Preludes
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: Adventurous programming for the Danish Quartet’s ECM debut Musicians: Danish Quartet Composer: Adès, Nørgård, Abrahamsen Catalogue number: ECM 481 2385 The Danish Quartet is surely one of ...
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ReviewSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956; Lieder
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: A Schubert Quintet that should go straight to the top of the list Musicians: Ebène Quartet, Gautier Capuçon (cello) Matthias Goerne (baritone) Laurène Durantel (double bass) Composer: ...
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ReviewMozart: Sonatas for keyboard and violin: in B flat major K10; in C major K14; in F major K30; in G major K301; in E minor K304; in G major K379; in E flat major K481
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: Seven sonatas demonstrating Mozart’s early charm and mature depth Musicians: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Cédric Tiberghien (piano) Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: HYPERION CDA 68091 (2 ...
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ReviewBerg, Schoenberg, Webern: Complete String Quartets
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: A Second Viennese quartet survey that’s more complete than most Musicians: Diotima Quartet, Sandrine Piau (soprano) Marie-Nicole Lemieux (alto) Composer: Berg, Schoenberg, Webern Catalogue number: ...
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ReviewWeinberg: Violin Sonatas: no.4 op.39, no.5 op.53; Sonatina op.46
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Soviet sonatas at last emerging from the shadow of Stalin Musicians: Maria Slawek (violin) Piotr RóŠ¼aŠ„ski (piano) Composer: Weinberg Catalogue number: ACCORD ACD 217-2 Kraków-based violinist Maria Slawek wrote her doctoral thesis on the violin sonatas ...
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ReviewPhotography. Wallen: Cello Concerto; Hunger; Photography; In Earth
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: A major cello concerto from the Belize-born British composer Musicians: Matthew Sharp (cello) Tim Harries (bass guitar) Errollyn Wallen (voice) Orchestra X/Nicholas Kok; Continuum Ensemble; Ensemble X/Philip Headlam; Quartet X Composer: ...
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ReviewThe 12 seasons. Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciones porteñas. Shor: Four Seasons of Manhattan. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Carpenter adds Manhattan skies to the familiar Vivaldi–Piazzolla pairing Musicians: David Aaron Carpenter (viola) Salomé Chamber Orchestra Composer: Piazzolla; Shor; Vivaldi Catalogue number: WARNER CLASSICS 2564 64869-5 ...
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ReviewMozart: String Quartets: in G major K387, in B flat major K458 ‘Hunt’
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: An individual approach to two of Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets Musicians: Hagen Quartet Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: MYRIOS MYR 017 Just like skinning a cat, there are many ...
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ReviewOctophonia. Lidholm: Fantasia supra lauds. Lutoslawski: Grave. Nordheim: Three Stanzas for Double Bass Alone; Partita for Six Double Basses; Clamavi. Sallinen: Elegia – Sebastian Knight’ille
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Swedish bassist explores new Nordic repertoire for the instrument Musicians: Dan Styffe (double bass) Ingrid Andsnes (piano) Composer: Lidholm; Lutoslawski; Nordheim; Sallinen Catalogue number: SIMAX PSC 1342 This is Simax’s fourth exploration of the sonority of ...
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Lalo: Cello Concerto in D minor. Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor op.33 Martin: Ballade
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: French (and Swiss) fancies that aren’t allowed room to breathe Musicians: Wen-Sinn Yang (cello) Giessen Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Hofstetter Composer: Lalo; Saint-Saëns; Martin Catalogue number: OEHMS OC 1838 At its best Saint-Saëns’s music really sparkles, his First Cello Concerto often ...
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ReviewReynolds: The imagE-imAge Set
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Paired pieces for solo instruments by an American iconoclast Musicians: John Pickford Richards, Mark Menzies (viola) Alexis Descharmes (cello) Mark Dresser (double bass) Pablo Gómez (guitar) Rachel Beetz (flute) Yuji Takahashi, Eric Huebner (pianos) Composer: Reynolds Catalogue ...
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ReviewHerbert: Cello Concertos: no.1 in D major op.8, no.2 in E minor op.30; Irish Rhapsody
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Cleveland cellist plays concertos by the man who inspired Dvorák Musicians: Mark Kosower (cello) Ulster Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta Composer: Herbert Catalogue number: NAXOS 8.573517 In the audience at ...
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ReviewFeldman: Structures. Nunes: Chessed III. Zimmerlin: String Quartet no.4. Lachenmann: String Quartet no.3 ‘Grido’
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Contemporary quartet works spoilt by outside interference Musicians: Arditti Quartet Composer: Feldman, Nunes, Zimmern, Lachenmann Catalogue number: BMN MEDIEN 20159 (CD + BLU-RAY) The Arditti Quartet’s clinically ...
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ReviewDebussy: Violin Sonata. Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor op.82. Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor. Sibelius: Berceuse op.79 no.6
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Grand, romantic takes on three Romantic sonatasMusicians: James Ehnes (violin) ; Andrew Armstrong (piano)Composer: Britten, Stravinsky, Vaughan WilliamsCatalogue number: ONYX 4159 Ehnes and Armstrong’s account of Debussy’s Sonata is eloquent and multicoloured, giving full measure to its many voices and weaving them ...
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ReviewBruch: String Quartets: no.1 in C minor op.9, no.2 in E major op.10, in C minor op. posth
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Rarely heard Bruch quartets and a recent rediscoveryMusicians: Diogenes QuartetComposer: BruchCatalogue number: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95051 This disc presents not only the two published Bruch string quartets but also a recovered work from 1852, composed as an audition piece for entry to the ...
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ReviewClarke: Viola Sonata; Lullaby; Lullaby on an Ancient Irish Tune; Untitled Piece; Chinese Puzzle; Passacaglia on an Old English Tune; I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still; Morpheus; Dumka
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Italian sisters enter ably into Rebecca Clarke’s English idiomMusicians: Duo Rùnya: Diana Bonatesta (viola) Arianna Bonatesta (piano) with Gabriele Campagna (violin)Composer: ClarkeCatalogue number: ÆVEA AE16008 If you didn’t know that the first movement of Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata was marked ‘impetuoso’, it ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Piano Trio in G major op.1 no.2. Dvorák Piano Trio no.4 in E minor op.90 ‘Dumky’ Various: Constellations: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Stylish trio playing in early Beethoven and late DvorákMusicians: Céleste TrioComposer: Beethoven; Dvorák; VariousCatalogue number: NAVONA NV6030 The US West Coast-based Céleste Trio may have been formed only four years ago, but judging from its first disc it has an important career ...
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ReviewBartók: Violin Concerto no.2; Concerto for Orchestra
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: A monumental Montreal performance of Bartók’s Second Violin ConcertoMusicians: Augustin Dumay (violin) Montreal Symphony Orchestra/Kent NaganoComposer: BartókCatalogue number: ONYX 4138 (2 CDs) Just too long for a single CD at over 81 minutes, this coupling of two of Bartók’s late masterpieces arrives ...
