Reviews – Page 66
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Lawrence Power (viola) Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Quantrill tunes in to the performance from Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre on 23 May 2021
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Tesla Quartet: A Bartók Journey
Bruce Hodges hears a marathon concert series of all the composer’s string quartets, taking place at various locations on 1, 4, 5, 9, 11 and 12 June 2021
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Tabea Zimmermann (viola) Christoph Sietzen (percussion) Ensemble Resonanz/Emilio Pomàrico
Carlos Maria Solare hears the performance where the violist received the 2021 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, from the Prinzregententheater Munich on 15 June 2021
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ReviewBook review: Feine und bedeutende Streichinstrumente
Benjamin Hebbert reviews an anthology of instruments by German violin dealer Rudolf Eckstein, witht text in German and English
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ReviewBook review: Notes for Violists: A Guide to the Repertoire
Carlos Maria Solare reviews David M. Bynog’s latest book, the latest in the Notes for Performers series
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ReviewConcert review: 12 Ensemble, Anna Meredith (Electronics) Jonny Greenwood (Tanpura)
Tim Homfray attends the live performance at the Barbican, London, on 19 June 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Lawrence Power (viola/violin) Héloïse Werner (soprano) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Tim Homfray watches the recital at London’s Wigmore Hall on 22 June 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Tim Homfray watches the sibling duo perform at London’s Barbican on 4 July 2021
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ReviewSitkovetsky Trio: Ravel, Saint-Saëns
Perfectly judged, poised ensemble in lovingly sculpted French piano trios
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ReviewChristian Li: Vivaldi, Zili, Kreisler, Massenet and Bazzini
Teenage violinist’s insightful and original debut augurs well for the future
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ReviewMatt Haimovitz: Primavera 1: The Wind
Auspicious start to an ambitious, Botticelli-inspired commission project
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ReviewBook review: Sight Reading Strings: A progressive method
Alex Laing reviews a new sightreading method catering for all string players - violin, viola, cello and double bass
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ReviewEmma Wernig: The Viennese Viola
Debut album of Viennese delights demonstrates poise and promise
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ReviewHaydn: Valencia Baryton Project
The baryton enjoys star billing in delightfully inventive Haydn
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ReviewSueye Park: Journey through a Century
Treasure trove of a solo recital spans a hundred years of violin music
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ReviewSebastian Bohren: Mozart
Violinist aims for perfection in elegant and well-balanced Mozart concertos
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ReviewPekka Kuusisto: First Light
Pioneering violinist spotlights two New York composers in a moving album
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ReviewVadim Gluzman: Beethoven, Schnittke
Vadim Gluzman: Beethoven, Schnittke The Strad Issue: September 2021 Description: Poised performances threaded through with a sense of Russian melancholy Musicians: Vadim Gluzman (violin) Lucerne Symphony Orchestra/James Gaffigan Works: Beethoven: Violin Concerto. Schnittke: Violin Concerto no.3 Catalogue number: BIS BIS-2392 (hybrid SACD) Alfred Schnittke wrote cadenzas for ...
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ReviewAris Quartet: Beethoven, Resch
An intense, tightly wound Rasumovsky plus expressive contemporary response
