All Schubert articles – Page 7
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ReviewPhantasie. Brahms: Cello Sonata in E flat major op.120 no.2. Reger: Adagio from Suite no.1 for solo cello; Largo from Suite no.2 for solo cello. Schubert: Fantasie in C major D934; Sonatina in G minor
The Strad Issue: December 2015Description: Wispelwey embarks on the complete duos of Brahms and SchubertMusicians: Pieter Wispelwey (cello) Paolo Giacometti (piano)Composer: Brahms, Reger, SchubertIt is inevitable that the status of ‘arrangements’ and ‘transcriptions’ of canonic works remains questionable to many, even when undertaken by a player ...
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ReviewImpérial Oïstrakh! Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Franck, Lalo, Mozart, Schubert and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Complete works and extracts help to illustrate Oistrakh’s greatnessMusicians: David Oistrakh (violin) various artistsComposer: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch, Franck, Lalo, Mozart, Schubert and WieniawskiThis compilation seems designed for those Classic FM listeners who like ‘a bit of Mozart’. Four complete works, including the ...
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ReviewSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: The Kuijkens on modern instruments in period styleMusicians: Kuijken Quartet, Michel Boulanger (cello)Composer: SchubertLong associated with period-instrument performance, the Kuijken family here employs instruments with modern set-ups and accessories. However, these players’ attempts to recapture the style and spirit of Schubert’s era ...
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ReviewSchubert: Sonatinas in D major D384, in A minor D385, in G minor D408; Duo Sonata in A major D574; Rondeau brillant D895; Fantasie D934; Arpeggione Sonata D821; Notturno D897
The Strad Issue: July 2015Description: From charm to challenge: all of Schubert’s music for violin and pianoMusicians: Tasmin Little (violin) Tim Hugh (cello) Piers Lane (piano)Composer: SchubertA former colleague and I used to argue over lunchtime pints whether Schubert was a great composer or merely a very ...
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ReviewOscar Shumsky: Legendary Treasures. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Buxtehude, Hindemith, Kreisler, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Tartini, Telemann and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2015Description: Historic recordings from a great American violinistMusicians: Oscar Shumsky (violin) Nadia Reisenberg, Carroll Hollister, Mario Bernardi, Leo Barkin, George Schick, Earl Wild, Frank Maus (piano) Lois Marshall, Erna Berger (sopranos) Maureen Forrester (contralto) James Melton (tenor) Bach Aria Group, CBC Orchestra, Al ...
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ReviewFive Decades of Treasured Performances. Works by Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis,
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: A celebration of an under-sung violinist now in her eightiesMusicians: Camilla Wicks (violin) various artistsComposer: Barber, Bartók, Beethoven, A. Benjamin, Bloch, Brahms, Brustad, Chausson, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré, Gershwin, Grieg, Kreisler, Mendelssohn, Nín, Paradis, Ravel, Sarasate, Scărlătescu, Schubert, Shostakovich, R. Strauss, Tailleferre, Tchaikovsky, ...
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ReviewBrahms: Piano Trio no.3 in C minor op.101. Schubert: Piano Trio no.2 in E flat major D929
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: A worthwhile Wigmore recital coupling 19th-century blockbuster triosMusicians: Sitkovetsky TrioComposer: Brahms, SchubertNamed after its violinst, Alexander Sitkovetsky (a relative of violinist–conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky), this trio is captured in full flight at a Wigmore Hall concert, with scintillating playing with which it is ...
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NewsBelenus Quartet wins first prize at the ‘Franz Schubert and Modern Music’ Competition
The Swiss ensemble triumphed in the string quartet category; no first prize was awarded in the piano trio section
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ReviewSchubert: Violin Sonata in A major D574. Gershwin: Five pieces from Porgy and Bess (arr. Heifetz). Dinescu: Etude de nuages. Ravel: Violin Sonata
The Strad Issue: December 2014Description: Performances that lack a sense of personal involvement from the young playersMusicians: Marie-Claudine Papadopoulos (violin) Dimitri Papadopoulos (piano)Composer: Schubert, Gershwin, Dinescu, RavelThe young French-born violinist Marie-Claudine Papadopoulos was awarded first prize in the German Association of Arts and Culture’s ‘Ton und Erklärung’ ...
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ArticleThe Takács Quartet performs Schubert's Death and the Maiden
The Takács Quartet performs the second movement from Schubert's Death and the Maiden String Quartet no.14, filmed at Hopetoun House, Scotland in 1998.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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FocusPractice Diary: The Miró Quartet - part two
In the November issue, second violinist William Fedkenheuer explains how the four players prepare for a recording of Schubert's Quartettsatz. Here he goes into more detail regarding tempo and intonation
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FocusPractice Diary: The Miró Quartet - part one
In the November issue, second violinist William Fedkenheuer explains how the four players prepare for a recording of Schubert's Quartettsatz. Here he goes into more detail regarding tempo and intonation
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ArticleSchubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821, Sonatine D384, Das Wandern, Ungeduld, Die Vögel, Wiegenlied, Nacht und Träume. Webern: Three Pieces op.11. Berg: Four Pieces op.5
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Alexandre Tharaud (piano)Composer: Schubert, Webern, BergSchubert’s Arpeggione Sonata, generally viewed as an enchantingly sunny work, reveals an underlying anguish in the hands of this much-recorded French duo. Queyras writes in the booklet of this anguish, and of ...
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ArticleWilliam Primrose – Viola Transcriptions. Zimbalist: Sarasateana. Plus arrangements of works by Borodin, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner, Aguirre/Heifetz, Valle/Heifetz, Paganini, Villa-Lobos, Bizet, Tchai
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Roberto Díaz, Robert KoenigComposer: Zimbalist, Borodin, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner, Aguirre/Heifetz, Valle/Heifetz, Paganini, Villa-Lobos, Bizet, Tchaikovsky & Brahms-(transc. Prmirose)William Primrose, in Yehudi Menuhin’s words ‘the first star of the viola’, was fond of peppering his concert programmes with short virtuoso pieces, of which ...
