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Mozart: Violin Sonatas in C major K296 & B flat major K454. Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss

18 March 2015

The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Fire and ice on display in music by two contrasting composersMusicians: Esther Hoppe (violin) Alasdair Beatson (piano)Composer: Mozart, StravinskyAlasdair Beatson is the more prominent protagonist in the two Mozart sonatas but Esther Hoppe admirably complements his perceptive playing in their various exchanges, ...

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Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs Stravinsky encore

14 January 2015

Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs her own cadenza improvisation for Stravinsky's Violin Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, featuring violinist Alejandro Rutkauskas.Kopatchinskaja has written a Practice Diary in The Strad's January 2015 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...

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Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major. Arrieu: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor

11 January 2015

The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Welcome revival of a forgotten violinist in 1950s French radio recordingsMusicians: Jeanne Gautier (violin) RTF National Orchestra/Jacques Pernoo, Eugène BigotComposer: Stravinsky, ArrieuThe marvellous violinist Jeanne Gautier (1898–1974) has long languished in undeserved oblivion. A superb virtuoso who embodied a quintessentially Gallic blend ...