All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 107
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ReviewPleyel: String Quartets in C major B334, A major B335, E flat major B336
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Good-humoured performances of quartets by a Mozart contemporaryMusicians: Pleyel Quartet KölnComposer: Pleyel These seldom-heard works form the ‘deuxième livre’ (nos.4–6) of Pleyel’s twelve ‘Prussian’ quartets, dedicated to Frederick William II of Prussia. The Pleyel Quartet presents a largely persuasive ...
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ReviewHandel: Violin Sonatas in A major HWV361, G minor HWV364a, F major HWV370, D minor HWV359a, G major HWV358, D major HWV371, A major HWV372 & E minor HWV375
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Some rather over-wrought solo playing is mitigated by a skilled continuo teamMusicians: Riccardo Minasi (violin) Musica Antiqua RomaComposer: HandelThese dramatic, extrovert performances will either delight or displease. Riccardo Minasi is a creative violinist, whose contribution is strong in imagination and personality. His ...
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ReviewPerspectives. Webern: Five Movements op.5. Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten. Kurtág: Aus der Ferne III. Högberg: Hitting the First Base. Lutoslawski: Musique funèbre
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A contemplative northern view on music from central Europe and beyondMusicians: Dan Styffe (double bass) Tromsø Chamber Orchestra/Kolbjørn HoltheComposer: Webern, Pärt, Kurtág, Högberg, LutoslawskiThe documentation for this disc tries a little too hard to relate what is primarily a programme of music ...
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ReviewDebussy: Cello Sonata. Fauré: Élégie, Romance op.69, Papillon op.77. Britten: Cello Sonata in C major op.65. Bridge: Mélodie, Scherzo, Spring Song
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: An auspicious recorded debut from a young Scottish cellistMusicians: Philip Higham (cello) Simon Lane (piano)Composer: Debussy, Fauré, Britten, BridgePhilip Higham plays with the conviction of a far more mature soloist in this debut disc with pianist Simon Lane. Higham, who ...
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ReviewBrahms: Violin Concerto in D major op.77. Berg: Violin Concerto
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Intense performances of two classics of the concerto repertoireMusicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Daniel HardingComposer: Brahms & BergRenaud Capuçon with the Vienna Philharmonic (VPO) and Daniel Harding form a rich and heady team. These are muscular, forthright performances, which hide nothing ...
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ReviewSchubert: String Quintet in C major D956
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: An account that brings out the depths of light and shade in Schubert’s masterpieceMusicians: Arcanto Quartet, Olivier Marron (cello)Composer: Schubert By employing two cellos in place of the more conventional pair of violas, Schubert heightened the textural contrasts that ...
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Composer Michel van der Aa receives Grawemeyer award for cello concerto
Dutch composer Michel van der Aa has won the 2013 Grawemeyer Award for his multimedia cello concerto Up-close. Worth $100,000, the Grawemeyer is currently the most lucrative award for composition in the world. In its citation, the Grawemeyer jury praised the 30-minute work as ‘a highly innovative fusion of ...
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ReviewBrittelle: Loving the Chambered Nautilus, Future Shock (for string quartet), Acid Rain on the Mirrordome, Future Shock (for cello), Loon Birds in Meshed Crystal
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Rewards aplenty on a disc where pop meets art musicMusicians: Caroline Shaw (violin) Caleb Burhans (violin/vocals/banjo) Nadia Sirota (viola) Clarice Jensen (cello) Eric Lamb (flute) Megan Levin (harp)Composer: Brittelle On his website, young Brooklyn-based musician William Brittelle describes himself ...
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ReviewThe Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould. Works and Bach arrangements by Silvestrov, Pelecis, Raskatov, Wustin, Vine, Serksnyte, Kancheli, Desyatnikov, Poleva, Tickmayer & Kissine
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A tribute to the Canadian pianist proves more of a homage to BachMusicians: Gidon Kremer (violin) Kremerata BalticaComposer: Silvestrov, Pelecis, Raskatov, Wustin, Vine, Serksnyte, Kancheli, Desyatnikov, Poleva, Tickmayer & Kissine Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of Glenn Gould’s birth in the ...
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ReviewA Different World. Works by Barkauskas, Balsys, Schittino, Salonen, Sher, MacMillan, Watkins & Bacewicz
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A fascinating survey of modern bravura violin repertoireMusicians: Diana Galvydyte (violin) Christopher Guild (piano)Composer: Barkauskas, Balsys, Schittino, Salonen, Sher, MacMillan, Watkins & BacewiczFor this diverse and intriguing disc, Lithuanian violinist Diana Galvydyte brings together contemporary works from the mid-20th century onwards, exploring ...
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ReviewBronislav Gimpel. Works by Sibelius*, Szymanowski† , Wieniawski‡, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Janácek, Tartini & Rathaus
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A rewarding archive collection from a Polish—American virtuoso of the ‘old school’Musicians: Bronislav Gimpel (violin) MartinuKrause (piano) RIAS Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Lehmann*, Alfred Gohlke‡, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Arthur Rother† Composer: Sibelius, Szymanowski, Wieniawski, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Janácek, Tartini & RathausBronislav Gimpel (1911–79) was ...
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ReviewDebussy: String Quartet in G minor. Ravel: String Quartet in F major
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Fresh light brought to a familiar coupling of French quartetsMusicians: Talich QuartetComposer: Debussy & RavelIn their highly distinctive ways, these indelible chamber masterworks steer a tantalising musical course between neo-Romanticism and neo-Classicism, with Debussy leaning towards the former, Ravel the latter. Performances ...
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ReviewTelemann: Twelve Fantasias for solo violin
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Too many problems of execution mar an otherwise promising performanceMusicians: Lara Hall (violin)Composer: Telemann It is perplexing that someone as well versed in period violin playing as Lara Hall has chosen to realise Telemann’s fantasias on a modern violin with the goal ...
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ReviewImaginary Room
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A generally enjoyable album from an up-and-coming Polish jazz violinistMusicians: Adam Baldych (violin) The Baltic GangComposer: Adam Baldych Young Polish violinist Adam Baldych is beginning to make a name for himself, and the calibre of this line-up – featuring leading Scandinavian jazz ...
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The Rest Is Noise festival of 20th-century music launches in London
London's Southbank Centre has announced highlights of an ambitious, year-long festival of 20th-century music. 'The Rest Is Noise', named after the book by Alex Ross, features 93 concerts and over 100 related events, tracing the music of the century chronologically. Among the performances in the first half of 2013 ...
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ArticleHoffmeister's Violone Concerto in E flat Major
In the December issue, double bassist Edicson Ruiz takes us through the first movement of this 18th-century concerto. Here he is with the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar under Christian Vásquez
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Osvaldo Golijov Violin Concerto delayed again
Leonidas Kavakos will have to continue his wait to premiere Osvaldo Golijov's Violin Concerto, after the composer said the work would not be ready in time for performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra in January. Kavakos will instead perform Szymanowski's Violin Concerto no.2 at concerts in Philadelphia and New York. ...
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GalleryName the maker: a violin by Carlo Giuseppe Testore from 1690
This illustration of a violin by Carlo Giuseppe Testore was published in The Strad, November 1936. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: To those of our readers who associate the name Testore with rough nondescript Italian violins constructed from very plain wood and covered ...
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GalleryName the maker: a cello by Dominico Montagnana, Venice, 1735
This illustration of a cello by Dominico Montagnana was published in The Strad, June 1972. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: Dominicus Montagnana is justly considered to have been the finest of the many talented luthiers who worked in Venice during the first half of ...
