All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 114
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ReviewHaydn: String Quartet in F minor op.20 no.5. Beethoven: String Quartet in E flat major op.127
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A CD debut that proves to be just a little too adventurousMusicians: Hermès QuartetComposer: Haydn, BeethovenHaving won the Geneva International Music Competition in 2011, the French-based Hermès Quartet has more recently taken first prize in New York’s highly influential Young Concert Artists ...
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ReviewChartreuse – Mozart: Violin Sonata in B flat major K454. Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major op.18
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A well-blended recital from a refined Canadian violinistMusicians: Jasper Wood (violin) David Riley (piano)Composer: Mozart, Debussy, StraussMozart’s refined sound worlds demand absolutely clarity of technique and purity of sound, combined with interpretative warmth, nobilmente elegance and cantabile poise without the slightest hint ...
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ReviewSzymon Goldberg Centenary Edition Vol.2 – commercial recordings 1932—51. Works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Paradis (arr. Dushkin), Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorák & Hindemith
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A well-produced celebration of a golden-era violinistMusicians: Various accompanists / orchestras / conductors etcComposer: Bach, Handel, Haydn, Paradis (arr. Dushkin), Mozart, Beethoven, Dvorák & HindemithFollowing up on Music & Arts’s wonderful volume of Goldberg’s live performances (not reviewed), this collection ...
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ReviewIN2ITION
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A missed opportunity to give substance to the concept of the rock celloMusicians: 2Cellos: Stjepan Hauser, Luka Sulic (cello), also featuring Elton John, Steve Vai, Naya Rivera, Lang Lang, Sky Ferreira & ZuccheroComposer: VariousThis Croatian duo was signed to Sony on the ...
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ReviewItalian Journey - Respighi: String Quartet in D major. Puccini: Crisantemi. Verdi: String Quartet in E minor. Boccherini: String Quartet in C major op.2 no.6
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: An outstanding collection of Italian quartet repertoireMusicians: Cremona QuartetComposer: Respighi, Puccini, Verdi, BoccheriniThis well-chosen programme offsets arguably the three finest quartet works of the Italian Romantic tradition (all, to varying degrees, influenced by Wagner) with one of Boccherini’s most enchanting ...
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ReviewNordic Violin Music – Tschetschulin: Berceuse. Aulin: Four Aquarelles. Sinding: Romanze op.79 no.23. Carlson: Violin Sonata in E flat minor op.64
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Illuminating performances of a neglected area of repertoireMusicians: Annemarie Šström (violin) Sonja Fräki, Emil Holmström (piano)Composer: Tschetschulin, Aulin, Sinding, CarlsonThe young Finnish violinist Annemarie Åström has built up a collection of Scandinavian fiddle pieces, some little-known abroad, some hardly known at home. ...
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ReviewDavid: Salon–Duett op.25, Suite op.43, Twelve Salon–Stücke op.24, Trois impromptus en forme de Valse
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A disappointing outing for some unjustly neglected repertoireMusicians: Stephan Schardt (violin) Philipp Vogler (piano)Composer: Ferdinand DavidStephan Schardt here unearths an attractive selection of Ferdinand David’s rich, yet sorely neglected legacy of violin compositions. Although he claims a willingness to introduce the subtle ...
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ReviewBrahms: String Quartet in B flat major op.671. Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht op.42
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A warmly played coupling of two Viennese classicsMusicians: Ysaÿe Quartet, Isabel Charisius2 (viola) Valentin Erben2 (cello)Composer: Brahms, SchoenbergIt was Schoenberg who recognised the progressive in Brahms in his famous centenary tribute, so the two composers make an apt match on disc. Here, ...
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ReviewKlughardt: String Quartet in F major op.42, Piano Quintet in G minor op. 431
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A revival of a neglected 19th-century composer’s music on period instrumentsMusicians: Pleyel Quartet, Tobias Koch (piano)Composer: KlughardtAugust Klughardt (1847–1902) is one of the forgotten figures of German music, yet his profile is an interesting one, straddling both Wagner and the Classical style. ...
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ReviewKhachaturian: Concerto–Rhapsody in B flat minor, Sonata–Monologue. Lyapunov: Violin Concerto in D minor op.61
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Old-world charm in music from Armenia and RussiaMusicians: Hideko Udagawa (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Alan BuribayevComposer: Khachaturian, LyapunovKhachaturian’s Concerto–Rhapsody is a more subtly argued and expressively shaded work than the Violin Concerto, although it lacks the latter’s raw emotional power and sheer memorability. ...
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ReviewElgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85. Smetana: Vyšehrad, Vltava, Š árka from Má Vlast
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Mixed results in a live account of Elgar’s concertoMusicians: Zuill Bailey (cello) Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra/Krzysztof UrbanskiComposer: Elgar, SmetanaZuill Bailey radiates warmth and professional poise in this live recording of Elgar’s Concerto, but its sense of immediacy may not be enough to excuse ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Violin Sonatas (complete)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A masterly set that combines Beethovenian ferocity and gentlenessMusicians: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Enrico Pace (piano)Composer: BeethovenLeonidas Kavakos plays Beethoven’s early violin sonatas with a nice sense of scale. The expressive vibrato is just warm enough, the melodies are exquisitely but ...
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ReviewRavel: Violin Sonata in G major. Bloch: Poème mystique. Janá?ek: Violin Sonata
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A disappointing recital of 20th-century violin masterworksMusicians: Christina Šstrand (violin) Per Salo (piano)Composer: Ravel, Bloch, JanácekThis new release from Christina Åstrand, the principal concertmaster of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, is recorded in the acoustic of a large empty concert hall, which ...
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ReviewHefti: Ph(r)asen, Guggisberg Variations, Mobile, con fuoco
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Recent music for quartet played with theatricalityMusicians: Leipzig QuartetComposer: HeftiYoung Swiss composer David Philip Hefti (b.1975) has produced four string quartets so far, and they’re a wildly contrasting bunch, full of music that’s hard to classify. From the skittering speech imitations in ...
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13-year-old violinist Lara Boschkor wins Szeryng competition in Mexico
Lara Boschkor has won first prize in the Henryk Szeryng International Violin Competition in Toluca City, Mexico. The 13-year-old German, who is a student of Susanna Yoko Henkel at the University of Music and Dance, Cologne, received MXN350,000 (£18,000). Second prize went to Igor Pikaysen, 25, from Russia. British ...
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ArticleBulgarian police may have tracked down 1696 Stradivari violin stolen in 2010
Police in Bulgaria believe they have recovered the 1696 Stradivari violin (left) that was stolen from a London sandwich bar in 2010. Undercover detectives in Sofia were offered a Stradivari for £250,000 in a sting operation on Hristo Varbanov, a Roma mafia crime boss. The instrument, ...
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US national youth orchestra to contain 80 string musicians
Eighty string players from across the US have been chosen to be part of the inaugural National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO–USA). The ensemble, which comprises 120 musicians in total, will include 40 violins, 16 violas, 14 cellos and 10 double basses. They will come together ...
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ArticleLara Boschkor: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
This performance of the Tchaikovsky Concerto brought 13-year-old German violinist Lara Boschkor the MXN350,000 (£18,000) first prize at the Szeryng Competition in Toluca City, Mexico on 2 March
