All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 121
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ArticleRuggiero Ricci plays Ravel's Tzigane
The first performance of Maurice Ravel's Tzigane took place on 26 April 1924. Here's a performance by the late violinist Ruggiero Ricci, given in 1984.You can read The Strad's tribute to 'the master soloist and prolific recording artist' in the December 2012 issue, and a two-CD recording from ...
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ReviewMaxwell Davies: Strathclyde Concerto no.2, Sonata for cello and piano ‘Sequentia serpentigena’, Dances from The Two Fiddlers (transc. Ceccanti), Little Tune for Vittorio in Maremma
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A welcome new recording of a work that deserves more currencyMusicians: Vittorio Ceccanti (cello) Bruno Canino (piano) Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Peter Maxwell DaviesComposer: Maxwell DaviesPeter Maxwell Davies’s Strathclyde Concerto no.2 of 1987 appears here for only the second time on disc (the ...
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Article2011 interview with cellist János Starker
Two years before his death on 28 April 2013, János Starker gave a 20-minute interview to fellow cellist and educator Laurinel Owen at the Kronberg Academy, covering a wide range of topics regarding playing, teaching, and his own career.Read more about the Kronberg Academy in our German-focused April ...
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ArticleMaia Cabeza wins Leopold Mozart violin competition in Augsburg, Germany
Maia Cabeza has won first prize at the Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition in Augsburg, Germany. The US–Canadian violinist, who was born in 1992, received 10,000 euros. Cabeza (pictured) studied with Ida Kavafian and Joseph Silverstein at the Curtis Institute, and is currently studying with Ulf ...
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ArticleKian Soltani triumphs at the International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland
Kian Soltani, from Austria, won the 15,000-euro first prize at the International Paulo Cello Competition in Finland. He performed the Lutoslawski Concerto in the final concert at the Helsinki Music Centre. Soltani (pictured) was born in 1992 and is a student of Ivan Monighetti at the ...
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ReviewMolique: Violin Concertos no.3 in D minor op.10 & no.6 in E minor op.30
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A generally successful attempt to explore 19th-century performance practiceMusicians: Anton Steck (violin) L’arpa festante/Christoph SperingComposer: MoliqueThe ‘historically informed’ nature of this disc is hinted at modestly on the packaging rather than used as a selling point, although Anton Steck (a former pupil ...
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ReviewBacewicz: Cello Concertos nos.11 & 22, Overture
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A valuable coupling of two rarely heard 20th-century cello concertosMusicians: Adam Krzeszowiec, Bartosz Koziak (cello) Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra/George Tchitchinadze, Monika Woli?skaComposer: BacewiczGrazyna Bacewicz (1909–69), Polish concert violinist and prolific composer for strings, appears in almost unrecognisably different guises in her two ...
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BlogsMemories of János Starker 1924–2013
Ariane Todes recalls some fascinating conversations with the legendary cellist
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ArticleElysian Quartet, Scots chamber orchestra to premiere works in 2014 New Music Biennial
New works for chamber orchestra and string quartet have been commissioned as part of the first UK-wide New Music Biennial. Taking place over the course of 2014, the year-long series of world premieres has been put together by the PRS for Music Foundation, in partnership with Arts ...
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ArticleLegendary cellist and pedagogue János Starker dies at the age of 88
The renowned cellist and pedagogue János Starker has died at the age of 88. The Hungarian-born musician, who emigrated to the US in 1948, taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music for over 50 years. Among the hundreds of students he taught in his career ...
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ArticleA masterclass on Strauss's 'Don Juan' viola part
The Berlin Philharmonic's Martin Stegner offers his advice
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Article1865 Vuillaume cello 'Sheremetev'
Raphael Wallfisch gives a short history and appraisal of his cello, made in 1865 by French luthier Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. Read more about the instrument in the June issue, available for download now: http://www.thestrad.com/apps You can also buy a poster of the cello here: http://www.orpheusmusicshop.com/posters/P218.html ...
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ArticleRaphael Wallfisch on his 1865 Vuillaume cello
The cover star of our June issue discusses playing on his 'Sheremetev' cello, made by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume in 1865. He also performs excerpts from Brahms's First Cello Sonata and John Tavener's The Painted Veil. Listen to Raphael Wallfisch giving a brief history and appraisal of his instrument. ...
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BlogsThe May issue's Spotify playlist is an exclusive all-viola affair
Listen to tracks we've specially chosen to accompany our new viola-themed issue
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ArticleSPCO musicians to return to work with new contract
The musicians of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO) have returned to the concert stage after a lockout lasting more than six months. On 29 April the musicians ratified an agreement with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society, which reduces the size of the orchestra from 34 ...
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ReviewA Violin's Life: Music for the ‘Lipinski’ Stradivari. Tartini: Sonata in G minor ‘Devil’s Trill’. Lipinski: Caprice op.29 no.3. Schumann: Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor op.121. Röntgen: Violin Sonata n
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A novel programme united by a historic instrumentMusicians: Frank Almond (violin) William Wolfram (piano)Composer: Tartini, Lipinski, Schumann, Röntgen This disc is the outcome of Frank Almond’s mission to chronicle in an artistically meaningful way the performing history of the 1715 Stradivari violin named ...
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ArticleJanácek: String Quartet no.2 'Intimate Letters': 3rd mvt
In the May issue, both Franck Chevalier of the Diotima Quartet and the Belcea's Krzysztof Chorzelski select Janácek's 'Intimate Letters' as one of the best chamber pieces for viola players. Here's a performance of the third movement by the Juilliard Quartet, from 1996.Krzysztof Chorzelski: 'This is always great ...
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FocusDegrees: Alice Waten
Chair of Strings Department at the Sydney Conservatorium, Sydney, Australia
