All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 13
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ArticleBrahms: ‘Double’ Concerto in A minor op.102, Clarinet Quintet in B minor op.115
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Paul Meyer (clarinet) Capuçon Quartet, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)Composer: Brahms Gautier Capuçon’s first cello entry sets the scene for an affectionate view of the ‘Double’ Concerto, very much ...
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ArticleDvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor op.104, Symphonic Variations op.78
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Pieter Wispelwey (cello) Budapest Festival orchestra, Iván Fischer (conductor)Composer: Dvorák During these hard-pressed financial days it’s a luxury to re-record the same concerto as Wispelwey has done with this work. His first, made with Lawrence Renes and the ...
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ArticleMozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major K364, Concertone in C major K190*, Rondo in C major K373
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Julia Fischer (violin) Gordan Nikolitch (violin/viola) Herre Jan Stegenga (cello)* Hans Meyer (oboe)* Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Yakov Kreizberg (conductor) Composer: MozartJulia Fischer again demonstrates her outstanding technical command, musical perception and expressive purpose in these compelling Mozart performances. Her ...
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ArticleGraham Whettam: String Quartets nos.2 & 4, Oboe Quartet no.2
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Carducci Quartet, Jennie-Lee Keetley (oboe)Composer: Graham Whettam The two string quartets here were written over 30 years apart. The Carducci Quartet premiered the Fourth Quartet in 2001, while the First had appeared in 1968. There is a meditative quality ...
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ArticleElgar: Violin Concerto in B minor op.61, Serenade for Strings op.20.
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: James Ehnes (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis (conductor) Composer: ElgarAndrew Davis and James Ehnes do not fall into the trap of exaggerating the wide mood swings of the first movement, and they never allow the tension levels in the ...
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ArticleTchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D op.35. Gang ChenZhanhao He: The Butterfly Lovers: Concerto for Violin
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Gil Shaham (violin) Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui (conductor)Composer: Tchaikovsky, Gang ChenZhanhao He: In terms of scorching commitment, Isaac Stern’s CBS/Sony account of the Tchaikovsky with the Philadelphia Orchestra in meltdown under their long-time music director Eugene Ormandy ...
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ArticleDavid Matthews: Winter Remembered. Alwyn: Pastoral Fantasia. John McCabe: Concerto funebre. Holst: Lyric Movement. Maconchy: Romance
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Orchestra Nova, George Vass (conductor)Composer: David Matthews, Alwyn, John McCabe, Holst, Maconchy Is there a better British violist than Sarah-Jane Bradley? I write just a week after hearing her play a demanding recital and after several ...
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ArticleHelen Callus. Works by Prokofiev (arr. Borissowsky), Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Bridge, Swain, Tertis, Schumann & Chopin
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Hellen Callus (viola) Phillip Bush (piano)Composer: Prokofiev (arr. Borissowsky), Vaughan Williams, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski, Bridge, Swain, Tertis, Schumann & Chopin For her latest recording, Helen Callus has researched the many transcriptions made by the ‘Father of the Russian Viola School’, Vadim ...
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ArticleGiger/Dähler. JS Bach: Towards Silence
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Paul Giger (violin) Marie-Louise Dähler (harpsichord)Composer: JS Bach If you’ve encountered any of Paul Giger’s ECM albums before now, and especially Ignis, you’ll know what I mean when I write of his unclassifiably sacred compositions. They’re not attached to ...
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ArticleViolin Songs. Works by Elgar, Berg, Bridge, Copland, Prokofiev, Massenet, L. Boulanger, Poulenc, Ravel, Schubert & Strauss
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Madeleine Mitchell (violin) Andrew Ball (piano) Elizabeth Watts (soprano)Composer: Elgar, Berg, Bridge, Copland, Prokofiev, Massenet, L. Boulanger, Poulenc, Ravel, Schubert & Strauss The innumerable miniatures and short salon pieces written for the violin don’t get much of an outing nowadays, aside from ...
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ArticleAn Italian Sojourn. Sonatas by Castello, Stradella, Marini, Locatelli, Corelli, Tartini, Handel & Veracini
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Trio SettecentoComposer: Castello, Stradella, Marini, Locatelli, Corelli, Tartini, Handel & VeraciniTrio Settecento’s period-instrument accounts conjure up an attractive intimacy, even if violinist Rachel Barton Pine occasionally reverts to an attack and technical vocabulary more appropriate to the present century. Nevertheless, these players ...
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ArticleRózsa: Violin Concerto, Sinfonia concertante for violin and cello
Musicians: Anastasia Khitruk (violin) Andrei Tchekmazov (cello) Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Yablonsky (conductor) Composer: RózsaMíklós Rózsa may have composed the music for over 90 films, but his ‘classical’ output reveals him on a par with his contemporary Erich Korngold. Indeed his solo string concertos, ...
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BlogsWhat a week I've just had!
What a week I've just had. Three of my top-ten violinists in London within days of each other, and I had tickets to see all of them. There are perks to the daily discomforts of London life, after all. First up was Itzhak Perlman at the Barbican ...
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ArticleHaydn: String Quartets in G minor op.20 no.3, in C major op.74 no.1 & in G major op.76 no.1
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Amsterdam Quartet Composer: HaydnThat the players of the Amsterdam Quartet employ gut strings and use period bows is obvious from their highly distinctive tonal quality, and the avoidance of vibrato etches every nuance of their interpretations with total clarity ...
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ArticlePaganini: Violin Concertos nos.1–6
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Ingolf Turban (violin) WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne, Lior Shambadal (conductor)Composer: PaganiniIn the hands of Ingolf Turban Paganini is not just an artist and virtuoso but an opera composer manqué. He plays many of the melodies as if they have lyrics, and mightily ...
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartets op.18 nos.1-6
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Tokyo Quartet Composer: BeethovenFew ensembles exceed the high standards of the Tokyo Quartet. Its members here produce a sumptuous, beautifully blended sonority from their matching set of Stradivari instruments and perform with outstanding musical insight, unanimity ...
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ArticleBrahms: Violin Sonatas in G major op.78, in A major op.100 & in D minor op.108, Scherzo WoO2
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Antje Weithaas (violin) Silke Avenhaus (piano) Composer: BrahmsAntje Weithaas and Silke Avenhaus strike a finely judged balance between rhetoric and lyricism from the very opening of the G major Sonata and subordinate their technical prowess to the music throughout. ...
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ArticleJ.S. Bach: Six Suites for solo cello BWV1007–12
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) Composer: Bach Lightness and elegance are the keywords in these interpretations by French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras. Although he has performed the works on a Baroque cello, he favours a modern set-up here for his ...
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Kraus: Violin Concerto in C major VB151, Olympie (incidental music) VB33, Azire (ballet music) VB18
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Takako Nishizaki (violin) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Uwe Grodd (conductor)Composer: Kraus The only surviving concertante work of Joseph Kraus (1756–92), the Violin Concerto in C major (1777), is substantial in both length and content. It incorporates moments of ...
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ArticleDvorák: Terzetto in C major op.74, Piano Quartet in E flat major op.87. Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E flat major op.16
The Strad Issue: January 2008Musicians: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Composer: Dvorák, BeethovenDvo?ák’s Terzetto, for two violins and viola, gives a clue to the strengths if also the limitations of these three readings by the respected Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. Their ...
