All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 145
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ArticleSam Zygmuntowicz examines the art and mythology of violin making
Violin maker Sam Zygmuntowicz, who writes about the 'Huberman' Stradivari in our November issue, discusses the art of violin making at the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition. He addresses fundamental questions such as, what is a Strad? Is a Strad that great? And even if it ...
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ReviewChaconne. Works by Saint-Saëns, Lalo, Brahms, Wieniawski, Bach, Sarasate & Mozart
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Inimitable playing from a veteran violinistMusicians: Ida Haendel (violin) Yukari Arai, Walter Delahunt (piano)Composer: Saint-Saëns, Lalo, Brahms, Wieniawski, Bach, Sarasate & MozartThis CD has taken a while to reach us. It was recorded in 2008 when the great fiddler was a mere ...
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ArticleBritish violist and teacher Roger Best dies
Roger Best, who was principal viola in the Northern Sinfonia and a member of the Alberni Quartet, died on 8 October aged 77 after a long illness.Over the course of a multifaceted career Best made his living as an orchestral player, soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher. John McCabe, ...
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ReviewAn American in Paris. Poulenc: Violin Sonata op.119. Ives: Decoration Day. Gershwin: An American in Paris (transc. Heifetz), Five selections from ‘Porgy and Bess’ (transc. Heifetz). Ravel: Violin Sona
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A worthy celebration of Franco–American musical relationshipsMusicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Huw Watkins (piano)Composer: Poulenc, Ives, Gershwin, RavelTamsin Waley-Cohen celebrates her joint American and European heritage on this CD, most obviously with the title track, of which more later. She opens with Poulenc’s ...
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ArticleAuction record: 'Titanic violin' fetches £900,000
The violin thought to have belonged to Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the group of players who famously played on as the lifeboats of RMS Titanic were being lowered into the sea, has sold at auction in Wiltshire for £900,000.The sale sets a new world record for the highest price ...
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ReviewStenhammar: String Quartets vol.1: no.3 in F major op.18 & no.4 in A minor op.25, Elegi & Intermezzo op.39
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: An imposing start to a Stenhammar quartet cycleMusicians: Stenhammar QuartetComposer: StenhammarDespite being one of the most important Swedish musicians of the early 20th century, Wilhelm Stenhammer (1871–1927) has only recently begun receiving his full due as a composer. His distinguished series of ...
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ReviewShostakovich: Cello Concertos no.1 op.107 and no.2 op.126
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A coupling at its best when the soloist loses his inhibitionsMusicians: Dmitry Kouzov (cello) St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra/Vladimir LandeComposer: ShostakovichThis recording fulfils a dream for Dmitry Kouzov, whose passion for Shostakovich was fuelled by being born in the same city, St ...
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ArticleGuarneri 'del Gesù' copy breaks auction record for contemporary maker
A copy of the c.1731 'Gibson', 'Huberman' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin has set a new world auction record for an instrument by a living maker. The copy (pictured), made by US luthiers Joseph Curtin and Gregg Alf in 1985 for Ruggiero Ricci, sold at Tarisio in New ...
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ArticleBeethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata on film: Nathan Milstein
The violinist performs the first movement of Beethoven's great work with Georges Pludermacher.Listen to how other great violinists tackled Beethoven's great masterwork:Joshua BellDylana JensonGidon KremerNathan MilsteinAnne-Sophie MutterPinchas ZukermanSubscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.Read about the legendary violin players ...
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ReviewSolo. Cassadó: Suite for solo cello. Ginastera: Puneña no.2 op.45. Ligeti: Sonata. Kodály: Sonata op.8
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Masterful playing in a highly persuasive solo cello programmeMusicians: Santiago Cañón Valencia (cello)Composer: Cassadó, Ginastera, Kodály Colombian-born cellist Santiago Cañón Valencia delivers simply tremendous playing on this warmly recorded CD. In fact, I would go as far as to say ...
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ArticleThe Strad November 2013 issue is on sale now
Our North America issue stars Joshua Bell and his 1713 'Huberman' Stradivari violin
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ArticleViolinist Min-Jin Kym's 'stolen and recovered' Stradivarius to be sold at auction
The Stradivarius violin belonging to the violinist Min-Jin Kym that was stolen at a Pret a Manger sandwich bar in London’s Euston Station in November 2010 and later recovered by police, is to be sold at auction on 18 December 2013.The theft of the 1696 Strad, which at the time of ...
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BlogsA Late Quartet – the new DVD reviewed
Ariane Todes watches a film that pushes all the buttons of the string world, and quartets in particular
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ArticleA Late Quartet – trailer
Watch the trailer from this 2012 film, newly released on DVD, about the tensions of quartet life set in New York – read our review here.
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BlogsA Brief Survey of Summer Festivals Without All the Bother of Joining a String Quartet – Part Five
American String Quartet violist Daniel Avshalomov reports from Aspen, where he and his colleagues perform Janácek, Haydn, Korngold and Brahms against the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains
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ArticleBeethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata on film: Joshua Bell
The American violinist and star of our November 2013 issue performs the first movement of Beethoven's Sonata with Yuja Wang.
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ReviewGrieg: Violin Sonatas nos.1–3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Two players at one with the composer’s lyrical freshnessMusicians: Christian Svarfvar (violin) Helge Kjekshus (piano)Composer: Grieg The C minor (no.3) may be the most overtly dramatic of Grieg’s three violin sonatas, yet for sheer enchantment and lyrical ...
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FocusFrom the archive: Vibrato on the Violincello
In this article published in The Strad, May 1912, Emil Krall offers some instruction
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ArticleBeethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata on film: Anne-Sophie Mutter
The German violinist performs the sonata with pianist Lambert Orkis.
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FocusJoshua Bell on the Stradivaris of his life
Our November issue cover star describes his relationship with his ‘Huberman' Stradivari violin in conversation with Sam Zygmuntowicz
