All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 172
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ArticleVideo: Violinist Itzhak Perlman speaks about his mistreatment at Toronto's Pearson Airport
The disabled virtuoso was abandoned by a member of staff and forced to make his way through customs with his luggage and violin
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ArticleItzhak Perlman performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman, who this week was mistreated at Toronto airport, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, conducted by James Levine.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ReviewBaRock Experience. Barrière Cello Sonatas nos.1–3. Vivaldi: Cello Sonatas no.3 in A minor RV43, no.5 in E minor RV40 & no.6 in B flat major RV46
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Some lesser-known Baroque sonatas fare well in the company of familiar VivaldiMusicians: Jelena O?i? (cello) Ljerka O?i? (organ)Composer: Barrière, VivaldiJean Barrière’s sonatas are tremendous, and by rights should be widely played rather than offered as an interesting by-way of Baroque repertoire. They are chock full ...
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BlogsClass and race should not be barriers to a classical music education
American violinist Tai Murray introduces some of the themes of her talk on ‘Class, Race and Classical Music' with political activist Candace Allen at the English Speaking Union next week
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ArticleNew vs old: follow-up to the Indianapolis 'blind testing' experiment
In 2012 a controversial study pitting modern violins against old Italians generated heated debate among string lovers. On 7 April the results of a follow-up experiment are due to be published. Here, researchers Claudia Fritz and Joseph Curtin explain the thinking behind the second study, in which ...
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ArticleUnfinished Dvorák manuscript to be presented in New York
Early version of the Cello Concerto's solo part may reveal clues to composer's thought process
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ReviewThe Soviet Experience Vol.4: Shostakovich: String Quartets nos.13–15. Schnittke: String Quartet no.3
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A worthy conclusion to an impressive Shostakovich cycleMusicians: Pacifica QuartetComposer: Shostakovich, SchnittkeThis volume completes the Pacifica’s cycle of Shostakovich quartets. It opens with a clear, searching exposition of the dark 13th Quartet, superbly paced, inexorable, with a tonal range austere at one extreme and ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman publishes statement about his mistreatment at Toronto airport
The disabled virtuoso was abandoned by a member of staff and forced to make his way through customs with his luggage and violin
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BlogsRussian violin teacher Yuri Yankelevich on how to achieve quick reflexes in your playing
Yankelevich believed that violin playing is based on key physiological principles. In preparing the English translation of his works, Masha Lankovsky takes a look at some of his suggestions
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GalleryStrad Fest LA showcases eight Stradivarius violins
Eight of Stradivarius’s best known violins were showcased in Los Angeles at the end of March as part of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra’s Strad Fest LA event. The eight instruments were the ‘Serdet’ Strad of 1666, the 1708 ‘Ruby’, the 1711 ‘Kreisler’, the 1720 ‘Beechback’, the 1714 ‘Leonora Jackson’, ...
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ReviewBiber: Fidicinium sacro-profanum
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A vibrant performance of a 17th-century sonata collectionMusicians: Ars Antiqua Austria/Gunar Letzbor (violin/director) Composer: BiberArs Antiqua Austria’s investigation of Biber’s instrumental music continues with Fidicinium sacro-profanum (1683), twelve sonatas scored for one or two violins, two violas and continuo. Combining sacred ...
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ReviewBrahms: Violin Sonatas no.1 in G major op.78, no 2 in A op.100 & no.3 in D minor op.108
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Proof that individuality can have its place in Brahms interpretationMusicians: Ida Bieler (violin) James Maddox (piano)Composer: BrahmsOf the works that I regularly review, few receive such a divergence of interpretation as the three Brahms violin sonatas. This new release from the American-born violinist Ida Bieler falls ...
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the archive: a violin by Niccolo Amati, 1658
This illustration of a 1658 Niccolo Amati violin was published in The Strad, November 1923. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: This lovely example of Niccolo Amati – at his best – forms part of the collection of fiddles by Captain John Audley Harvey, and ...
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ArticleBlind-tested soloists unable to tell Stradivarius violins from modern instruments
Following a controversial 2010 study in Indianapolis, researchers in Paris invited ten professional musicians to compare twelve instruments, in this investigation from 2014
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ArticleJack Liebeck performs Brahms's Third Violin Sonata
Jack Liebeck, who has written a blog for The Strad on recording a disc of Kreisler encores on Hyperion, performs the Presto agitato from Brahms's Third Violin Sonata with pianist Katya Apekisheva. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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BlogsViolinist Jack Liebeck on weaving a story in Kreisler encores
Liebeck has teamed with pianist Katya Apekisheva to release an album of Kreisler compositions and arrangements on Hyperion. Here he describes the selection and recording process.
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BlogsWhen a Stradivarius costs $45m, creating an ‘Art Fund' for musical instruments is vital
Association of British Orchestras director Mark Pemberton makes the case for a national musical instrument bank in the UK to ensure world-class instruments are not merely the preserve of rich investors
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ArticleViolinist Renaud Capuçon appointed to the UK's Royal Northern College of Music
He joins a number of new staff members in 2014 including violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, violist Vicci Wardman, and violist and conductor Henk Guittart
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ArticleTop lots from the March London stringed instrument auctions
Highlights included an English double bass believed to have been made in the capital, an Italian violin by Francesco Ruggeri from 1694 and an Italian cello by Nicolò Gagliano, 1767
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ArticleSir Neville Marriner conducts Mozart's Figaro Overture
Violinist and conductor Sir Neville Marriner, who is interviewed in The Strad's April 2014 issue for his 90th birthday, leads the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in the Overture to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1994. Subscribe to ...
