All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 182
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NewsMetropolitan Opera Orchestra criticises Peter Gelb's ‘runaway spending'
The orchestra is currently locked in a dispute over a potential 16 per cent wage cut
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NewsKreutzer Stradivarius violin fails to sell at auction
The instrument has been valued at between $7.5m and $10m
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ReviewSaygun: Suite for violin & piano op.33 ‘Demet’. Janácek: Violin Sonata. Prokofiev: Violin Sonata no.1 in F minor op.80
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A trio of major 20th-century violin works from a resourceful Turkish duoMusicians: zcan Ulucan (violin) Bírsen Ulucan (piano)Composer: Saygun, Janácek, ProkofievAhmed Adnan Saygun was among the first generation of Turkish composers to use the essence of traditional folk melodies dressed in West ...
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ReviewSchumann: Cello Concerto in A minor op.129 Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor op.104 Arr. Casals: El cant dels ocells
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Heartfelt accounts of of two Romantic cello concertosMusicians: Pablo Ferrández (cello) Stuttgart Philharmonic/Radoslaw SzulcComposer: Schumann, Dvorák, arr.CasalsSchumann’s Cello Concerto is nothing if not full of feeling and Pablo Ferrández, on this impressive disc, manages to play with huge emotion while still keeping ...
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ReviewShostakovich: Cello Concertos no.1 in E flat major op.107 & no.2 in G minor op.126
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A heartfelt addition to the Shostakovich discographyMusicians: Truls Mørk (cello) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily PetrenkoComposer: ShostakovichTruls Mørk’s intelligent artistry and Vasily Petrenko’s vibrant conducting combine in a fine new recording of Shostakovich’s two great cello concertos, both written for Rostropovich. Mørk is a ...
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ArticleViolist Maxim Rysanov performs Bach's Cello Suite no.2
Maxim Rysanov performs the Courante from Bach's Cello Suite no.2 in D minor arranged for viola. The violist released Suites nos. 1, 4 and 5 in July 2010 and nos. 2, 3 and 6 in March this year, each on BIS. In the January 2014 issue, ...
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NewsThe Strad July 2014 issue is out now
The issue includes an interview with Latvian violinist Baiba Skride and an article on how musicians go about commissioning an instrument's sound from luthiers
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NewsDouble bassist Leon Bosch announces retirement from Academy of St Martin in the Fields
The South African artist will devote more time to personal projects including his new chamber ensemble
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NewsViolist Gareth Zehngut joins the Minnesota Orchestra
The musician was awarded a position with the orchestra in 2012, but was prevented from signing his contract by the long-running labour dispute
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a cello by Joseph Guarnerius filius Andrea, 1707
This illustration of a 1707 cello by Joseph Guarnerius filius Andrea was published in The Strad, November 1928. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: Authentic cellos by this maker are exceedingly rare, although a number of speculative old cellos have been attributed to him, doubtless ...
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ArticleBaiba Skride performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
The Strad's July 2014 cover star, Baiba Skride, performs the third movement from Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in Latvia in 2010. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ReviewC.P.E. Bach: Viola da Gamba Sonatas in C major Wq136 & D major Wq137. Alborea: Cello Sonatas in C major, G major & D major
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Interesting instrumental decisions on a disc of Baroque sonatasMusicians: Jennifer Morsches (violoncello piccolo/Baroque cello) Robin Bigwood (harpsichord/organ) David Miller (theorbo/archlute) Jane Gower (bassoon)Composer: C.P.E. Bach, AlboreaAt first it seems an unusual decision to perform C.P.E. Bach’s two viola da gamba sonatas on the five-string ...
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ArticleRoman Mints performs Ysaÿe's Violin Sonata no.2
Roman Mints performs the Obsession - Prelude from Ysaÿe's Violin Sonata no.2, a work which is included on 'Dance of Shadows', his latest album for the Quartz label.Read the violinist's blog on Overcoming a career threatening ganglion.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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BlogsPlaying chamber music in adverse conditions can be a useful rehearsal tool
The Strad's assistant editor Pauline Harding performed with her quartet as part of 'Musicircus' at the Aldeburgh Festival – and fought to be heard in a cacophony of whistling winds, brass bands and bongos
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NewsIngles & Hayday to auction Vuillaume ‘Messiah' violin copy
The instrument is expected to fetch up to £150,000
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NewsVideo: a violin thief caught on camera
Watch surveillance footage of the moment a man steals a violin from the University of Utah
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ReviewBeethoven: String Trio in E flat major op.3, Serenade in D major op.8
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Triumphant advocacy for Beethoven’s early string triosMusicians: Zimmermann TrioComposer: BeethovenEvincing an old-world allure and sophistication with barely a whiff of ‘historically informed’ rhetoric along the way, the all-star Zimmermann Trio (violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, violist Antoine Tamestit and cellist Christian Poltéra) ...
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NewsRare ‘Macdonald' Stradivarius viola fails to attract a buyer
Auctioneers Sotheby's and Ingles & Hayday invited bids in excess of $45m
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ArticleJulia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott perform Halvorsen's Passacaglia
Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform Halvorsen's Passacaglia on December 16, 2007 in Saarbrücken.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ReviewBach: Viola da Gamba Sonatas BWV1027–9
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An unusual but successful account of Bach’s gamba sonatasMusicians: Inviolata: Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola) Andreas Borregaard (accordion)Composer: BachPlaying Bach’s keyboard compositions on the accordion may at first sound like an unlikely proposition, but the instrument has an uncanny ability to impersonate a chamber organ. ...
