All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 183
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Review1917 – Works for Violin and Piano. Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor. Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor. Sibelius: Five Pieces op.81. Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor op.82
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An enterprising collection capturing a year in musicMusicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Huw Watkins (piano)Composer: Respighi, Sibelius, ElgarChronology is as good an excuse as any to collect some fine music together, and these pieces make an attractive set. Tamsin Waley-Cohen approaches Debussy ...
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NewsAmerican violinist Janet Packer has died aged 64
The contemporary music advocate was president of the Pro Violino Foundation
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs solo Bach
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Violin Partita no.2 in D minor as an encore. 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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NewsViolinist Carolin Widmann wins Schneider-Schott Music Prize
The artist has been recognised for her commitment to the work of living composers
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ReviewCorelli: Church Sonatas opp.1 & 3
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A fine conclusion to a tercentennial survey of the Baroque masterMusicians: Avison EnsembleComposer: CorelliI wrote positively about the previous releases in this 300th anniversary series (see The Strad, June and October 2013), and this final issue sustains all their virtues. The Avison’s ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Grancino, 1697
This illustration of a 1697 violin by Giovanni Grancino was published in The Strad, July 1928. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: Thought the illustrated Grancino is early in date and somewhat indefinite in style, it is large in pattern, comparatively flat in model, whilst ...
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NewsChicago Chamber Musicians disband due to financial difficulties
The society of 13 musicians was founded in 1986
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ArticleDidier Lockwood performs Tiger Rag
Jazz violinist Didier Lockwood, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, performs Stéphane Grappelli's arrangement of Tiger Rag with violinist Fiona Monbet, guitarist Biréli Lagrène and double bassist Diego Imbert at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris in November 2013. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ReviewYsaÿe's 6 Sonatas for Solo Violin op.27
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Spotless accounts of these solo violin masterpiecesMusicians: Karl Stobbe (violin)Composer: YsaÿeWith Ysaÿe’s sonatas one has the choice of performances that spell out the virtuosity required, or those that brush aside such problems. Canadian violinist Karl Stobbe’s falls right between the two, with an ...
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ReviewVivaldi: The Four Seasons, Concerto in F major for three violins RV551. Pärt: Passacaglia
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A no-nonsense account of Vivaldi’s famous foursomeMusicians: Anne Akiko Meyers (violin) English Chamber Orchestra/David LockingtonComposer: Vivaldi, Pärt Anne Akiko Meyers’s ample vibrato fashions a warm and elegant tone that is the antithesis of those violinists who purport to be recreating an authentic ...
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NewsViolinist and stringed instrument expert Staffan Borseman has died aged 60
A respected former concertmaster, the artist was founder of Stradivari Invest and creator of the Leopold bow
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ArticleGlenn Dicterow speaks to CBS News about his retirement from NY Phil concertmaster role
Glenn Dicterow, who is interviewed in The Strad's June 2014 issue, spoke to CBS News last week about his retirement from the New York Philharmonic after 34 years as the orchestra's concertmaster. The violinist describes himself as a 'musical ambassador' and 'peacemaker' who has dealt with ...
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BlogsYoung musicians should be given access to historic instruments
The Jumpstart programme offers a vital service in loaning period instruments to young performers, argues York Early Music Festival artistic advisor and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment leader Kati Debretzeni
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ArticleAnne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman perform Bach's Double Concerto
Violinists Anne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman play on the 'Vieuxtemps' Guarneri del Gesu, dated 1741 and the 'Auer' Stradivarius, dated 1690. Their performance of the Bach Double Concerto took place at the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Chicago on 4 June 2014. Subscribe to The ...
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NewsFrench postal service reports cello bow lost and then has the item auctioned
The €2,800 bow had been made for a member of the Paris Opera
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ReviewBirtwistle: Settings of Lorine Niedecker, Piano Trio, Bogenstrich
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Commanding performances of understated musicMusicians: Lisa Batiashvili (violin) Adrian Brendel (cello) Amy Freston (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) Till Fellner (piano)Composer: BirtwistleLyrical, sensitive, restrained: they’re hardly adjectives you’d use to describe much of Harrison Birtwistle’s uncompromising output, but they ably sum up the ...
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NewsSingapore launches $50,000 triennial International Violin Competition
Applications are now open for the event, designed to discover major new talent
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ReviewThrough the Centuries. L. Weiner: Duo. Fuchs: 6 Duets op.60. Gál: Divertimento op.90 no.3. Bach: 4 Two-Part Inventions (arr. David). Pleyel: Grand Duo op.69 no.1
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An auspicious start to an ambitious series exploring violin–viola duetsMusicians: Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin) Daniel Sweaney (viola)Composer: L. Weiner, Fuchs, Gál, Bach, PleyelReleased as ‘Vol.1’, this compilation of duos for violin and viola promises to be nothing if not thorough in the coverage ...
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ArticleA cello implodes
A cellist's recording session goes horribly wrong when her instrument's tailpiece and bridge collapse. The fun starts at around the 35-second mark. Luckily the cello was 'on its last legs', according to the musician. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
