All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 185
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NewsViolinist Nicola Benedetti breaks UK chart top 20 with her new album
Not since Vanessa Mae and Nigel Kennedy has a solo British violinist featured in the top 20 pop chart
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NewsConductor, composer and violinist Lorin Maazel has died aged 84
The American maestro forged an international career for 75 years
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NewsUK lutherie student receives Special Award from Rowan Armour-Brown Memorial Trust
The inaugural award recognises students of particular potential
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on vibrato
'One of my pet peeves is vibrato, the most underused tool for music-making' Violinist Itzhak Perlman, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, talks about vibrato. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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ArticleJascha Heifetz performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
Violinist Jascha Heifetz performs Paganini's Caprice no.24, including the famous left-hand pizzicato passage - read more about the technique in The Strad's 7 pointers for perfect pizzicato.
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ReviewLeclair: Complete Sonatas for Two Violins: Sonatas opp.3 & 12
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An important release of the French composer’s neglected violin duosMusicians: Greg Ewer, Adam LaMotte (violin)Composer: LeclairGreg Ewer and Adam LaMotte are seasoned collaborators who gel cohesively and complement each other well in this landmark recording of Leclair’s twelve violin duo sonatas. They use period ...
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ArticleDouble bassist Gary Karr performs Paganini's Three Variations
Double bassist Gary Karr, who had written about the need for orchestral conductors' attitudes to change towards his instrument, gives a comical performance of Paganini's Three Variations, originally composed for 'that puny, small, tiny little instrument, the violin' with pianist Harmon Lewis. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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BlogsLorin Maazel – a personal tribute by New York Philharmonic principal cellist Carter Brey
The orchestral musician remembers the great conductor, who died this week
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NewsVideo: Violinist Itzhak Perlman campaigns for universal polio vaccination
The artist contracted the disease when he was four years old
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ReviewSarasate: Opera Fantasies on Bizet’s Carmen, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Weber’s Der Freischütz, Verdi’s La forza del destino, Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette & Reminiscence of Flotow’s Martha
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A generally satisfying collection of virtuoso operatic reworkingsMusicians: Volker Reinhold (violin) Ralph Zedler (piano)Composer: SarasatePablo Sarasate composed fantasies on popular operas throughout his life as a composer, and he used their technical demands in concert to demonstrate his immense brilliance. Even placed ...
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ArticlePaul Tortelier gives masterclass on Elgar's Cello Concerto
French cellist Paul Tortelier gives a televised masterclass on Elgar's Cello Concerto in 1974.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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NewsGerman radio orchestra merger looking increasingly likely
The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra and Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra are set to unite in 2016
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Carlo Bergonzi, Cremona, 1732, ‘Tarisio’
This illustration of a violin by Carlo Bergonzi was published in The Strad, June 1964. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Carlo Bergonzi will always rank as one of the greatest of the Cremonese makers as a number of his violins equal in originality and ...
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NewsLondon Symphony Orchestra musicians to appear in ‘Addicts' Symphony' documentary
The programme, to be broadcast on Channel 4 in August, features LSO Discovery's work with ten addicts
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NewsTop lots from June London and Vichy stringed instrument auctions
Gaglianos and a Peccatte shone in the sales
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ArticleViolinist Ivry Gitlis on life, love and music
What is your favourite motto? 'To be alive, to be aware, to hear, to know, to feel, to see, to love - and to be loved a little bit sometimes' The incomparable Ivry Gitlis answers questions on everything from his favourite composer to how he would like ...
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ReviewMendelssohn: String Quartets in A minor op.13, D major op.44 no.1 & F minor op.80
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Passionate, energised playing in three of the composer’s quartetsMusicians: Artemis QuartetComposer: MendelssohnTwo of these string quartets were conceived as memorials. The A minor work, written when Mendelssohn was 18, responds to the death of Beethoven with youthful angst, expressed by the ...
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NewsThe Strad August 2014 issue is out now
The issue marks the centenary of World War I with a music and conflict theme
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ReviewSchubert: Quartettsatz D703, String Quintet in C major D956
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Admirable performances that fail to meet the standards of the best on discMusicians: Cypress Quartet, Gary Hoffman (cello)Composer: SchubertIf you heard these performances in a concert, you’d go home happy. Technically they are absolutely accomplished, characterised by a lean Classical timbre. As an ...
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FocusFrom the Archive: The Strad responds to the declaration of World War I
A month after the beginning of the First World War, The Strad's editorial reflected on tough times ahead for classical music, from reductions in funding to the folly of banning works by German composers
