All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 189
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ReviewVivaldi: The Four Seasons
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A performance of the concertos that can’t compete with the bestMusicians: Kati Debretzeni (violin/director) Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentComposer: VivaldiThis recording of the Four Seasons is essentially a spin-off from a collaborative project with Henri Oguike’s dancers, combining period performance and contemporary ...
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ReviewExoticism. Szymanowski: Violin Sonata in D minor op.9, Nocturne and Tarantella op.28, Song of Roxane (arr. Kocha?ski), Mythes op.30, Prelude op.1 no.1 in B minor (arr. Bacewicz)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Luxuriant accounts of the composer’s chamber music for violinMusicians: Jerzy Kaplanek (violin) Stéphan Sylvestre (piano)Composer: SzymanowskiSzymanowski’s violin music owes its very existence to his friend, violinist Pawel Kocha?ski. ‘I am indebted to him alone,’ the composer declared, ‘for imparting to me his profoundly ...
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ReviewMusique romantique. Arensky: Quartet in A minor op.35 for violin, viola & two cellos. Sauter: Musique romantique for solo cello & string trio. Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile for solo cello & string tr
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A satisfying programme of cello-led string worksMusicians: Ten Hagen Quartet, Matthias Bartolomey (cello)Composer: Arensky, Sauter, TchaikovskyThis well-thought-out and original CD has satisfying symmetry to it. Arensky’s Quartet, its middle movement a set of variations on Tchaikovsky’s ‘When Jesus Christ was but a ...
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NewsViolinist and teacher Simon Fischer joins Edition Peters Artist Management
The long-time contributor to The Strad has several books published through Edition Peters
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NewsMemphis Symphony assistant principal violist Marshall Fine dies following car crash
The 58-year-old was a prolific composer and son of former Boston Symphony violist Burton Fine
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov performs Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins
In celebration of Maxim Vengerov's 40th birthday today (20 August 2014), here is the virtuoso violinist in a showstopping performance of Bazzini's The Dance of the Goblins and Khachaturian's Sabre Dance with pianist Itamar Golan in Amsterdam in 1994.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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NewsWestchester Philharmonic violinist shot dead in upstate New York home
A prolific freelance musician, Mary Whitaker was a member of the orchestra for over 25 years
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BlogsHow to find a new member for your string quartet
The Wihan Quartet's fist violinist Leos ?epický describes the process of replacing the ensemble's longtime viola player
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ReviewWalton: Symphony no.1, Violin Concerto
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An impressive interpretation of the composer’s heartfelt concertoMusicians: Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward GardnerComposer: WaltonTasmin Little introduces an extra dimension of meditation to the dreamy opening melody of Walton’s Violin Concerto, a mood that sets the scene for a heartfelt and often expansive account. There ...
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ReviewBach: Solo Violin Sonatas no.2 in A minor BWV1003 & no.3 in C major BWV1005. Tartini: ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata (arr. Kreisler). Mozart: Violin Sonata in A major K526
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Fervent performances unearthed after over a half a centuryMusicians: Christian Ferras (violin) Pierre Barbizet (piano)Composer: Bach, Tartini, MozartA disc of Christian Ferras (1933–82) on the Meloclassic label devoted to unissued concert and broadcast performances by historical artists (in this case well recorded ...
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Blogs12 words of wisdom on practice and performance by Burton Kaplan
The Manhattan School of Music pedagogue offered the following guidance to violinist Ariane Todes when she attended his Magic Mountain Music Farm Practice Marathon Retreat in upstate New York this summer
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ReviewBartók: Chamber works for violin vol.3: Contrasts, Sonatina (arr. Gertler), 44 Duos
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: James Ehnes continues to dazzle in his Bartók seriesMusicians: James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin) Michael Collins (clarinet) Andrew Armstrong (piano)Composer: BartókThis third volume of James Ehnes’s survey of Bartók’s violin music opens with a performance of Contrasts marked by wonderful shaping, ...
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ArticleCellist Leonard Rose performs Beethoven with pianist Glenn Gould
Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould perform the first movement from Beethoven's Third Cello Sonata in 1960. Rose is one of the inspirational teachers featured in The Strad's September issue education focus, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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ReviewLove — Innocence, Passion, Obsession. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major. Piazzolla: Milonga in D major. Pepa: Fantaisie bohémienne. Rota: Improvviso in D minor. Frolov: Concert Fantasy on Themes from G
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An unusual but enjoyable recital from a Toronto-based violinistMusicians: Lynn Kuo (violin) Marianna Humetska (piano)Composer: Franck, Pepa, Frolov, Piazzolla, RotaThis may be an oddly mixed collection, with Franck’s Romantic juggernaut, the Violin Sonata, joining slighter works of the past 50 years by ...
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ArticleIvry Gitlis performs Wieniawski's Capriccio-Valse
Ivry Gitlis performs Wieniawski's Capriccio-Valse, op.7 with pianist Tasso Janopoulo. Read the great violinist's 8 opinions on performance and career. 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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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, Turin c1820
Thess photographs of a violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda was published in The Strad, January 1959. The following text is extracted from the accompanying article
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ReviewLalo: Piano Trio, Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata, Guitare, Chanson villageoise, Sérénade, Arlequin
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A valuable survey of Lalo’s work for piano and stringsMusicians: Dorian Lamotte, Agnès Reverdy (violin) Marc Desmons (viola) Florent Audibert (cello) François Dumont (piano)Composer: LaloThis disc interlaces serious works such as the experimental two-movement Piano Quintet of 1862–3 (reconstructed by Dorian Lamotte and here ...
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ReviewGrundman: A mortuis resurgere (The Resurrection of Christ)
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Neither work nor performance make a convincing case for themselvesMusicians: Brodsky Quartet, Susana Cordón (soprano)Composer: GrundmanA little of Jorge Grundman’s The Resurrection of Christ goes a long way, at least on this disc. Based on St John’s Gospel, it is a chamber oratorio for soprano ...
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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes on how to make the most of your practice
It helps to have a goal - to say, 'I will accomplish this today'. For me, motivation is easy, as I always have the spectre of failure at the next concert or recording staring at me'Violinist James Ehnes talks to students about how to practise effectively at Wells ...
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ReviewSchubert: String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’. Janácek: String Quartet no.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Anguish and intensity characterise a potent couplingMusicians: Debussy QuartetComposer: Schubert, JanácekWomen and death seem to be the rather morbid connection between the two works on this disc. The Debussy Quartet takes an attacking approach to Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’, driving through ...
