All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 196
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ReviewPoème. Ysaÿe: Poème élégiaque op.12, Extase op.21. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A ravishing disc of Belgian masterpiecesMusicians: Lisa Jacobs (violin) Ksenia Kouzmenko (piano)Composer: Ysaÿe, FranckLisa Jacobs (who plays the piano-accompanied version of the Poème élégiaque, alongside the op.21 Extase), emphasises the music’s impassioned eloquence with a cantabile of beguiling radiance.The stand-out performance here ...
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ReviewTelemann: Violin Sonatas (Frankfurt 1715), Ouverture in G minor from ‘Der getreue Music-Meister’
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Broadly successful performances of the composer’s accompanied sonatasMusicians: Stephan Schardt (violin) Elisabeth Wand (cello) Sonja Kemnitzer (harpsichord)Composer: TelemannStephan Schardt and his colleagues give accomplished accounts of Telemann’s six Frankfurt sonatas, exposing the varied elements of the composer’s mixed style with flair and ...
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ReviewYsaÿe: 6 Sonatas for solo violin op.27, Sonata for 2 violins in A minor
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A ravishing disc of Belgian masterpiecesMusicians: Tedi Papavrami, Svetlin Roussev (violins)Composer: YsaÿeYsaÿe’s six sonatas for solo violin have witnessed a surge of popularity in recent years, at least if the number of recordings is anything to go by, including notable versions by ...
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NewsGerman luthier Andreas Haensel wins gold and silver in Pisogne
The maker won for two of his instruments at the 5th International Violin Making Competition
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ArticleKeeping cool under pressure - a violinist's E string snaps
During the fifth movement of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole, op.21, soloist Marek Pavelec's E string snaps. The young musician goes on to show a remarkably cool head under pressure. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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ReviewUncovered
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An adventurous solo cellist ventures into rock and BluesMusicians: Maya Beiser (cello)Composer: Rock, BluesIsraeli–American cellist and composer’s muse Maya Beiser has a significant body of work as a recording artist. Her project-based albums have included world music, a visual art collaboration and ...
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ReviewMontsalvatge: Paráfrasis concertante, Lullaby, Spanish Sketch, Tres policromías, Variaciones sobre un tema de ‘La Spagnoletta’ de Giles Farnaby, Piano Trio
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: Welcome exposure for the music of a 20th-century Spanish masterMusicians: Eva León (violin) José Ramos Santana (piano) Sibylle Johner (cello)Composer: Montsalvatge:Catalogue Number: NAXOS 8.572621With over 200 works of his to explore, very few of which are at all well known, Xavier Montsalvatge ...
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Article14-year-old violinist Midori breaks E string twice
At the age of 14, violinist Midori performs the fifth movement of Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium, conducted by the composer. When she breaks her E string, she quickly swaps her own three-quarter-sized violin for the concertmaster's full-sized violin. When the E string snaps again, she swaps ...
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NewsCellist and conductor Mats Rondin has died aged 54
The Swedish musician was formerly principal cellist of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony
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ArticleFrom the Archive: Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Leduc’ violin, 1745
This illustration of the Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Leduc’ violin was published in The Strad, March 1924. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Unlike several well-known Strad violins, the ‘Leduc’ seems to have no particular history, either romantic or otherwise attached to it. Be that as ...
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ReviewPer Monsieur Pisendel 2. Pisendel: Violin Sonata in C minor, Solo Violin Sonata in A minor. Vivaldi: Suonate Á solo in A major & in F major. Montanari: Violin Sonata in D minor. Albinoni: Violin Sona
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: A worthy sequel to an earlier disc of Baroque violin sonatasMusicians: Members of La Serenissima/Adrian Chandler (violin/director)Composer: Pisendel, Vivaldi, Montanari, AlbinoniCatalogue Number: Avie AV 2308United by the music’s association with Johann Pisendel, this follow-up to La Serenissima’s first volume from over a ...
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NewsSingapore’s inaugural $50,000 International Violin Competition names 35 shortlisted candidates
The participants from 14 countries will perform in nine live rounds in January 2015
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NewsOrpheus Chamber Orchestra receives $400,000 from Andrew W Mellon Foundation
The ensemble will use the grant to launch ‘Next Generation Orpheus’
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ArticleRachel Barton Pine talks about the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Soldat' violin, 1742
I have always been a Guarneri girl myself. They can be as sweet as a Strad when they want to be, but they also have guts!'Rachel Barton Pine talks about the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Soldat' violin, which is on loan to her.The instrument features in The Strad's ...
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NewsLondon stringed instrument dealer J & A Beare launches its first exclusively online auction
The initial sale features 37 instruments, including a Stradivarius violin and two Guadagninis
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen has his bow rehaired
Queen Elisabeth and Menuhin Competitions winner Ray Chen visits The Violin Studio in Brisbane to have his bow rehaired and tries out various instruments.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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GalleryViolin cases: security and splendour
In Accessories 2014 we track the evolution of the violin case through some of the more impresisvely built and decorated examples
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ArticleJosef Gingold gives Brahms Violin Sonata no.1 masterclass
Influential violin professor Josef Gingold, himself a student of Eugène Ysaÿe, gives a masterclass on Brahms's Violin Sonata no.1. The performers are violinist Sandra Park and pianist Ja-Eun Koo.Read Joseph Silverstein's memories of studying with Gingold. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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NewsNorthern Ireland’s Ulster Orchestra faces imminent closure, warns chairman
The ensemble has appealed for £500,000 in emergency funding from Belfast City Council
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Premium ❘ FeatureJoseph Silverstein on studying with Gingold, Zimbalist, Primrose and Mischakoff
A varied diet of technical problem-solving and focus on nuance from his teachers gave the former Boston Symphony concertmaster a rounded approach to playing
