All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 227
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ReviewOscar Shumsky: Legendary Treasures. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Buxtehude, Hindemith, Kreisler, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Tartini, Telemann and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2015Description: Historic recordings from a great American violinistMusicians: Oscar Shumsky (violin) Nadia Reisenberg, Carroll Hollister, Mario Bernardi, Leo Barkin, George Schick, Earl Wild, Frank Maus (piano) Lois Marshall, Erna Berger (sopranos) Maureen Forrester (contralto) James Melton (tenor) Bach Aria Group, CBC Orchestra, Al ...
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NewsComposer Max Richter’s ‘Sleep’ to be given eight-hour overnight premiere
The ‘eight-hour lullaby’, thought to be the longest single piece of recorded classical music, is intended to send listeners to sleep
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NewsViolinist Iva Miletić wins 2015 Khachaturian Competition in Armenia
The 27-year-old musician performed Mozart and Khachaturian in the final
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ArticleOrchestral audition masterclass on Don Juan at Royal College of Music
Morgensterns in partnership with the Musicians' Union present a string audition masterclass on Don Juan at The Royal College of Music in London
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FeatureThe viola should sound like a human voice, says Nobuko Imai
Innate sympathy for the instrument combined with solid training were the backdrop to Amsterdam Conservatoire professor Nobuko Imai's love-affair with the viola
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ReviewBrahms: Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor op.25. Mahler: Piano Quartet in A minor. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major op.47
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: July 2015Description: New York audience holds its breath for piano quartets from Hope and friendsMusicians: Daniel Hope (violin) Paul Neubauer (viola) David Finckel (cello) Wu Han (piano)Composer: Brahms, Mahler, SchumannThe piano quartet genre belongs to the 19th century, with outliers from Mozart ...
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NewsThe Strad July 2015 issue is out now
As the Borodin Quartet celebrates its 70th anniversary, we ask the current line-up how they retain their distinctive sound
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ReviewVilsmaÿr: Six Partitas for Solo Violin. Biber: Passacaglia in G minor. Pisendel: Solo Violin Sonata in A minor
The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: First-hand advocacy for solo violin works that pre-date Bach Musicians: Vaughan Jones (violin) Composer: Vilsmaÿr; Biber; Pisendel Catalogue number: FIRST HAND RECORDS FHR 38 (2 CDs) Vilsmaÿr’s ...
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NewsViolin workshop opens in Brussels music museum
Luthier Thomas Meuwissen embarks on two-year public project to make a quartet
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ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Nielsen's Violin Concerto
Nikolaj Znaider performs Nielsen's Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä. The Strad's July 2015 issue, out now, investigates the story of the concerto's composition. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ReviewThe Twenty-Fifth Hour. Adès: Piano Quintet; The Four Quarters; Arcadiana
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: July 2015Description: Experience tells in the fearsome rhythms of Adès’s chamber musicMusicians: Calder Quartet, Thomas Adès (piano)Composer: AdèsThe Los Angeles-based Calder Quartet has been playing these three chamber works by Thomas Adès for several years, we are assured in the perceptive booklet ...
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ReviewIvry Gitlis: Works by Bartók, Brahms, Bloch, Debussy, Haubenstock-Ramati, Hindemith, Saint-Saëns and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: The two faces of Ivry Gitlis in recordings covering 1962–86 Musicians: Ivry Gitlis (violin) Daria Hovora (piano) Stuttgart Radio Orchestra/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, SWR SO Baden-Baden/Hans Rosbaud, Orchestra of the National Theatre, Mannheim/Wolfgang Rennert ...
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NewsJust 12 violinists and 12 cellists remain at International Tchaikovsky Competition 2015
The candidates have been whittled down from 25 violin and 25 cello finalists
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NewsLondon cab driver steals musician’s violin and viola
The unlicensed driver sped off with the instruments on the back seat of his vehicle
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ReviewMartinu¯: Rhapsody-Concerto; Three Madrigals; Duo no.2; Viola Sonata
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: July 2015Description: Martinu¯’s viola works majestically performed by Rysanov and friendsMusicians: Maxim Rysanov (viola) Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin) Katya Apekisheva (piano) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jirí BÄ›lohlávekComposer: Martinu¯In his teens, Bohuslav Martinu¯ seemed to be heading towards a career as a violin virtuoso. Although his ...
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BlogsTranscribing Bach's Air for solo violin
Violinist Roman Kim experimented with new and interesting techniques to arrive at his arrangement of the famous work, part of Bach's Orchestral Suite no.3
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NewsViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head cam
The artist used a GoPro camera to film her playing at Berlin's Yellow Lounge
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NewsKirill Petrenko to succeed Simon Rattle as chief conductor of Berlin Philharmonic
The 43-year-old Russian takes up the position in August 2018
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NewsHollywood composer James Horner has died in a plane crash
The composer of scores to films including Titanic and Braveheart was piloting the small private jet
