All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 261
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DebateBickering over the 'correct' string teaching method helps no one
It's in everyone's interests for string teachers to be generous about each other rather than arguing over whose method is best, argues Laurie Niles
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NewsViolinist Ray Chen launches community crowdfunding campaign
Musical Heroes’ initiative aims to recognise ‘unsung' trailblazers
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ReviewBrahms: Two Viola Sonatas op.120. Hindemith: Viola Sonata op.11 no.4. Weigl: Viola Sonata op.32
The Strad Issue: March 2016Description: Vintage viola recordings that reveal a unique authenticityMusicians: Paul Doktor (viola) Nadia Reisenberg (piano)Composer: Brahms; Hindemith; WeiglThese deliciously ‘old world’ readings were recorded around 60 years ago by a wonderfully well-attuned duo. The main drawback is the recording quality, not downright bad ...
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Premium ❘ FocusCellist Timothy Eddy on the teaching styles of Bernard Greenhouse and Pablo Casals
The Orion String Quartet founder learnt the importance of the link between language and music from the two legendary cellists
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ArticleThe great cellist Pablo Casals in conversation
I am still learning every day. Every day I complete the same practice routine that I completed at 18 - scales, arpeggios, thirds and finishing with a Bach suite'Cellist Pablo Casals speaks about his life and career as his head is sculpted at the age of 94.Watch: Great ...
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ReviewBruch: Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor. Lalo: Symphonie espagnole. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
The Strad Issue: March 2016Description: Evergreens enhanced by Capuçon’s purity and uncanny accompanimentMusicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Orchestre de Paris/Paavo JärviComposer: Bruch; Lalo; SarasateIn an opulently engineered recording with a generous amount of reverberation, Renaud Capuçon and Paavo Järvi ensure that the Lalo swashes its buckler with plenty ...
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DebateAre US instrumental teachers failing in their duties by being too nice?
String teachers in America are accentuating the positive at the expense of the negative, argues Stephen Shipps
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NewsMontreal International Music Competition 2016 names 24 shortlisted violinists
The candidates will compete for $86,000 in prizes – including a top prize of $30,000
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BlogsMenuhin Competition candidates perform at London's St Pancras Station
The two violinists will be competing in the Menuhin Competition 2016 next month
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NewsViolist Pavel Nikl leaves Pavel Haas Quartet due to family illness
The emsemble founding member is replaced by Š kampa Quartet violist Radim Sedmidubský
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ReviewMozart: Violin Concerto no.3 in G major K216; Piano Trio in E major K542. Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor
The Strad Issue: March 2016Description: Classics reissued – and the Ravel Trio for the first time on silver discMusicians: Yehudi Menuhin (violin/director) Gaspar Cassadó (cello) Louis Kentner (piano) Bath Festival OrchestraComposer: Mozart; RavelThe old LP of the Ravel and Mozart trios introduced me to the works, more ...
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ReviewKaipainen: String Quartet no.7 op.98 ‘Batsheba’. Sibelius: String Quartet op.56 ‘Voces intimae’. Tiensuu: Rack
The Strad Issue: March 2016Description: Intimacy and Expressionism in a trio of Finnish string quartet worksMusicians: Kamus QuartetComposer: Kaipainen; Sibelius; TiensuuMuch of the intensity in the late Jouni Kaipainen’s Seventh String Quartet is apparently rooted in the ‘steamy’ love affair of King David and Bathsheba in Volter ...
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ArticleBerlin Philharmonic masterclass by violinist Helmut Mebert
It's important we play these accents with energy and increased speed of bowing, and then withdraw at the end so that the sound resonates' Berlin Philharmonic violinist Helmut Mebert gives a masterclass for the 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra on the first violin part of Mendelssohn's Symphony no.4, ...
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NewsThe Juilliard School teams with medici.tv to broadcast live masterclasses
The three sessions this month feature cellist David Finckel, and conductors Harry Bicket and Fabio Luisi
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on making the music 'speak'
I know I played every note...' In this clip from Christopher Nupen's film Itzhak Perlman: Virtuoso Violinist the great musician discusses playing Paganini's Caprice no.5 very fast in a concert hall with a lot of echo. Read: Never practise for more than five hours per day, says ...
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1736, 'The Pollitzer-Koessler'
This illustration of a violin by Joseph Guarneri 'del Gesù' was published in The Strad, May 1974
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NewsBritish composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies has died aged 81
The eminent musician composed more than 300 works during his lifetime, spanning all classical genres
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ArticleViolin smashed onstage in Eight Songs for a Mad King
The King, played by Peter Tantsits, smashes a violin in the climax to International Contemporary Ensemble's production of Peter Maxwell Davies' Eight Songs for a Mad King.
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ReviewSmetana: Piano Trio in G minor op.15. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor op.50
The Strad Issue: March 2016Description: Passion and panache in Danish performances of Romantic piano triosMusicians: Trio con Brio CopenhagenComposer: Smetana; TchaikovskyDeluged with plaudits for its earlier recordings, this ensemble comes with a reputation to live up to – and doesn’t disappoint. From the first note, the Trio ...
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov plays the ‘Schneiderhan’ Stradivarius violin - first prize for the Menuhin Competition 2016
There is nothing like a 301-year-old violin sound. I was very lucky, as at the age of 10, I was given the use of a half-size Strad. You immediately think that you are now going to be an amazing violinist because you are playing a Strad, with its ...
