All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 298
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ArticleOddities and Trifles: The Very Peculiar Music of Giovanni Valentini. Sonatas and canzonas for strings
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Inventive music from a mysterious Italian composerMusicians: AcronymComposer: ValentiniCatalogue number: OLDE FOCUS RECORDINGS FCR 904 Giovanni Valentini was born in Venice (or thereabouts) in 1582 (ditto). He worked in the courts of Warsaw and Vienna and composed a vast amount, but a ...
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Blogs5 things you need to succeed as a musician
Northwestern University viola professor Helen Callus describes the combination of skills necessary to succeed as a musician - talent being just one in a mixture of abilities
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NewsResearch suggests chemical wood treatment may account for the 'Stradivarius sound'
The findings by scientists at the National Taiwan University have been published in the PNAS journal
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ArticleVadim Gluzman rehearses Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris
Vadim Gluzman rehearses Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris conducted by Juraj ValÄuha for a concert taking place on 14 December 2016.Watch: Maxim Vengerov rehearses Sibelius Violin Concerto with Orchestre de ParisWatch: Violinist Viktoria Mullova performs Prokofiev’s Second Concerto
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ArticleTelemann: Twelve Fantasias for Solo Violin
The Strad Issue: December 2016Description: Solo violin works that represent an alternative to BachMusicians: Fabio Biondi (violin)Composer: TelemannCatalogue number: GLOSSA GCD 923406 Fabio Biondi’s colourful accounts of Telemann’s cosmopolitan Fantasias demonstrate technical assurance, style awareness and well-considered use of extempore ornamentation, rubato and other expressive devices. ...
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NewsThe Strad January 2017 issue is out now
Leading composers of today speak about writing for violin and orchestra, and soloists discuss the challenges of giving their premieres
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FocusLeila Josefowicz on performing 21st-century violin concertos
When playing a new concerto 'you have to take on its personality completely in order to make it convincing', says the violinist
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ArticleCastello: Sonate concertate in stil moderno, Libro primo
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Twelve sonatas by the little-known Italian composer Dario CastelloMusicians: Academy of Ancient Music/Richard Egarr (harpsichord/organ)Composer: CastelloCatalogue number: AAM RECORDS AAM 005 All we know of Dario Castello is that he led a wind group at St Mark’s, Venice, in the early 17th ...
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ArticleCellist Alisa Weilerstein on taking a piece from the practice room to the stage
Alisa Weilerstein: 'When getting ready to play in public I find it's so helpful to play for my friends and for people who know me really well, because it's actually more difficult to play for them than it is to play for an audience full of strangers' ...
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FocusThe wisest thing anyone ever told me: violinist Julian Rachlin
The violinist shares an important lesson taught to him by cellist Mstislav Rostropovich
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ArticleMozart: String Quintets: no.5 in D major K593, no.6 in E flat major K614; Fragment in A minor K515c
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Chilingirian completes its survey of Mozart's six quintetsMusicians: Chilingirian Quartet, Yuko Inoue (viola)Composer: MozartCatalogue number: CRD 3523 These loving performances, which complete the cycle of Mozart quintets made over the past decade by the Chilingirian Quartet with violist ...
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen on practising for performance
Ray Chen: 'When practising you must be sure that you are focused on every moment of performance. It's normal to think, 'Why did my practice go out the window?' after a performance, but it's because you didn't practise for that situation.' Violinist Ray Chen speaks about practising ...
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DebateListening to recordings can be an unhelpful way to learn well-known repertoire
The pervasiveness of YouTube has prevented many students from developing an individual voice, argues the Royal College of Music’s Mark Messenger
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NewsCellist Heinrich Schiff has died aged 65
The celebrated musician suffered a stroke in 2008 and subsequently focused on conducting
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ArticleShostakovich: Complete String Quartets
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: The Brodsky returns to Shostakovich's quartets with breathtaking successMusicians: Brodsky QuartetComposer: ShostakovichCatalogue number: CHANDOS CHAN 10917 (6 CDs) The Brodsky’s first complete Shostakovich cycle (recorded in 1989 for Teldec) was a notable achievement by any standards. Without inflicting the ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by Joseph Hill, 1770
This illustration of a viola by Joseph Hill was published in The Strad, March 1985. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:At the Philips January event, the limelight was on violas. A fine Joseph Hill of London 1770 15 7/8 inches back with notably ...
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ArticleViolinist Vadim Repin performs Schubert and Prokofiev in 1992
Violinist Vadim Repin performs Schubert's Violin Sonata and Prokofiev's First Violin Sonata with pianist Alexander Markovich in Moscow in 1992 at the age of 21. Read: 6 pieces of advice for performers by violinist Vadim Repin Watch: Vadim Repin plays seven Stradivarius and Guarneri violins
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ReviewAsk the Experts: should beginner string pupils have more than one teacher?
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts
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ArticleTrios from Our Homelands. Babadjanian: Piano Trio in F sharp minor. Clarke: Piano Trio. Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Three rousing trios from Armenia, England and SwitzerlandMusicians: Lincoln TrioComposer: Babadjanian, Clarke, MartinCatalogue number: CEDILLE CDR 90000 165 The Chicago-based Lincoln Trio has come up with a charming idea for this well-recorded project, combining pieces from its members’ countries of origin: England, ...
