All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 309
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ArticleTchaikovsky: String Quartets: no.1 in D major op.11, no.3 in E flat minor op.30
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: The Heath turns from Tippett to Tchaikovsky with mixed resultsMusicians: Heath QuartetComposer: TchaikovskyCatalogue number: HARMONIA MUNDI HMU 907665 The Heath Quartet jumps in at the deep end in its debut CD for Harmonia Mundi, by selecting the Tchaikovsky quartets – notoriously difficult ...
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ArticleListen to Ruggiero Ricci's Lorenzo Storioni violin, 1779
David Ballesteros plays an excerpt from Massenet’s Méditation on a 1779 violin by Lorenzo Storioni, formerly owned by Ruggiero Ricci. The instrument is due to be auctioned by Brompton's Fine and Rare Instruments at The Royal Institution in London on 27 March 2017. Accompanying the instrument are ...
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NewsJames Ehnes joins London's Royal Academy of Music as visiting professor of violin
The Canadian violinist will begin his role with a masterclass on 15 June 2017, broadcast live on the Academy's Facebook page
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ArticleBeethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for cello and piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Kirshbaum picks Romantic Beethoven for his 70th-birthday celebrationMusicians: Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Shai Wosner (piano)Composer: BeethovenCatalogue number: ONYX 4178 (2 CDs) These discs were recorded in London’s Wigmore Hall concurrently with two concerts given there early last year, to mark ...
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BlogsVideo: making a violin bow, by former W.E. Hill & Sons maker William Watson
In the ten-minute video below William Watson, employed by W.E. Hill & Sons from 1945 to 1962, demonstrates the bow making process - from start to finish.The final pupil of William Retford, Watson continued to make bows after leaving the Hill firm and built a reputation as an ...
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NewsWindsor Festival International String Competition names three finalists
Violinists Luke Hsu, Nathan Meltzer and Jonian Ilias Kadesha will perform in tomorrow's final, held in the Waterloo Chamber of Windsor Castle
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ArticleVivaldi: Violin Concertos opp.11 and 12
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Guglielmo is muscular and eloquent in Vivaldi's final collectionsMusicians: Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe), L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (violin)Composer: VivaldiCatalogue number: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95048 (2 CDs) Federico Guiglielmo gives persuasive performances of the ten violin concertos in these two collections. He seems unusually relaxed ...
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ArticleBruch: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor op.44; Adagio appassionato op.57; In memoriam op.65; Konzertstück op.84
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Liebeck and Brabbins continue their Bruch concerto cycle in styleMusicians: Jack Liebeck (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn BrabbinsComposer: BruchCatalogue number: HYPERION CDA68055 This disc is Volume 21 in Hyperion’s Romantic Violin Concerto series and the third Bruch recording I have reviewed in ...
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ArticleWilliam Primrose performs his viola transcription of Paganini Caprice no.5 [Audio]
In this audio clip, recently uploaded to YouTube, British violist William Primrose performs his own transcription of Paganini's Fifth Caprice. The live recording was made in London on 5 May 1934. Read: Violist Cynthia Phelps on studying with William Primrose and Donald McInnes Watch: William Primrose performs ...
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NewsJascha Heifetz and Family Collection to be auctioned
The Mossgreen Australia online auction of items belonging to the great violin virtuoso opens on Wednesday 22 March 2017
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn gives concerts for babies
The US artist identified a gap in the market following the birth of her first child – a daughter named Zelda - in 2015
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NewsViolist Dimitri Murrath joins San Francisco Conservatory of Music faculty
The former Primrose International Viola Competition winner has taught at the New England Conservatory since 2009
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ArticleMusic for Violin and Viola - Bruch: Double Concerto in E minor op.88, Handel-Halvorsen: Passacaglia, Martinu¯: Three Madrigals (Duo no.1), Mozart: Duo no.1 in G major K423; Sinfonia concertante in E f
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: A bargain collection of repertoire for violin and violaMusicians: Davide Alogna (violin), José Adolfo Alejo (viola), Camerata de Coahuila/Ramón ShadeComposer: Bruch, Handel-Halvorsen, Martinu¯, Mozart, Pleyel, Ponce, SpohrCatalogue number: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95241 (2 CDs) This CD set explores ‘the playful intertwining of two ...
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ArticleDeliverance
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Sounds of the north as players from Shetland and Scandinavia come togetherMusicians: The Nordic Fiddlers BlocCatalogue number: WWW.THENORDICFIDDLERSBLOC.COM NFBCD001 The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc has one of the finest ensemble sounds in Scandinavian folk music – a trio of string voices closely related ...
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ArticleMondonville: Six Trio Sonatas op.2
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Fascinating trio sonatas in the Corellian mouldMusicians: Ensemble Diderot/Johannes Pramsohler (violin)Composer: MondonvilleCatalogue number: AUDAX ADX13707 Mondonville’s six Trio Sonatas op.2 intermingle the French and Italian styles. Each comprises four movements after Corelli’s da chiesa model, with a double fugue second in the ...
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ArticleMy World - Kennedy: Dedications, Three Sisters
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Nigel Kennedy turns composer as he invites us into his worldMusicians: Nigel Kennedy (violin), Orphy Robinson (percussion), Adam Czerwinski (drums), Doug Boyle, Julian Buschberger, Rolf Bussalb (guitars), Tomasz Kupiec (bass guitar), Oxford Philharmonic OrchestraComposer: Nigel KennedyCatalogue number: NEUE MEISTER MUSIK LCD6203 In ...
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ArticleSaint-Saëns: Cello Concertos - no.1 in A minor op.33, no.2 in D minor op.119; Suite for cello and orchestra op.16; Allegro appassionato op.43
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: A forgotten cellist's Saint-Saëns finally makes it on to CDMusicians: Christine Walevska (cello) Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Eliahu InbalComposer: Saint-SaënsCatalogue number: DECCA ELOQUENCE 482 2033 Born in Los Angeles in 1948, Christine Walevska (or Walewska) enjoyed a brief vogue in the 1970s when ...
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ArticleSchubert: String Quartet no.14 in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’, Sibelius: String Quartet in D minor op.56 ‘Voces intimae’
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Two soul-searching quartets played with warmth and vitalityMusicians: Ehnes QuartetComposer: Schubert, SibeliusCatalogue number: ONYX 4163 The Ehnes Quartet’s shared philosophy of sound and blend, plus its unanimity of pacing and purpose, especially beguile the ear in its interpretations of these soul-searching works. ...
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NewsViolinist Nathan Meltzer, aged 16, wins Windsor Festival International String Competition
2017's youngest finalist, Meltzer wins a £5,000 cash award, a fine contemporary bow from Bishop Instruments and Bows, a solo recording on Champs Hill Records and performance opportunities
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NewsMalta International Violin Making Competition 2017 names winners
Run by the Central Academy of Arts, the contest received 61 separate instrument and bow entries this year, while makers hailed from nine different countries
