All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 334
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ReviewRussian Soul: Works for String Orchestra by Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Glinka, Koussevitzky, Rachmaninoff and Rimsky-Korsakov
The Strad Issue: September 2017Description: Two exciting young soloists in the making – hear them here firstMusicians: LGT Young Soloists/Alexander Gilman Composer: Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Glinka, Koussevitzky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-KorsakovCatalogue Number: RCA RED SEAL 88985 43088 The LGT Young Soloists are essentially a very high-class youth string orchestra, ...
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VideoJacqueline du Pré - A Gift Beyond Words (Trailer)
A trailer for documentary maker Christopher Nupen’s new film for the BBC, marking the 30th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s death. It will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 22 October 2017 at 8pm.
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FocusCase for the defence: latest developments in violin case manufacturing
As the protective features of violin cases grow ever more sophisticated, Tom Stewart looks at how the latest innovations stack up against more classic technology
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VideoAmernet String Quartet plays Beethoven 'Pathétique' Sonata, op. 13 (arr. Jeffery Briggs)
The Amernet String Quartet presents the first recorded installment of the complete (New) Beethoven Quartets, a reimagining by composer Jeffery Briggs of all of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas. The Amernet String Quartet are Misha Vitenson, Franz Felkl, violins; Michael Klotz, viola; Jason Calloway, cello. www.amernetquartet.com jefferylbriggs.com
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VideoTen years ago: Toyota's robot violinist
Toyota unveiled this violin playing robot in 2007 to show off advances in the accuracy and dexterity of its robotic technology
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NewsEuropean instrument and bow makers in 3/4-size benevolence
39 instruments and 41 bows now loaned to children aged 8 to 13 through second Con-takt Junior competition organised by Klanggestalten group
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ReviewBrahms: Piano Quintet in F minor op.34; String Quartet no.3 in B flat major op.67
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Far-reaching views over a wide Viennese landscapeMusicians: Artis Quartet Vienna, Peter Frankl (piano)Composer: Brahms Catalogue Number: NIMBUS NI 5944 At the beginning of the quintet there is thrilling full-colour playing, almost orchestral heft, as they give the ...
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FocusFrom The Strad Calendar 2018: Giuseppe Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ violin, 1742
Based in Cremona, the Friends of Stradivari network brings together instruments owned by collectors and stringed-instrument enthusiasts from around the world. The Strad Calendar 2018 celebrates twelve of these treasures, with this violin featuring in April. Text by John Dilworth
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VideoMidori plays the Bach Chaconne at Castle Köthen
Midori plays the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita no.2 in D minor, BWV 1004, at the Castle of Köthen, where Bach wrote the Sonatas and Partitas during the time he served as Kapellmeister (1717-1723). Midori plays on the 1734 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Huberman’. Read The Strad’s 7 ways to play perfect ...
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NewsCellist latest to fall victim to incomprehensible airline treatment
KLM proves unable to re-book seat for cello after flight cancellation, claims cellist Jacob Shaw, leaving him to pick up €650 bill
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ReviewHaydn: Cello Concertos no.1 in C major, no. 2 in D major; C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A major; Boccherini: Cello Concerto in G major etc.
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: A superb second swipe at Haydn concertos by Isserlis Musicians: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen/Steven Isserlis (cello)Composer: Haydn, C. P. E. Bach, Boccherini, MozartCatalogue Number: Hyperion CDA 68162 Steven Isserlis returns to the Haydn concertos on disc, two decades on ...
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ReviewLet Beauty Awake - Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel - The Vagabond, Let Beauty Awake, The Roadside Fire, Youth and Love, The Infinite Shining Heavens (arr. Nisbeth); Romance for viola and piano etc.
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: English 20th-century music blooms gorgeously on the violaMusicians: Ellen Nisbeth (viola) Bengt Forsberg (piano)Composer: Vaughan Williams Catalogue Number: BIS 2182 (SACD hybrid) Swedish violist Ellen Nisbeth has recently been selected by the European Concert Hall Association as one ...
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NewsTarisio launches peer-to-peer bridge financing programme
Web-based auction house Bridge Financing initiative aims to match artistically minded investors with musicians in need of loans to purchase instruments
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NewsUK ivory ban proposals include musical instrument exemption
British goverment has launched 12-week consultation on ivory ban proposals with suggested exemptions for musical instruments among other categories
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VideoNoa Wildschut: trailer for her first album for Warner Classics
Noa Wildschut, the dutch 16-year-old violinist who signed to Warner Classics last year, has released her first album for the label, including Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.5, the ‘Turkish’.
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GalleryFrom the archive: the violins of Georges Chanot
These photos were published in the July 1989 issue of The Strad, along with an article by Kenway Lee, from which the text below is extracted
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VideoChristoph Eschenbach presents Young Soloists of Kronberg Academy
This video features interviews and excerpts of the 3 December 2016 concert at the HR-Sendesaal Frankfurt featuring young soloists from Kronberg Academy with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. The soloists are Anna Lee, Marc Bouchkov (violins), Ziyu Shen (viola), and Ella van Poucke and Pablo Ferrández ...
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FocusWhat I’d tell my younger self – Joel Krosnick
Two years after his 42-season career with the Juilliard Quartet came to an end, the American cellist reflects on lessons learned
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ReviewSonata Song - Bach: Chaconne; Penderecki: Sarabande; Carter: Figment IV; Harbison: Sonata for viola; Khachaturian: Sonata-Song; Britten: Elegy; Silvestrov: Lacrimosa
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: A vivid, varied recital of music for viola aloneMusicians: Milan Milisavljević (viola)Composer: Bach, Penderecki, Carter, Khachaturian, Britten, Silvestrov etc.Catalogue Number: DELOS DE 3519 This most recommendable recital by Serbian-born Milan Milisavljević, assistant principal viola at New York’s ...
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NewsArchitects appointed for new London concert hall
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, firm responsible for New York High Line as well as a number of high-profile performing arts venues, chosen for City of London Centre for Music
