All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 349
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NewsPatricia Kopatchinskaja and Jennifer Higdon pick up 2018 Grammys
Higdon’s Viola Concerto earns her two trophies at 60th Grammy Awards with Kopatchinskaja’s the only one for a classical string player
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NewsDavid Garrett cancels five upcoming concerts due to slipped disc
Violinist pulls out of concerts in Parma, Graz, Lucerne, Kiev and Sofia to allow time for rest
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FocusFrom the archive: Gustav Rivinius on his 1712 Grancino cello
Published in the August 1992 issue of The Strad, this is an extract from an interview with Gustav Rivinius, who two years previously became the first and – to this day – only German to win the International Tchaikovsky Competition
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VideoNancy Zhou plays the Sibelius Concerto at the Harbin Competition's gala concert
American violinist Nancy Zhou, who recently won first prize at the inaugural International Music Competition Harbin, China, here performs the Sibelius Violin Concerto at the winners’ gala concert. The full performance can be seen here.
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ReviewQuatuor Mosaïques: Beethoven – The Late Quartets
Revelatory late Beethoven played on period instruments
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NewsNew photos: luthier Shlomo Moyal begins work on viol destroyed on Alitalia flight
Viola da gamba belonging to Myrna Herzog starts ‘long interesting journey’ to restoration at Jerusalem workshop
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ReviewThomas Demenga: Bach Cello Suites
Deeply thought-out performances of these much-recorded cornerstones
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ReviewYuuko Shiokawa, András Schiff: violin sonatas by Bach, Beethoven, Busoni
A well-balanced programme but somewhat uneven playing
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FocusAsk the Experts: buying a student's first full-size violin
What should parents think about when it comes to buying their child a full-sized instrument? As three seasoned tutors attest, there are many things to consider
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NewsSingapore International Violin Competition enters semi-final stage
Event returns for second edition with $100,000 total prize fund, of which $50,000 goes to the winner
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VideoItzhak Perlman plays Schubert's Serenade
Filmed on 19 December 2013 at the Knight Concert Hall in Miami, Florida, this video features Itzhak Perlman with pianist Rohan de Silva playing an arrangement of the Serenade (‘Ständchen’) from Schuber’s song cycle Schwanengesang
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NewsDavid Garrett cancels another month of concerts after suffering slipped disc
Ray Chen has stepped in for two London Philharmonic Orchestra concerts, while another three have been cancelled outright
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DebateWhat French television's classical talent show 'Prodiges' can teach us about elitism
The programme, a classical equivalent of The X Factor, has proven to be hugely popular. Does it matter that the young contestants are not exactly prodigies?
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VideoClara-Jumi Kang: Ysaÿe Sonata no.3 in D minor
In this video from the the prize-winners concert of the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition, German-Korean violinist Clara-Jumi Kang plays Ysaÿe’s Sonata no.3 in the Mariinsky Theatre.
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FocusCello journey: the best recordings of Ernest Bloch's Schelomo
Intended to be played as a seamless integrated whole, with an equality between the cellist and the orchestra, rather than as a concertante piece, Bloch’s Hebraic rhapsody Schelomo has been recorded by many cellists in numerous ways – and it seems that there is something special about almost all ...
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ReviewGabriel Schwabe: Saint-Saëns Works for Cello and Orchestra
Fresh, joyous performances of music both familiar and unfamiliar
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VideoHeifetz plays Kreisler: Reccitativo and Scherzo, op.6
Fritz Kreisler’s Reccitativo and Scherzo op.6, sometimes referred to as the Scherzo-Caprice, is the great virtuoso’s only solo violin work. It was dediated to Eugène Ysaÿe. It is performed in this recording by Jascha Heifetz.
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NewsViolist suing Royal Opera House over hearing damage he blames on brass section as loud as a jet engine
Chris Goldscheider claims he suffered ‘acoustic shock’ during Wagner Ring cycle rehearsals in 2012. The case is now at London’s high court with a verdict expected early next week
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ReviewJohanna Rose, Javier Núñez: C.P.E. BACH sonatas for viola da gamba
Fascinating and fantastic gamba sonatas from Bach Junior
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VideoHeifetz, Piatigorsky and Rubinstein talk and perform
Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky and Artur Rubinstein rehearse and talk to camera in this fascinating film from the late 1940s/early 1950s.
