All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 44
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ArticleBeethoven: Cello Sonatas nos.1–5
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Sébastien Singer (cello) Marc Pantillon (piano) Composer: BeethovenTen years into his career as soloist and Schweizer Piano Trio member, Sébastien Singer decided the time was right to tackle Beethoven’s cello sonatas. This high-quality recording with Swiss performers on a Swiss label ...
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ArticleSchumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70, Fantasiestücke op.73, Fünf Stücke im Volkston op.102, Three Romances op.94 (arr Gledhill), Märchenbilder op.113 (arr Hausmann)
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Klaus Storck (cello) Aya Ishihara (piano)Composer: SchumannKlaus Storck, soloist since the age of 12, teacher of generations of cellists and still professor in Cologne, Hanover and Munich, is, claims the booklet, one of the few instrumentalists today to keep the chamber music ...
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ArticleShostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor op.40, Two Pieces from Ballet Suite no.2 (arr. Atovmyan), Viola Sonata op.147 (arr. cello)
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Michal Ka?ka (cello) Jaromír Klepá? (piano)Composer: ShostakovichAlthough Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata is hardly under-recorded, this release is made more interesting by its coupling with the Viola Sonata. Michal Ka?ka performs this work in its original tessitura as opposed to the arrangement by Daniil ...
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ArticleBritten: String Quartets nos.2 & 3, Three Divertimenti
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Elias QuartetComposer: Britten It is a curious fact that the closer Britten’s instrumental writing approximates to the world of his vocal music the happier it invariably sounds. Conversely, the more he attempts to emulate Beethovenian thematicism, the less comfortable ...
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ArticleMozart: String Quintets in G minor K516 & C minor K406
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Chilingirian Quartet, Yuko Inoue (viola) Composer: MozartFlagging finances, and the need to offer the customary three works for a subscription publication, encouraged Mozart to fashion an unconvincing String Quintet in C minor from his Serenade for six wind instruments. It ...
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ArticleCello Journey. Walton: Theme for a Prince. Hussey: Three Interludes. Parsons: Dove l’anima riposa. Rathbone: When all is said and done. Saxton: Sonata for solo cello. Holdsworth: Lost Time
The Strad Issue: January 2010Description: Cello Journey. Walton: Theme for a Prince. Hussey: Three Interludes. Parsons: Dove l’anima riposa. Rathbone: When all is said and done. Saxton: Sonata for solo cello. Holdsworth: Lost Time Musicians: Tony Woollard (cello)Composer: Walton, Hussey, Parsons, Rathbone, Saxton, HoldsworthTony Woollard should ...
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ArticleAlto/Multiples. Works by Hindemith, Zimmermann, Berio, Grisey, Nunes, Carter, Binchois (arr. Kröll), Boulez, Ockegham (arr. Maderna), Rihm, D. Gabrieli, Harvey, Gesualdo (arr. Desjardins) & Fedele
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Christophe Desjardins (viola)Composer: Hindemith, Zimmermann, Berio, Grisey, Nunes, Carter, Binchois (arr. Kröll), Boulez, Ockegham (arr. Maderna), Rihm, D. Gabrieli, Harvey, Gesualdo (arr. Desjardins) & Fedele Christophe Desjardins is a long-time member of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, so this set’s title – ...
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ArticleViolinguistics. Beavers: Violin Sonata. Bolcom: The Graceful Ghost Rag. Ching-chu Hu: Snow Ash. Bright Sheng: The Stream Flows. Puckett: Colloquial Threads. Puts: Aria
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Scott Conklin (violin) Alan Huckleberry (piano)Composer: Beavers, Bolcom, Ching-chu Hu, Bright Sheng, Puckett, PutsScott Conklin’s brilliance of tone and charismatic delivery bring a burnished gleam to this disc of American music from the last 30 years. Stylistically it wanders through ...
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ArticlePassion & Division. Hume: The First Part of Ayres – Captain Humes Musicall Humors
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba)Composer: HumeThis disc comprises selections from Tobias Hume’s The First Part of Ayres – Captain Humes Musicall Humors (London, 1605), which challenged the lute’s preeminence as a solo, ensemble and accompanimental instrument and added an expressive, emotional dimension ...
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ArticleKhachaturian: Cello Concerto in E minor, Concerto–Rhapsody for cello and orchestra
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) Moscow City Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Fedotov Composer: KhachaturianKhachaturian’s Cello Concerto (1946) was the last of his triptych of concertos to be written but remains the least known of the three, chiefly as a result of being one ...
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ArticleFuse
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Fuse: Linzi Stoppard, Ben Lee (electric violin)Composer: VariousFuse is the debut album by this duo of self-professed stadium-rock wannabes. Presenting faithful reproductions of rock classics, the emphasis is on concept rather than content: namely, ‘proving that the electric violin can be as ...
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American violinist Benjamin Beilman wins Montreal competition
Benjamin Beilman has won the Montreal International Music Competition, which this year was for violinists. The 20-year-old American, who studies with Ida Kavafian at the Curtis Institute of Music, was awarded CAD30,000 (£20,000) for his first prize. He played the Sibelius Violin Concerto in the final. Second prize went to ...
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Titanic violinist gets entry in biographical dictionary
Wallace Hartley, the violinist who led the Titanic's eight-man orchestra, is one of the latest entrants in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Hartley, who was born in Colne, Lancashire, in 1878, famously played as the Titanic sank in April 1912. He and his fellow musicians were reported to have ...
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Borusan Quartet scoops top prize in New York chamber competition
The Borusan Quartet from Turkey won the gold medal at the International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in New York. The Borusan players performed the String Quartet op.29 by their compatriot Fazil Say in the final round at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. The quartet, all of whose members play in ...
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Mirecourt to hold contest for young violinists
A new violin contest will take place later this year in Mirecourt, one of the main historical centres of French violin making. The Mirecourt International Violin Competition runs from 9 to 14 November and is open to violinists aged 25 and under. Jean-Jacques Kantorow is the president of the jury, ...
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Del Sol and JACK quartets win grants for new work
The Del Sol and JACK quartets are among the recipients of Chamber Music America's $170,700 classical commissioning programme for 2010. The Del Sol Quartet from San Francisco will use its award to commission a new work for string quartet and electronica by Mason Bates. New York composer Jason Eckhardt is ...
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Violinist Alexandre Da Costa wins $25,000 Virginia Parker Prize
Violinist Alexandre Da Costa has been awarded this year's Virginia Parker Prize by the Canada Council for the Arts. The $25,000 prize is given to Canadian classical performers under the age of 32. Da Costa, 31, studied with Zakhar Bron in Madrid and plays the 1727 'Di Barbaro' Stradivari.
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Nearly 400 players set record for largest string ensemble
Officials from Guinness World Records have officially certified a new world record for the largest string ensemble under one roof. The ensemble comprised 392 violinists, violists, cellists and double bassists, who performed Pachelbel's Canon in D major as part of the String Jam '10 event at Juanita High School in ...
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Russian Artem Chirkov wins Bradetich solo double bass competition
Artem Chirkov from Russia has won the first Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition held in Denton, Texas. Chirkov, 30, from St Petersburg, received $10,000 as well as a CD recording contract and performance engagements. The $5,000 second prize went to Namgyun Kim from South Korea. Rex Surany of ...
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Violinist and conductor Jaime Laredo nets 1723 Montagnana
A Montagnana violin of 1723 has sold at auction in London for £612,000. The figure, which includes 20 per cent buyer's premium, is a world record price for the maker, according to auctioneers Brompton's. The violin, which had been given an estimate of £250,000–£350,000, attracted serious bids from several musicians ...
