All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 50
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Nikita Borisoglebsky heads prizewinners at Vienna violin competition
The top three prizes at the International Fritz Kreisler Violin Competition in Vienna all went to Russian violinists. Nikita Borisoglebsky, 25, who studies with Augustin Dumay at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium, took the €15,000 first prize. Second prize (€12,000) went to 24-year-old Ekaterina Frolova, and Aylen Pritchin, ...
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BlogsPlanes, trains and automobiles
Ariane Todes comes by some top violin teaching transport analogies
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Clara-Jumi Kang wins Indianapolis International Violin Competition
Clara-Jumi Kang has won the gold medal at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. The German–Korean violinist was awarded the top prize of $30,000 after her final-round performance of the Beethoven Concerto. Kang, 23, is a student of Nam Yun Kim at the Korean National University of the Arts, having ...
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Violist and teacher Sebastian Ruth receives $500,000 MacArthur grant
Sebastian Ruth, the founder of Community MusicWorks, an inner-city music education project in Providence, Rhode Island, has been named as one of the 23 MacArthur Fellows for 2010. The violinist and violist, who plays viola in the Providence Quartet, will receive a $500,000 grant over five years. Ruth founded ...
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BlogsThe Strad team lands in Cremona
Ariane Todes reports on the calm before the storm on the eve of Mondomusica
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ArticleSerebrier: Double Bass Concerto ‘Nueve’, Violin Concerto ‘Winter’, Symphony no.1, Tango en azul, Casi un tango, They Rode in the Sunset – music for an imaginary film
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Gary Karr (double bass) Philippe Quint (violin) Simon Callow (narrator) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/José SerebrierComposer: Serebrier ‘Even whilst we speak new notes arise. What is that awful sound?’ The soloist in José Serebrier’s Double Bass Concerto ‘Nueve’ ...
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ArticleWalton: Violin Concerto, Symphony no.1
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Kurt Nikkanen (violin) New Haven Symphony Orchestra/William BoughtonComposer: Walton This disc is the first fruit of a project to record Walton’s music with an eye on the manuscript sources held at Yale University, where the New Haven Symphony Orchestra performs. As ...
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ArticleDragonetti: Quartet no.1, Quintets nos.13, 18 & 31
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Dragonetti’s New Academy: John Feeney (double bass) Loma Mar QuartetComposer: DragonettiDomenico Dragonetti is best known for the reputation he made for himself as a double bassist in London. His music, here represented by string chamber works with bass, is charismatic and quirky ...
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ArticleMartinu: Cello Sonatas nos.1, 2 & 3, Variations on a Slovak Theme, Variations on a Theme of Rossini
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Paul Watkins (cello) Huw Watkins (piano)Composer: Martinu Of all 20th-century composers, Martinu was one of the most generous to the cello and indeed both sets of variations as well as the Second Sonata are firmly established in the repertoire. ...
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ArticleDebussy: String Quartet in G minor op.10. Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit. Ravel: String Quartet in F major
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Arcanto Quartet Composer: Debussy, Dutilleux, RavelIn many ways the whole notion of composers in the French tradition choosing to express themselves through the profoundly Germanic medium of the string quartet seems somewhat unlikely. Yet it is the typically ...
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ArticlePaganini: La Campanella from Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor op. 7, Introduction and Variations on ‘Non più mesta’ from Rossini’s La cenerentola op.12 etc
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Philippe Quint (violin) Dmitriy Cogan (piano)Composer: PaganiniThis disc brings together two of the most famous violinists of all time. Kreisler’s arrangements of Paganini are mainly confined to providing piano accompaniments and they cohesively complement the original works.Philippe Quint, ex-Juilliard School and nominated ...
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ArticleSchumann: Cello Concerto in A minor op.129 (arr. Schumann), Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor op.121. Clara Schumann: Three Romances op.22
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Philippe Graffin (violin) Claire Désert (piano) German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern/Christoph PoppenComposer: R Schumann, C SchumannIt’s strange that violinists haven’t hijacked Schumann’s own violin version of his Cello Concerto, for it makes a more readily attractive work than his subsequent D minor ...
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ArticleMozart: String Quintets in B flat major K174, C minor K406, C major K515, G minor K516, D major K593 & E flat major K614
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes (viola)Composer: MozartMozart’s complete string quintets comprise four extraordinary works from his maturity alongside two early pieces that probably would not have survived had they not had his name attached. The Nash Ensemble players, however, persuade us that the ...
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ArticleGrieg: Suite From Holberg’s Time op.40, Two Nordic Melodies op.63. Amper: Abrégé. Larsen: Diplom
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Gjermund Larsen (fiddle) Emilia Amper (nyckelharpa) Trondheim SoloistsComposer: Grieg, Amper, LarsenA selection of Grieg’s string music is here played by a crack Norwegian chamber orchestra. The results virtually take my breath away, but I have enough left to report that the playing ...
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ArticleHandel: Concerti Grossi op.6
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Avison Ensemble/Pavlo BeznosiukComposer: Handel These are urbane performances, constantly engaging, fascinating in the minutiae of the playing, the sharing of prominence between parts, and in the conversational ebb and flow of counterpoint. The Avison musicians produce a rich, legato sound, with ...
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ArticleViolin Faces. Zimmermann: Sonata. Hartmann: Second Sonata. Berio: Sequenza VIII. Kee-Yong Chong: For Another Better World
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Wibert Aerts (violin)Composer: Zimmermann, Hartmann, Berio, Kee-Yong ChongThere’s often a danger of discs of contemporary solo violin music being a bit indigestible for one sitting, particularly if the music is relentlessly percussive, but Belgian player Wibert Aerts has crafted this disc to ...
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ArticleMetcalfe: Tracing the Outline, Constant Filter, Kite*, Lonely Bay, As She Fell, The Appearance of Colour
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Matthew Barley (cello/electronics) Ashley Wass (piano)*Composer: Metcalfe This disc was something of a labour of love for Matthew Barley – he recorded it at home on his own equipment after over the years building up a repertoire of pieces by ...
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ArticleThe Mosaic Nomad. Works by Gurdjeff & de Hartmann (arr. Solaris Quartet)
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Solaris QuartetComposer: Gurdjeff & de Hartmann (arr. Solaris Quartet)Greek–Armenian mystic George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff travelled extensively through Central Asia, Russia and Egypt, collecting sacred, monastic and tribal music and then transcribing and arranging it with the help of Russian composer Thomas de Hartmann ...
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ArticleDe Profundis. Works by Sibelius, Pärt, Serksnyte, Schumann, Nyman, Schubert, Bach/Tickmayer, Shostakovich, Auerbach, Piazzolla, Pelecis &Schnittke
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Kremerata Baltica/Gidon KremerComposer: Sibelius, Pärt, Serksnyte, Schumann, Nyman, Schubert, Bach/Tickmayer, Shostakovich, Auerbach, Piazzolla, Pelecis &Schnittke Drawn from nearly two centuries of music, featuring composers as stylistically disparate as Sibelius and Piazzolla, this might at first sight appear an eccentric ...
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ArticleDéfense de la Basse de Viole contre les Enterprises du Violon et les Prétentions du Violoncelle. Works by M. & R. Marais, Du Boisson, Demachy, Sainte-Colombe Snr & Jr, Morel, Cappus, Dollé, De Caix d’
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Ricercar ConsortComposer: M. & R. Marais, Du Boisson, Demachy, Sainte-Colombe Snr & Jr, Morel, Cappus, Dollé, De Caix d’Hervelois, Dornel, Duval, Rebel, Leclair, Corrette, Bodin de Boismortier, Masse, Barrière & CanavasThese recordings are devoted to the French string repertoire around the time ...
