All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 62
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ArticleD'Erlanger: Violin Concerto in D minor op.17, Poème in D major. Cliffe: Violin Concerto in D minor
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Mellifluous accounts of two rare Romantic violin concertos in Hyperion’s ongoing seriesMusicians: Philippe Graffin (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales/David Lloyd-JonesComposer: D'Erlanger, CliffeI can’t imagine I’m alone in having never heard a note of Frédéric d’Erlanger (1868–1943) or Frederic Cliffe ...
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ArticleThe Trio Sonata in 18th-Century England. Works by Ravenscroft, Handel, Avison, Boyce, Arne, Abel & Erskine
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Little-known composers come to life on a disc of English trio sonatasMusicians: London BaroqueComposer: Ravenscroft, Handel, Avison, Boyce, Arne, Abel & Erskine This latest addition to London Baroque’s growing discography of English and European trio sonatas is a survey of both a ...
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ArticleInsects and Paper Airplanes l. Dillon: String Quartets no.2 (Flight), no.3 (Air) & no.4 (The Infinite Space), What Happened
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Rock music and gliding are among the inspirations behind a series of string quartetsMusicians: Daedalus Quartet, Benjamin Hochman (piano)Composer: DillonIt’s a rare achievement to combine rigorous intellectualism with wit, spontaneity and fun, but the chamber works by US composer Lawrence Dillon (currently ...
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ArticleSchumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major op.47, Fantasiestücke op.88, Liederkreis op.24
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A mixed Schumann concert that lacks songfulness and fantasyMusicians: London Bridge Ensemble, Ivan Ludlow (baritone)Composer: SchumannAfter a suitably mysterious opening, the players move pleasantly into the main tempo of the Piano Quartet’s Allegro; but the live recording, before a blessedly quiet audience, ...
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Emerson Quartet signs recording contract with Sony after 24 years with DG
The Emerson Quartet has signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical. The new deal brings to an end the ensemble's long relationship with Deutsche Grammophon, with whom the quartet has recorded more than 30 discs since 1987. The Emersons' first recording for Sony, set for release this November, ...
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ArticleSchoenberg: String Quartets no.3 op.30 & no.4 op.37, Phantasy op.47
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Exemplary performances of Schoenberg’s later music for stringsMusicians: Fred Sherry Quartet, Rolf Schulte (violin) Christopher Oldfather (piano)Composer: Schoenberg These recordings of Schoenberg’s String Quartets nos.3 and 4 are surely close to exemplary. Phrasing is so beautifully shaped, and the ...
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ArticleMendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor op.64. Tchaikovsky: Pezzo elegiaco from Piano Trio in A minor op.50
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A missed opportunity to celebrate Isaac Stern’s role in saving Carnegie HallMusicians: Isaac Stern (violin) Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard BernsteinComposer: Mendelssohn, TchaikovskyOf course Isaac Stern’s 90th birthday and the 50th anniversary of his Carnegie Hall rescue should ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.61, Symphony no.7 in A major op.92
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A fresh approach to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto that includes new cadenzasMusicians: David Grimal (violin/director) Les DissonancesComposer: BeethovenFaced with such an enormous choice of recordings of the Beethoven concerto, this one at least has a unique selling point in new cadenzas composed for ...
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ArticleThe Unknown Beethoven. Beethoven: Cello Sonata in E flat major op.64 (arr. Kleinheinz?), works for mandolin and piano (arr. Berger)
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A sixth Beethoven cello sonata earns its place in the repertoire Musicians: Julius Berger (cello) José Gallardo (piano)Composer: Beethoven‘Unknown’ doesn’t really apply to the Sonata op.64, whose six movements are immediately familiar as the String Trio op.3. As in Beethoven’s other cello ...
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ArticleStachowski: Concerto for cello and string orchestra, Recitativo e la preghiera, Adagio ricordamente
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Bold and colourful concertante works for cello from PolandMusicians: Dorota Imielowska (cello) Beethoven Academy Orchestra/Piotr SulkowskiComposer: StachowskiThe cello was central to the later works of Marek Stachowski (1936–2004). The Polish composer apparently felt a strong pull to the instrument’s sound when accompanying ...
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ArticleViolin and Electronics. Works by Mobberley, First, Levick, Aikman, Browning, Felice & Long
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Mixed results from a collection of music music for solo violin and electronicsMusicians: Davis Brooks (violin)Composer: Mobberley, First, Levick, Aikman, Browning, Felice & LongDavis Brooks is a violin professor at Butler University in Indianapolis and associate concertmaster of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, ...
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Three arrested over stolen Stradivari violin
Police have arrested and charged a 30-year-old man and two boys aged 16 and 14 in connection with the theft of a Stradivari violin in London. The instrument, which is valued at £1.2m, was stolen from violinist Min-Jin Kym in a sandwich bar at Euston Station on 29 November. Two ...
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ArticleEnglish Music for Viola. Works by Clarke, Walton, Bridge, Bax, Bliss, Vaughan Williams & Holland
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Convincing performances that unearth some forgotten gems of English viola repertoireMusicians: Matthew Jones (viola) Michael Hampton (piano)Composer: Clarke, Walton, Bridge, Bax, Bliss, Vaughan Williams & Holland With this realistically recorded CD, Matthew Jones and Michael Hampton – collectively known as ...
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ArticleCaprices Viennois. Kreisler: Violin miniatures
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A selection of some of Kreisler’s many lollipops lacks something of the master himselfMusicians: Frédéric Laroque (violin) Ryoko Hisayama (piano)Composer: Kreisler‘Kreisleriana’ has for some time occupied a neglected position among serious artists. Conversely, Kreisler’s reputation as a violinist has become rather better ...
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ArticleLes Escapades du Roi. Works by M.-A. Charpentier, Marais, F. & L. Couperin, Forqueray, Lully, Visée, L’Affilard, Rossi, Montéclair & Lalande
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A novel programme that uses French viol music to narrate a story of love winning outMusicians: Monika Mauch (soprano) Les EscapadesComposer: M.-A. Charpentier, Marais, F. & L. Couperin, Forqueray, Lully, Visée, L’Affilard, Rossi, Montéclair & LalandeUsing music by composers who worked for ...
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ArticleVeale: String Quartet, Impromptu for solo recorder, Triptych for Recorder and String Quartet. Crawford: Elegiac Quintet, Three Two-Part Inventions, Clarinet Quintet
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Adderbury Ensemble, John Turner (recorder) Linda Merrick (clarinet)Composer: Veale, Crawford Chamber music from two lesser-known British composersBritish-born composer John Veale (1922–2006) had an early career in film music, followed by studies with Roger Sessions and Roy Harris in the ...
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ArticleFlight of Fancy
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A string quartet with a difference conjoins the worlds of classical and jazzMusicians: Eclectica!: Lizzie Ball (violin/vocals) Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello) Pete Oxley, Nicolas Meier (guitar)Composer: Various Bringing together a cross-genre violinist–vocalist (and leader of Nigel Kennedy’s Orchestra of Life), a ...
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Neglected chamber pieces by UK composers to be performed again
Twelve overlooked chamber works by British composers have been chosen to receive performances as part of the Encore project by the Royal Philharmonic Society and BBC Radio 3. The twelve works were chosen from nearly 70 pieces nominated by artists, publishers and programmers. The pieces selected include Anthony Payne's ...
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Baroque ensemble uses crowd-funding to finance CD
An award-winning period instrument orchestra is using crowd-funding website WeDidThis to drum up financing for a new CD. The International Baroque Players is looking to raise £2,500 to fund the recording, which will feature violin concertos by Telemann and Heinichen alongside an unrecorded sonata for orchestra by Handel and a ...
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Luthiers wanted for BBC Scrapheap Orchestra documentary
The BBC wants a team of expert makers to transform junk and reclaimed materials into a full complement of orchestral instruments for a new documentary. The 90-minute film for BBC Four, entitled Scrapheap Orchestra, will follow the instrument making process and include a performance on the specially created instruments by ...
