All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 76
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ArticleStrauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major op.18. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Warmly rounded accounts of two Romantic violin sonatasMusicians: Catherine Manoukian (violin) Xiayin Wang (piano)Composer: Strauss, FranckThe raw-edged, fresh tone of Canadian-born, former Dorothy DeLay pupil Catherine Manoukian suits the tempestuous Romanticism of these sonatas by Strauss and Franck, and in Xiayin Wang ...
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ArticleHaydn: String Quartets op. 20
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Sensitive and well-judged period-instrument performances of HaydnMusicians: London Haydn QuartetComposer: HaydnThe players of the London Haydn Quartet, formed in 2001, refer modestly in their booklet notes to gut strings and Classical bows, saying relatively little about performing practice, but in this respect ...
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ArticleSchubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821 (arr. Tabakova). Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme op.33 (arr. Rysanov). Bruch: Romance in F major op.85
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: All-round success for a disc of music for viola and orchestraMusicians: Maxim Rysanov (viola) Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Muhai TangComposer: Schubert, Tchaikovsky, BruchHere is one of those recorded occasions where everything seems to have gone well. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra plays with ...
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ArticleKodály: Sonata for solo cello op.8, Cello Sonata op.4, Duo for violin and cello op.7
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Virtuoso accounts of Kodály’s classic works for stringsMusicians: Thelma Handy (violin) Lionel Handy (cello) Nigel Clayton (piano)Composer: KodályWhen, six months before the end of World War I, Kodály’s Duo for violin and cello and Sonata for solo cello were premiered in Budapest, ...
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ArticleH.D. Koppel: Ternio op.53b, Introduction, Theme with Variations and Epilogue op.86, Cello Sonata op.62. B. Koppel: Professor Herman’s Cellistic Imaginarium
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Inventive cello music by two generations of a Danish familyMusicians: Morten Zeuthen (cello) Amalie Malling (piano)Composer: H.D. Koppel, B. KoppelHerman D. Koppel (1908–98) was a self-trained Danish composer whose music was inspired by Hindemith, Bartók and Nielsen. He was also a concert ...
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ArticleDavies: Linguae ignis, Vesalii icones, Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavans (after Purcell)
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: The solo cello plays a leading role in some theatrical instrumental worksMusicians: Vittorio Ceccanti (cello) Contempoartensemble/Mauro CeccantiComposer: DaviesNaxos continues its rich association with Peter Maxwell Davies with works for solo cello and instrumental ensemble, in music that is steeped in ritual. The ...
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ArticlePaper Airplane
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A country disc that could have made more of the fiddleMusicians: Alison Krauss & Urban StationComposer: VariousCountry singer and fiddler Alison Krauss has just turned 40 and has been performing with Union Station for over half of her life, although this is ...
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ArticleRautavaara: Lost Landscapes, Summer Thoughts, April Lines, Notturno e danza, Variétude, Dithyrambos, Pelimannit
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Little sense of indulgent nostalgia in violin works by a Finnish master looking backMusicians: Pekka Kuusisto (violin) Paavali Jumppanen (piano)Composer: RautavaaraLost Landscapes (2005) conveys the memories of a septuagenarian recalling student days spent in America’s Tanglewood summer school, reliving his period immersed ...
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ArticleBach: Goldberg Variations (arr. Sitkovetsky)
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: An account of Bach’s masterpiece that pays tribute to its keyboard originsMusicians: Leopold String TrioComposer: Bach (arr. Sitkovetsky)Dmitry Sitkovetsky arranged Bach’s great keyboard work for string trio with a delicate, sensitive hand, an approach followed in turn by the Leopold String Trio ...
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ArticleValls: Music for double bass and piano
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Revival of bass music by a Bottesini acolyteMusicians: Leon Bosch (double bass) Sung-Suk Kang (piano)Composer: VallsThe Spanish bassist–composer Pedro Valls was directly influenced by the virtuoso salon style of Giovanni Bottesini. His experiences of Bottesini’s performances in Barcelona and his instruction from ...
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ArticleBirth of the Violin. Works for solo violin by Westhoff, Biber, Pisendel, Geminiani, Matteis, Guillemain & Rust
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Variable success in an exploration of early violin repertoireMusicians: Rebekka Hartmann (violin)Composer: Westhoff, Biber, Pisendel, Geminiani, Matteis, Guillemain & RustFew successfully combine stylish Baroque string playing with an itinerant career as a concerto soloist in Classical and Romantic repertoire. However, Rebekka Hartmann ...
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ArticleMiniatures Catalanes. Music by ToldrÁ , MossiÁ , Mompou, Gray, Blancafort, Cassadó, Granados, etc
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A rewarding trip to the Catalan salonMusicians: Kalina Macuta (violin) Daniel Blanch (piano)Composer: ToldrÁ , MossiÁ , Mompou, Gray, Blancafort, Cassadó, Granados, etcThese two discs, together with their excellent accompanying booklet, provide a short résumé of the wealth of music for violin ...
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ArticleItalia. Vivaldi: Violin Concerto ‘Grosso Mogul’, Violin Concerto in A minor, Summer from The Four Seasons, Vedro con mio diletto, Nulla in mundo pax sincera. Tartini: ‘Devil’s Trill’ Sonata, Violin Co
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: An enjoyable collection of Baroque repertoire from a young virtuosoMusicians: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Christian CurnynComposer: Vivaldi, Tartini, VeraciniNicola Benedetti, a Scot of Italian parentage, is quite at home in this collection of Italian Baroque music in the company of the ...
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ArticleOne More Day
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Short but sweet: a meeting of different popular styles Musicians: Kono Michi: Michi Wiancko (violin/vocals) Mike Sorensen Small (guitars/bass) Grant Pringle (drums/percussion)Composer: VariousThis EP of just four songs offers a nicely sized taste of Kono Michi’s rather original musical world, in which ...
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Newspaper readers pledge to buy cello for four-year-old cellist
A four-year-old boy from north London, whose cello lessons and instrument loan were cut by his local children's centre, has received more than £500 in donations towards getting his own cello. Ham&High readers pledged the money after reading Jahleel Weiser's story in the newspaper. The four-year-old from Highgate started ...
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Pavel Haas Quartet's Dvorák disc wins record of the year at Gramophone Awards
The Pavel Haas Quartet won the Chamber category and the recording of the year at the 2011 Gramophone Awards. The Czech ensemble won for its Supraphon disc of Dvo?ák's op.96 and op.106 quartets. There were no awards for string soloists this year.
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Lorin Maazel to sell 1783 Guadagnini violin at auction
A 1783 Guadagnini violin owned by Lorin Maazel will feature in Tarisio's 10 November sale in New York. The 81-year-old conductor and violinist has had the instrument since he was 15 years old. Tarisio has placed an estimate of $800,000–$1,200,000 on the violin, and proceeds from the sale will support ...
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Violins stolen from ex-BBC Symphony Orchestra player Keith Gurry
Former BBC Symphony Orchestra violinist Keith Gurry is appealing for any information leading to the safe recovery of two violins and four bows that were stolen from his East London home. The stolen violins are by Francesco Guadagnini (Turin, 1888) and Ian Highfield (Birmingham, 1982). Also missing are a ...
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Violinist Miri Ben-Ari to play at Martin Luther King memorial
Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari will perform at this Sunday's dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington DC. The US-resident Ben-Ari, who has become known for her hip-hop violin style, is the only non-African-American artist performing at the dedication ceremony, which will also feature addresses by civil rights ...
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Violinist Vanessa Mae plays Chechen date
Violinist Vanessa Mae, the singer Seal, and actors Hilary Swank and Jean-Claude Van Damme have been criticised by human rights organisations for taking part in a lavish concert for Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on his 35th birthday. Vanessa Mae reportedly received a fee of $500,000 for performing in front of ...
