All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 8
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ArticleInfluencias. Ravel: String Quartet. ToldrÁ : Vistes al mar. Turina: Oración del torero
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Casals QuartetComposer: Ravel, ToldrÁ , TurinaIt was as a violinist and founder of the Spanish Renacimiento Quartet that the composer Eduard Toldrà was best known. The title was symbolic, for Toldrà (1895–1962) was identified with the Renaixença (‘Renaissance’): a Modernist movement spurring ...
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ArticleThe Oregon String Quartet and all that Jazz. Works by Glinsky, Lee, Steinhardt, Baker & Gearhart
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Oregon Quartet, Diane Monroe (jazz violin)Composer: Glinsky, Lee, Steinhardt, Baker & Gearhart The Oregon Quartet’s mission here was to unearth recent jazz- and rock-oriented chamber music for the contemporary audience. The selection of pieces varies in scope as well ...
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ArticleAngele Dubeau - Solo. Works by Piazzolla, Ridout, Locatelli, Enescu, Glick, Brubeck & Campagnoli
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Angele Dubeau (violin) Blair Williams (narrator) Pierre Lebeau (narrator)Composer: Piazzolla, Ridout, Locatelli, Enescu, Glick, Brubeck & Campagnoli After 30 years of giving concerts, violinist Angele Dubeau, something of a household name in her native Canada, has compiled this eclectic programme ...
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ArticleViola VoilÁ . Works by Schubert, Drigo, Vieuxtemps, Cage, Stravinsky, Apituley, Fauré & Piazzolla
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Esther Apituley (viola) Rië Tanaka (piano) Eric Calmes (electric bass) Hans Dagelet (trumpet) Amsterdam Viola QuartetComposer: Schubert, Drigo, Vieuxtemps, Cage, Stravinsky, Apituley, Fauré & Piazzolla This is the second CD by the enterprising Esther Apituley, following Violent Viola (released in 2005). Now ...
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ArticleEttore Causa. Works by Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Granados, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Fauré, Mendelssohn & Ysaÿe
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Ettore Causa (viola) Ulrich Staerk (piano)Composer: Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Granados, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Fauré, Mendelssohn & Ysaÿe The viola world may not be awash with compositions, but I feel cheated when the debut disc from an ...
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ArticleSchoenberg: Verklärte Nacht. Strauss: Metamorphosen, Sextet from Capriccio
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Concertante Chamber PlayersComposer: Schoenberg, StraussThis is an attractive disc from one of the most enterprising chamber groups to emerge from America over the past decade. The performances, if slightly mixed, feel fresh, committed and versatile, and the programme, bringing together three 20th-century ...
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ArticleClarke: Viola Sonata; Passacaglia (on an old English tune); Lullaby; Lullaby on an Ancient Irish Tune; Morpheus; Chinese Puzzle; I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still; Dumka; Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale; Unti
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Philip Dukes (viola) Daniel Hope (violin) Sophia Rahman (piano) Robert Plane (clarinet)Composer: ClarkePaul Cortese recently included Rebecca Clarke’s Lullaby and Grotesque (enchanting miniatures, beautifully written) on a Crystal Records recital, although this extensive Naxos collection gives us a better opportunity to assess ...
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ArticleIl virtuoso. Works by Sarasate, Paganini, Bodorov, Wieniawski, Spohr, Kreisler, Suk & Bazzini
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Miroslav Ambroš (violin) Zuzana Ambrošová (piano)Composer: Sarasate, Paganini, Bodorov, Wieniawski, Spohr, Kreisler, Suk & BazziniThough still a student at the Prague Academy, the 19-year-old Czech violinist Miroslav Ambroš has a quite impressive list of prizes in youth competitions to his name, which ...
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ArticleDvorák: String Quartets no.1 in A major op.2, no.2 in B flat major, no.3 in D major, no.4 in E minor, no.5 in F minor op.9, no.6 in A minor op. 12, no.7 in A minor op.16, String Quintet in A minor op.
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Zemlinsky Quartet, Josef Kluson (viola)Composer: DvorákDvorák completed his first seven string quartets within a period of 13 years in the flush of youthful creativity, though only the Seventh was published in his lifetime. The present disc uses the performing versions from the ...
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Brahms: String Quartets in C minor op.51 no.1, in A minor op.51 no.2 & in B flat major op.67, Piano Quintet in F minor op.34
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Emerson Quartet, Leon Fleisher (piano) Composer: BrahmsThe Emerson Quartet takes a generally severe view of Brahms’s three quartets. From the beginning of the C minor there is a sense of steely purpose, with clipped staccato quavers and a driving pace. ...
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ArticleCage: Solo for cello, 59½ seconds, Atlas eclipticalis, Variations 1, Études boreales
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Friedrich Gauwerky (cello)Composer: Cage Only the two minutes of Variations 1 are credited as being a version ‘by Gauwerky’, but nearly all of the music on this disc demands him to be as much composer as performer. For ...
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ArticleSzymanowski: Violin Concertos nos.1 & 2, Nocturne and Tarantella
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Ilya Kaler (violin), Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor) Composer: SzymanowskiSzymanowski’s violin concertos were composed 17 years apart, in 1916 and 1933. The First belongs to the feverishly productive period which also yielded the dazzling Mythes for violin ...
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ArticleBach: Suites for Solo Cello BWV1007–12 (plus variants of Prelude to Suite no.1). Trad: Song of the Birds (arr. Beamish)
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Steven Isserlis (cello)Composer: Bach, TradSteven Isserlis nearly always casts new light on the repertoire he chooses, and these Bach suites are a long-awaited milestone in his career.There’s no question that they are worth the wait – they are fervent, eloquent and unmistakeably ...
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ArticleBartók: String quartets nos.1–3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: bène QuartetComposer: Bartók For nearly a century composers failed to respond to the painfully introspective soul-searching of Beethoven’s late string quartets – until, that is, Bartók produced his First Quartet in 1908, memorably described by his friend ...
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ArticleDohnányi: Serenade in C major for string trio op.10, String Quartet no.2 in D flat major op.15, Sextet for piano, horn, clarinet and string trio op.37
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Beethoven Trio, Kocian Quartet, Jaromir Klepác (piano), Ales Hustoles (clarinet), Vladimíra Klánská (horn)Composer: Dohnányi Erno Dohnányi is still best remembered for his entrancing Variations on a Nursery Theme for piano and orchestra. Yet a few years ago several ...
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ArticleBrahms: Violin Sonatas in G major op.78, in A major op.100 & in D minor op.108; ‘FAE’ Scherzo in C minor
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Nikolaj Znaider (violin) Yefim Bronfman (piano)Composer: Brahms These beautiful performances, excellently recorded, make up a very satisfying recital, as the three sonatas have a cumulative effect and the players seem to become more assured, with Brahms and with each other, as they ...
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ArticleMozart: Serenade in D major K185 (Andretter), Divertimento in E flat major K113, March K189, Rondo in C major K373, Adagio in E major K261, Rondo concertante in B flat major K269
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Alexander Janiczek (violin/director) Scottish Chamber OrchestraComposer: MozartRecorded in a warm, reverberant church acoustic, this disc features elegant and polished accounts of two of Mozart’s ‘Salzburg’ serenades (K113 and K185) and three of his single-movement works for violin and orchestra.Mozart’s Serenade ...
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ArticleGlazunov: String Quintet in A major op.39; Five Novelettes op.15
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Fine Arts Quartet, Nathaniel Rosen (cello) Composer: GlazunovGlazunov’s Violin Concerto in A minor remains one of his most popular pieces. But the two works on this disc prove how capable a chamber music composer he also was. The Novelettes, a suite of ...
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ArticleSchubert: String Quartets in G major D887 & in G minor D173
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Mandelring QuartetComposer: Schubert What Schubert achieved in his brief life never ceases to amaze, yet even within this short space of time, his style developed hugely. This is particularly evident on this marvellously recorded SACD of two of his ...
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ArticleWieniawski: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor op.22. Bacewicz: Concerto for Orchestra. Penderecki: Agnus Dei
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Wojciech Plawner (violin), Beethoven Academy Orchestra/Pawel PrzytockiComposer: Wieniawski, Bacewicz, Penderecki Wieniawski’s D minor Concerto has been especially lucky on disc. The scorching intensity and fizzing virtuosity of Michael Rabin’s classic 1960 account (currently out of the catalogue) still take some beating, ...
