All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 81
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Juilliard's historical performance programme receives $20m gift
The Juilliard School's graduate-level historical performance programme has been endowed to the tune of $20m with a gift from the school's board chairman, Bruce Kovner. The programme, which began in 2009 and focuses on music from the 17th and 18th centuries, offers tuition-free training for student violinists, cellists, double ...
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Stradivari cello once owned by Bernard Greenhouse nets record sum at auction
A 1707 Stradivari cello that was owned by Bernard Greenhouse for half a century has been sold by sealed bid for a record price. According to the New York Times, the 'Countess of Stanlein' cello was bought by a Montreal arts patron for in excess of $6m. Christopher Reuning, the ...
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Croatian duo 2Cellos to play on US TV show Glee
2Cellos, the young Croatian duo and cover stars of The Strad's January issue, will appear on the hit Fox TV show Glee on 31 January in the US. Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser will perform 'Smooth Criminal', the track that made them YouTube sensations, in a special Michael Jackson tribute ...
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Chicago violin shop owner sues online critic
Chunyee Lu, a restorer and dealer in Chicago, has launched a libel lawsuit against an online writer who posted critical comments about his Guadagnini Violin Shop on reviews websites. According to Lu's lawyer, the writer posted under various names, but all the messages have been traced to the same IP ...
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ArticleSchnittke: String Quartets nos.1–4, Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A Canadian ensemble brings out the songfulness of a modern Russian master’s quartetsMusicians: Molinari QuartetComposer: SchnittkeSchnittke’s four string quartets appeared variously between 1966 and 1989, announced by a work composed originally for the Borodin Quartet that draws upon the micro-gesturing and sonic profiling ...
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ArticleThe Mahler Album. Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony no.5, Adagio from Symphony no.10 (arr. Stadlmair). Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor op.95 ‘Serioso’ (arr. Mahler)
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: An unusual but telling contribution to the recent Mahler anniversaries from a leading string orchestraMusicians: Amsterdam Sinfonietta/Candida ThompsonComposer: Mahler (arr. Stadlmair), Beethoven (arr. Mahler)Cast aside any accusations of ‘bleeding chunks’ with this celebration of Mahler: the composer himself often programmed the Adagietto ...
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ArticleThe American Album. Dvorák: String Quartet in F major op.96 ‘American’. Griffes: Two Sketches Based on Indian Themes. Barber: String Quartet in B minor op.11
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Quartets that express different aspects of the American experienceMusicians: Cypress QuartetComposer: Dvorák, Griffes, Barber The booklet describes the Cypress sound as being built up from the bottom register, and in Ethan Filner’s introductory viola motif to Dvo?ák’s ‘American’ Quartet ...
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ArticleBrahms: Viola Sonatas op.120
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Bel canto meets Brahms in some perhaps over-lovingly tended sonata performancesMusicians: Danilo Rossi (viola) Stefano Bezziccheri (piano)Composer: BrahmsThis latest in the apparently unending line of Brahms viola sonata recordings comes from south of the Alps. Danilo Rossi is principal viola at the ...
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ArticleJanácek: Violin Sonata. Schumann: Violin Sonata no. 2 in D minor op.121. Schubert: Fantasy in C major D934
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Mixed success in a recital of varied violin repertoireMusicians: Frank Stadler (violin) Luis MagalhÁes (piano)Composer: Janácek, Schumann, SchubertThe powerful opening chords set the scene for Frank Stadler’s impressively intense performance of Schumann’s Second Sonata. Perfectly capturing the wide mood swings that picture ...
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ArticleReger: Three Suites for solo cello op.131c
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Even top performances can’t rescue Reger’s suites from the practice roomMusicians: Ulrich Horn (cello)Composer: RegerReger’s cello suites are a little bit like cod liver oil: they’re good for you, but would you want to live on them alone? There are a few ...
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ArticleFauré: Piano Quartet in C minor op.15. Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor op.25
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Some fine performances let down by a piano-dominated balanceMusicians: Primrose Piano QuartetComposer: Fauré & BrahmsThis CD was recorded using a Blüthner piano chosen by Brahms in 1896 for a young British pianist, Margarita Hanson, who had met him while she was studying ...
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ArticleReinecke: Cello Sonatas in A minor op.42, D major op.89 & G major op.238
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Neglected Romantic cello sonatas brought alluringly to lifeMusicians: Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) Connie Shih (piano)Composer: ReineckeThree Romantic sonatas for the cello ought to be enough to set the pulses racing given the relative paucity of worthy material from this period. However, although these ...
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ArticleLeighton: Partita op.35, Elegy op.5, Sonata for Cello Solo op.52, Alleluia Pascha Nostrum op.85
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A welcome collection of music by a master writer for the celloMusicians: Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Raphael Terroni (piano)Composer: LeightonRaphael Wallfisch adds yet another high-quality disc of English music to his impressively extensive discography, with Kenneth Leighton’s complete chamber works for cello. As ...
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ArticleSchumann: String Quartets op.41, Piano Quintet in E flat major op.44
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Recordings of Schumann that are just a little too individualistic for comfortMusicians: Gringolts Quartet, Peter Laul (piano)Composer: SchumannHow you take to the performances by the Gringolts Quartet depends very much on how you respond to the playing of Ilya Gringolts himself in the first violinist’s ...
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ArticleMozart: String Quartet in C major K465 ‘Dissonance’. Schubert: String Quartet in A minor D804 ‘Rosamunde’
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A young quartet belies its name in the subtle colouring of its playingMusicians: Chiaroscuro QuartetComposer: Mozart & SchubertFormed in 2005 at the Royal College of Music, the Chiaroscuro Quartet has the inestimable advantage of having Alina Ibragimova as its leader. ...
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ArticleSpirit Song. Works by Jacopo da Bologna, Alexander, B. Turetzky, Hauta-aho & Fricker
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Intriguing but flawed collection from the veteran US duoMusicians: Bertram Turetzky (double bass) Nancy Turetzky (flute)Composer: Jacopo da Bologna, Alexander, B. Turetzky, Hauta-aho & FrickerSpirit Song is Bertram and Nancy Turetzky’s celebration of 50 years of marriage and music making, bringing together ...
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ArticleAlone. Kodäly: Sonata for solo cello. Shchedrin: Russian Fragments. Sollima: Lame, Alone. Schnittke: Improvisation. Casals: Song of the Birds (arr. Geringas)
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A rewarding solo cello recital from a talented Russian playerMusicians: Boris Andrianov (cello)Composer: Kodäly, Shchedrin, Sollima, Schnittke, Casals (arr. Geringas)Boris Andrianov may not often commit himself to disc – his last solo recording was five years ago – but when he does ...
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ArticleChris Stout’s Brazilian Theory: Live In Concert
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Sparks fly in a multi-continental meeting of fiddle traditionsMusicians: Chris Stout (fiddle) Thomas Rohrer (rabeca/saxophone) Catriona McKay (harp) Carlinhos Antunes (guitar/vocals) Ian Stephenson (guitar) Rui Barossi, Neil Harland (double bass) MartinuO’Neill (bodhran)Composer: Trad.Shetland fiddler Chris Stout leads a pan-global gathering on this ...
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ArticleHandel: Complete Violin Sonatas
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Stylish accounts of Handel from a German-based ensembleMusicians: Ensemble Vintage Köln: Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) Rainer Zipperling (viola da gamba/cello) Gerald Hambitzer (harpsichord)Composer: HandelThese performers give pride of place to the five echt violin sonatas, but acknowledge the merits of the ...
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ArticleSainte-Colombe: Concerts Á deux violes esgales
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Two masters of the viol in music from the French BaroqueMusicians: Wieland Kuijken, Jordi Savall (bass viol)Composer: Sainte-ColombeThe recordings for this two-disc set were originally made in 1976 and 1992. They embrace ten of Sainte-Colombe’s 67 Concerts, which comprise not only popular ...
