All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 9
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ArticleBartók: Violin Sonata no.2, Sonata for solo violin, Contrasts
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Annar Follesø (violin) Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Björn Nyman (clarinet)Composer: Bartók There is a Nordic chill to these performances that is entirely foreign to the picture of Bartók I have built up over the past half century.I ...
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ArticleScott: Violin Concerto, Festival Overture, Aubade op.77, Three Symphonic Dances op.22
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Olivier Charlier (violin) BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)Composer: Scott At the outset of the 20th century Cyril Scott was much admired by the music establishment as a progressive modernist, but his lack of stylistic development soon found him loosing ...
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Katharine Gowers. Works by Monti, Fauré, Ravel, Gershwin, Debussy, Bloch, Ponce, Krein, Suk, Kreisler, Heuberger, Achron & Hubay.
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Katherine Gowers (violin), Charles Owen (piano)Composer: Monti, Fauré, Ravel, Gershwin, Debussy, Bloch, Ponce, Krein, Suk, Kreisler, Heuberger, Achron & Hubay Katherine Gowers’s refreshingly individual take on these delectable violin miniatures triumphantly prevents this recital from becoming just another in the long line of technique ...
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ArticleHarrison: An Unexpected Light*, A Hidden Light† , Geda’s Weavings‡, Songs for Rusne, …an angel reads my open book…† , The Bride’s Journey in Three Songs and a Memory¶
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Rusne Mataityte (violin), Arturas Silale (violin)‡, Vitalija Raskeviciute (viola)‡, Edmundas Kulikauskas (cello)‡¶, Sergejus Okrusko (piano)† , Albina Siksniute (piano)¶ St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius, Donatus Katkus (conductor)*Composer: Harrison Sadie Harrison’s assimilation of what used to be known as folksong ...
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ArticleMaxim Rysanov. Works by Brahms, Glinka, Enescu, Bridge, Franck & Tabakova
The Strad Issue: January 2013Musicians: Maxim Rysanov (viola) Evelyn Chang (piano)Composer: Brahms, Glinka, Enescu, Bridge, Franck & Tabakova This recording makes an interesting calling card for the Ukrainian violist Maxim Rysanov, a major prizewinner from both the Tertis and Geneva competitions. Indeed, at his best, he sounds ...
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ArticleJenkins: Five-Part Consorts
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: PhantasmComposer: Jenkins Last year I heartily welcomed a recording of John Jenkins’s six-part consort music by these interpreters (see The Strad, June 2006). Here is its sequel, including all the five-part ensembles: three pavans and 17 fantasies. That previous ...
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ArticleTartini: Violin Concertos in E major D50, in A major D96, in G major D80, in B minor D125 & in D major D28
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor)Composer: Tartini Ariadne Daskalakis here introduces two premiere recordings of violin concertos by Tartini (D28 and D50). Tartini’s solo parts demand technical virtuosity that is daring in its inventiveness and subtle ...
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ArticleJoubert: String Quartet no.2*, Landscapes op.129† , Piano Trio‡, Lyric Fantasy on themes from the opera Jane Eyre op.144¶, Piano Sonatas nos.1–3
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Brodsky Quartet*, David Chadwick (violin)† ‡ Anna Joubert (cello)† ‡ Patricia Rozario (soprano)† Mark Bebbington (piano)† ¶ John McCabe (piano)Composer: Joubert John Joubert, 80 this year, is one of British music’s unsung giants; this double disc of chamber ...
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ArticleRavel: String Quartet in F major. Suk: String Quartet no.1 in B flat major op.11, Allegro giocoso, Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn ‘St Wenceslas’ op.35
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Panocha QuartetComposer: Ravel, Suk Many will want this for the Panocha’s wonderfully relaxed, idiomatic playing of the Ravel (the stylish Assez vif and delicate inner-part solos in the Très lent surely make it a top choice); however, the two ...
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas in D major op.12 no.1, C minor op.30 & G major op.96
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Peter Cropper (violin) MartinuRoscoe (piano) Composer: BeethovenTwo of England’s most stylistically aware musicians come together for the first volume in a new Beethoven cycle. I constantly nod in agreement with what MartinuRoscoe does at the keyboard, but my reaction to ...
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ArticleSzymanowski: Violin Sonata in D minor op.9, Berceuse d’Aïtacho Enia op.52, Mythes op.30, Romance op.23, Notturno and Tarantella op.28, Roxana’s Song from King Roger (transcr. Kochanski)
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Miriam Kramer (violin) Nicholas Durcan (piano) Composer: SzymanowskiThe performances on this recording are an accurate reflection of the music. At best, they are full of subtle colour and strange, sometimes unsettling atmosphere. Miriam Kramer and Nicholas Durcan are ...
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ArticleMozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin vol.4: Sonatas in G major K9, D major K29, E flat major K302, E minor K304 & A major K526
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Rachel Podger (violin) Gary Cooper (fortepiano)Composer: Mozart This final volume of the set is every bit as good as the other three. It features five sonatas from three different periods of Mozart’s career in period-instrument performances which, as Heather ...
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ArticleSoloists of the Orchestra vol.3. Works by Korngold, Rósza, Boulez, Vivaldi, Mozart, Gould, Elgar etc
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Samuel Magad (violin) Victor Aitay (violin) Frank Miller (cello) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Jean Martinun, Daniel Barenboim etc (conductors)Composer: Korngold, Rósza, Boulez, Vivaldi, Mozart, Gould, Elgar etc Best known as a film composer, Miklos Rózsa wrote ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Two Romances opp.40 & 50. Spohr: Violin Concerto no.8 in A minor op.47 ‘Wie eine Gesangszene’. Viotti: Violin Concerto no.3 in A major
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Uto Ughi (violin) I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone (conductor)Composer: Beethoven, Spohr, ViottiUto Ughi gives warmly expressive and colourful readings of Beethoven’s two Romances, tender but purposeful and full of temperament. His central section of op.40 is on the measured side but flows ...
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ArticleBrahms: Violin Concerto in D major. Schumann: Symphony no.4
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Thomas Zehetmair (violin/conductor) Northern SinfoniaComposer: Brahms, SchumannThomas Zehetmair produces a performance of Brahms’s Violin Concerto that is pacy, persuasive and above all wonderfully articulate. For all the pyrotechnics, which are handled with ease, this account is almost conversational in places, as Zehetmair ...
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ArticleBartók: String Quartet no.5. Hindemith: String Quartet no.4
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Zehetmair QuartetComposer: Bartók, Hindemith The opening movement of Bartók’s Fifth Quartet is one of the most uncompromisingly savage moments in chamber music, and the Zehetmair Quartet tears into this nightmare scenario with brutal vitality. The utter feeling of desolation in ...
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ArticleDances. Works by Cassadó, Granados, Vynnytsky, Brahms, Chopin, Bartók & Falla
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Natalia Khoma (cello) Volovymyr Vynnytsky (piano)Composer: Cassadó, Granados, Vynnytsky, Brahms, Chopin, Bartók & Falla There’s plenty of attractive foot-tapping material here from the Ukrainian-born cellist Natalia Khoma. Most of the dances are transcriptions utilising virtuoso techniques, many of which are ...
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Holst: Concerto for two violins, St Paul’s Suite, Brook Green Suite, A Song of the Night, Lyric Movement, A Fugal Concerto
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Janice Graham (violin) Sarah Ewins (violin) Andriy Viytovych (viola) Anna Pyne (flute) Philip Harmer (oboe) English Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths (conductor) Composer: HolstHolst was a great believer in giving children contemporary and challenging music to play and it is testimony to the ...
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ArticleWalton: Viola Concerto. Rubbra: Viola Concerto, Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Lawrence Power (viola) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)Composer: Walton, Rubbra Lady Walton once related that following a performance of her husband’s Viola Concerto given by Lionel Tertis in Worcester, Walton happened upon Elgar – never a fan ...
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ArticleGubaidulina: Rejoice! Silenzio, In Croce
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Telesto TrioComposer: Gubaidulina There’s no sense of the miniature about these works, however exiguous their textures. More than simple faith, a fine ear and sense of timing lends them an imposing aspect even when spun from a single note. ...
