All Beethoven articles – Page 12
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ReviewBeethoven: Cello Sonatas, Horn Sonata in F major op.17, Twelve Variations on ‘See, the conqu’ring hero comes’, Twelve Variations on ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’, Seven Variations on ‘Bei Männern welche
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: November 2014Description: A set that brings together everything Beethoven wrote, and arranged, for cello and pianoMusicians: Fischer Duo: Norman Fischer (cello) Jeanne Kierman (piano)Composer: BeethovenCatalogue Number: CENTAUR CRC 3322/23/24/25 (FOUR DISCS)This set is not just complete, it is very complete indeed. No ...
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ArticleRenaud Capuçon performs Beethoven's Second Violin Romance
Renaud Capuçon performs Beethoven's Romance for Violin and Orchestra no.2 with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Masur.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleThe Schumann Quartet performs Beethoven's Third String Quartet
The Schumann Quartet, which has recently been awarded the €60,000 Jürgen Ponto Foundation chamber prize, performs the first movement Allegro from Beethoven's String Quartet no.3 The members of the quartet are brothers Erik, Ken (violin) and Mark Schumann (cello), along with violist Liisa Randalu. Subscribe to ...
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FocusA potted history of Dragonetti – the ‘Paganini of the double bass'
He was Europe's first – and the world's finest – virtuoso double bassist, who was admired by Beethoven and granted favour by Napoleon. But the story of Domenico Dragonetti is shrouded in intrigue: who was the man they called ‘Il Drago'?
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ArticleBeethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.61, Leonore Overture no.3. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll*
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Leonid Kogan (violin) RAI Symphony Orchestras, Turin & Rome*, Rudolf Kempe (conductor)Composer: Beethoven, WagnerWhereas Heifetz never plumbed the depths of the Beethoven Concerto and Oistrakh rarely did so, Leonid Kogan seemed to have the measure of it from the outset. This 1956 ...
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ArticleWilliam Primrose – Viola Transcriptions. Zimbalist: Sarasateana. Plus arrangements of works by Borodin, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner, Aguirre/Heifetz, Valle/Heifetz, Paganini, Villa-Lobos, Bizet, Tchai
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Roberto Díaz, Robert KoenigComposer: Zimbalist, Borodin, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner, Aguirre/Heifetz, Valle/Heifetz, Paganini, Villa-Lobos, Bizet, Tchaikovsky & Brahms-(transc. Prmirose)William Primrose, in Yehudi Menuhin’s words ‘the first star of the viola’, was fond of peppering his concert programmes with short virtuoso pieces, of which ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Violin Sonatas no.4 in A minor op.23 & no.7 in C minor op.30 no.2, Variations on ‘Se vuol ballare’ WoO40
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Daniel Sepec (violin) Andreas Staier (piano)Composer: BeethovenThis disc has significant organological interest. Daniel Sepec plays an early 18th-century Austrian violin presented to Beethoven by Prince Lichnowsky around 1800 and recently restored to its original condition, while Andreas Staier masters with a refined ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Piano Trios in G major op.1 no.2 & in D major op.70 no.1 ‘Ghost’. Maxwell Davies: A Voyage to Fair Isle
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Grieg TrioComposer: Beethoven, Maxwell DaviesThis is one of a series of CDs placing the trios of Beethoven with works by contemporary composers, to display ‘both their contrasts and their connections’. Beethoven was constantly innovative in his trios right from his op.1 set, ...