All Editorial articles – Page 60
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ReviewZeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn
Zeliha Trio: Shostakovich, Arensky, Mendelssohn The Strad Issue: January 2021 Description: Newly formed French trio demonstrates its distinctive drama and beauty Musicians: Zeliha Trio Works: Shostakovich: Piano Trio no.1 in C minor op.8. Arensky: Piano Trio no.1 in D minor op.32. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no.1 in D ...
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ReviewEmerson Quartet: Schumann
A pure but not simple approach from a quartet making its label debut
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ReviewBusch Trio: Schubert
Expressive and well-balanced playing relishes Schubert’s optimistic side
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ReviewArod Quartet: Schubert
Mature and gripping accounts from a young ensemble that’s streets ahead
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ReviewChristoph Koncz: Mozart’s Violin
Mozart concertos, intriguingly played on the composer’s own instrument
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ReviewSpectrum Concerts Berlin: Korngold
Dazzlingly theatrical performances embrace an operatic spectrum of colour
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ReviewRaphaëlle, David and Edgar Moreau: Dvořák, Korngold
A gorgeous winter warmer of a family album
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ReviewEivind Ringstad: Correspondances
A beautifully constructed recital from a virtuoso viola player
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Antonio Stradivari 1707 ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ violin
The ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ is a powerful instrument, made from a beautiful single piece of deeply figured maple
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Gasparo da Salò double bass c.1580
The workmanship of this bass is typical of Gasparo, with the distinctive double purfling and long, widely set f-holes
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2021: Giovanni Battista Rogeri cello 1695
The arching of the Rogeri is flat, unlike the bulbous forms of most of his contemporary makers
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Carlo Bergonzi ‘Kreisler’ violin 1735
The ‘Kreisler’s characteristically thin yet intensely coloured varnish is in abundance
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin 1848-50
This Vuillaume is a mid-period ‘del Gesù’ copy, on which the f-holes of the ‘Ole Bull’ Guarneri have been imposed
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ReviewBook review: House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons
Janet Banks reviews a memoir by the matriarh of the multitalented Kanneh-Mason household
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ReviewBook review: Violin Technique in Practice
Alex Laing reviews an innovative new technique book aimed at all ages
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ReviewBook review: Easy Concert Pieces for string quartet or string orchestra
Anne Inglis reviews the latest collection for young players by Peter Mohrs
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ReviewConcert review:Tabea Zimmermann, members of the Berlin Philharmonic
Carlos María Solare hears a performance at the Berlin Philharmonie on 23 September 2020
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ReviewConcert reviews: Dreamstage
Bruce Hodges tunes in to a new live streaming platform co-founded by cellist Jan Vogler
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ReviewSpektral Quartet: Experiments in Living
A collection of contrasting music that’s more than just a game of chance
