All Magazine articles – Page 57
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ReviewConcert review: Big Dog Little Dog
Leah Hollingsworth reports on ’Musical Storefronts’, an innovative way of performing during the pandemic, in New York on 5 February 2021
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ReviewJanusz Wawrowski: Różycki, Tchaikovsky
Rare Polish Romantic concerto performed with a Hollywood smile
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ReviewJohan Dalene: Nordic Rhapsody
Twenty-year-old artist’s second album looks north for inspiration
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ReviewPeter Sheppard Skærved: The Great Violins, Vol. 4: Girolamo Amati, 1629
Another enterprising pairing of a 17th-century violin and composer yields some gems
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ReviewSteven Isserlis: Music from Proust’s Salons
Isserlis and Shih’s Proustian programme is full of spontaneity and lyrical delight
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ReviewLondon Haydn Quartet: Haydn
Supple yet gentle approach to Haydn’s op.76 makes for a winning formula
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ReviewCatalyst Quartet: Coleridge-Taylor
Beguiling accounts of striking early works by black British Victorian composer
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ReviewRenaud Capuçon: Elgar
Gallic elegance brings a fresh perspective to these introspective works
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ReviewGuido Schiefen: Brahms
Entertaining and virtuosic cello-and-piano arrangements of Brahms dances
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ReviewGil Shaham: Brahms, Beethoven
New interpretations bring a youthful sense of discovery 20 years on
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ReviewDanish Quartet: Prism III
Adventurous quartet finds connections between pioneering chamber works
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ReviewIsabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras: Beethoven
High spirits and swagger characterise these splendid performances
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Premium ❘ FeatureAzzo Rovescalli: The cream of Crema
The city of Crema has a unique violin making tradition, and Azzo Rovescalli was its most prominent maker in the 20th century – even though it never made him rich. Lorenzo Frignani and Vittorio Formaggia examine his life and work, along with the instruments of his sons
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Premium ❘ FeatureEncores: Time to shine
Throughout much of the last century, technically showy encores by Paganini and Kreisler were standard fare for violinists, but in recent years players have moved away from the established virtuoso works to embrace everything from solo Bach to folk tunes and contemporary commissions. Charlotte Gardner talks to top players about ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Playing the hero
Violinist Boris Begelman’s new recording represents a small fraction of the hundreds of violin concertos Vivaldi wrote during his lifetime – but people miss the point when they assume the composer’s prolific output equates to works of lesser quality, he tells Tom Stewart
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Premium ❘ FeatureYsaÿe: On the trail of a trio
The discovery of part of an autograph manuscript for Ysaÿe’s little-known Second String Trio op.34 hidden in a folder on his computer led violinist Nandor Szederkényi eventually to produce a performing edition. Here he shares details of the painstaking process
