All Magazine articles – Page 85
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ReviewBaltic Chamber Orchestra: Schoenberg
Absorbing, passionately engaged playing from full strings
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ReviewGunar Letzbor, Erich Traxler: Mozart
Unbalanced recording mars moments of elegance and beauty
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ReviewTrio Metral: Mendelssohn
Sophisticated and sparkling playing from a tightly knit trio of siblings
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ReviewLa Gracieuse. Marais: Pièces de Viole
Engaging collection tracking the career of a virtuoso gamba composer
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ReviewNatalia Lomeiko, Yuri Zhislin, Ivan Martin: Brahms and Schubert
Re-scorings of wind to strings hit the mark in this trio of trios
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ReviewReview: The Young Debussy (DVD)
Eloquent live recording captured in colourful sound and vision
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ReviewEnsemble Diderot: The Paris Album
Time-travelling back to 17th-century France for some world premieres
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ReviewQuiroga Quartet: Heritage: The Music of Madrid in the Time of Goya
Sketches of Spain with quartets from the 18th century
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ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Strad
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2019 issue
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ReviewPaolo Pandolfo: Regina Bastarda
An attractive programme on instruments that are entirely legitimate
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ReviewTrio Wanderer: Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Suk
Plenty of moody Russian emotion in this impressive programme
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Premium ❘ FeaturePassing the Torch
Expert encouragement in their early years helped turn the Belcea Quartet into one of today’s most formidable chamber ensembles. Twenty-five years after they started out, they talk to Tom Stewart about passing on their experience to the next generation – as well as continuing to gain knowledge themselves
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Premium ❘ FeatureHistory is now
Growing numbers of young musicians are incorporating elements of historically informed performance into their playing. Charlotte Gardner investigates the reasons behind this phenomenon, explores the options for aspiring period artists and receives advice from both fledgling and long-standing practitioners
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Premium ❘ FeatureLife out of balance
While many luthiers are happy making stringed instruments to the standard form, others are keen to explore the possibilities of alternative patterns. Peter Somerford discovers how asymmetric designs can affect tone quality, projection, acoustics and player comfort
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Premium ❘ FeatureSession Report: Christian Tetzlaff on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
At the end of last year violinist Christian Tetzlaff made his second official recording of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in two live performances, resulting in an interpretation much more in keeping with his own personal understanding of the work
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Premium ❘ FeatureThe Jewel of Taiwan: The Strad Calendar 2020
The Chimei Museum in Taiwan houses the largest collection of stringed instruments in the world.The Strad Calendar 2020 marks 30 years since its founding, as Dai-Ting Chung and Andrew Guan highlight some of the remarkable treasures within its walls
