All Reviews articles – Page 178
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ArticleSaint-Lubin: Virtuoso works for violin vol.1: Grand duo concertant op.49, Fantaisie sur un thème de ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ op.46, Thème original et Étude de S. Thalberg op.45a, Adagio religioso op.44,
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Anastasia Khitruk (violin) Elizaveta Kopelman (piano)Composer: Saint-LubinThat the life and work of Léon de Saint-Lubin (1805–50) are not better known is proof that the verdict of history is not always a fair one: the music on this disc is colourful and far ...
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ArticleSchumann: Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor op.121, Kinderszenen op.15. Bartók: Violin Sonata no.1, Solo Violin Sonata. Kreisler: Liebesleid, Schön Rosmarin
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Gidon Kremer (violin) Martha Argerich (piano)Composer: Schumann, Bartók, Kreisler Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich have given us formidable duo concerts, among which this one from Berlin in December 2006 must stand high. Those who have heard Kremer in recent years ...
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ArticleWalton: Cello Concerto, Passacaglia for solo cello. Bloch: Suite no.1 for solo cello. Ligeti: Sonata for solo cello. Britten: Ciaccona from Cello Suite no.2
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Pieter Wispelwey (cello) Sydney Symphony Orchestra/Jeffrey TateComposer: Walton, Bloch, Ligeti, BrittenThe main pieces on this disc are linked by date rather than genre, all being products of the 1950s. Pieter Wispelwey writes evocatively in the booklet of recording the Walton ...
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ArticleDvorák: Bagatelles op.47, Terzetto op.74, Miniatures op.75a. Suk: Piano Quartet in A minor op.1
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Josef Suk, Miroslav Ambroš (violin) Karel Untermüller (viola) Ji?í Bárta (cello) Jan Simon (harmonium/piano)Composer: Dvorák, SukThe expected flood of reissues for Josef Suk’s 80th-birthday year has already begun – the riches include the nonpareil 1958 ‘Dumky’ Trio (Eloquence) – but ...
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ArticleHarvey: String Quartets nos.1–4, String Trio
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Arditti QuartetComposer: Harvey The music of the British composer Jonathan Harvey, who turned 70 this year, displays the clear influence of figures such as Stockhausen, Babbitt and Boulez in its complex, striving textures and unusual, restlessly changing playing techniques. ...
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ArticleMozart: Violin Concertos no.1 in B flat major K207 & no.3 in G major K216, Sinfonia concertante in E flat major K364
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Antoine Tamestit (viola) Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Louis Langrée Composer: MozartHere we have super-clean Mozart, immaculately executed by Renaud Capuçon and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), joined in the Sinfonia concertante by the equally fastidious Antoine Tamestit. Capuçon is, in particular, ...
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ArticleMichi: 9 Death Haiku
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Kono Michi (violin/singer) Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)Composer: Michi Kono Michi is a New York-based concert violinist and erstwhile Silk Road Ensemble collaborator, and has come up with this intriguing and exquisitely beautiful setting of Japanese deathbed haikus.If you listen to this ...
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ArticleSchumann: Soiréestücke op.73, Adagio and Allegro op.70, Violin Sonata no.3 in A minor (arr. Isserlis), Abendlied op.85 no.12 (arr. Joachim), Three Romances op.94, Fünf Stücke im Volkston op.102
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Steven Isserlis (cello) Dénes Várjon (piano)Composer: SchumannIsserlis, a self-confessed ‘Schumann nut’, here revisits much of the repertoire he included with his 1997 Schumann Concerto recording for BMG, with a few additions and a new pianist. He also has the advantage of not ...
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ArticleMusic from Down Under. Sculthorpe: Baltimore Songlines. Conyngham: Playground. Knehans: rive. Mills: Four Miniatures. Marshall: Three Aspects of Spring
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Verdehr Trio Composer: Sculthorpe, Conyngham, Knehans, Mills, MarshallMost of these works, all commissioned by or for the Verdehr clarinet trio, are from this century – only Richard Mills’s Four Miniatures date from the last millennium – but ...
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ArticleDubois: Violin Sonata in A major, Cello Sonata in D major, Ballade, Nocturne, Mélodie, Andante appassionato, Andante cantabile, Méditation, Scherzetto, Cavatine
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Anne Robert (violin) Benoît Loiselle (cello) Stéphane Lemelin (piano)Composer: Dubois Generously timed (a shade over 81 minutes), imposingly engineered and played with devoted spontaneity, this is a captivating recital that turns out to be rather more than the sum ...
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ArticleBritten: Double Concerto for Violin & Viola, Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Les illuminations
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Pieter Schoeman (violin) Alexander Zemtsov (viola) Sally Matthews (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir JurowskiComposer: Britten Britten’s Double Concerto was written in 1932, immediately before his acknowledged op.1, the Sinfonietta, but remained unheard until as recently as 1997. Pieter Schoeman and Alexander ...
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ArticlePourquoi, Madame? Works by George Boulanger, Dinicu, Schmitz, Schmidseder, Nedbal, Monti, Lehár, Edelmann, Rezsö, Knümann & Trad.
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Prima Carezza Composer: George Boulanger, Dinicu, Schmitz, Schmidseder, Nedbal, Monti, Lehár, Edelmann, Rezsö, Knümann & Trad.Prima Carezza, an ensemble of two violins and accordion, here revisits the salon world of the early 20th century and its musical blend of Viennese poise ...
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ArticlePartners in Time. Works by Kreisler, Bach, Mozart, Grieg, Tchaikovsky & Bartók
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Tasmin Little (violin) John Lenehan (piano)Composer: Kreisler, Bach, Mozart, Grieg, Tchaikovsky & Bartók Last year Tasmin Little’s website offered a free download of her recital The Naked Violin, with the objective of reaching out to those who hardly ever listen to ...
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ArticleFeminissimo! Women Playing Music By Women. Works by Warshauer, Bacewicz, Price, Lund, Risher, Diemer, Viardot-Garcia, Kapralova, Fabregas
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Laura Kobayashi (violin) Susan Keith Gray (piano)Composer: Warshauer, Bacewicz, Price, Lund, Risher, Diemer, Viardot-Garcia, Kapralova, Fabregas Despite the rather earnest title, this disc does the valuable job of introducing a handful of female composers of various nationalities whose voices are rarely ...
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ArticleCantabile. Arrangements of opera arias and songs by Gounod, Offenbach, Bizet, Delibes, Tchaikovsky, Thomas, Canteloube, Hahn, Faure, Lopez & Rossini*
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Sol Gabetta (cello) Mihaela Ursuleasa (piano)* Prague Philharmonic Orchestra/Charles Olivieri-MunroeComposer: Gounod, Offenbach, Bizet, Delibes, Tchaikovsky, Thomas, Canteloube, Hahn, Faure, Lopez & Rossini*‘She looks like a model,’ was my nine-year-old son’s immediate comment on seeing the cover picture of Argentinian cellist Sol Gabetta. ...
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ArticleHaydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ op.51
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Leipzig Quartet Composer: HaydnHaydn’s seven sober and imposingly spiritual ‘sonatas’, framed by a solemn introduction and dramatic epilogue, pose considerable interpretative problems, not least one of sustaining interest throughout. Haydn himself recognised these difficulties but persevered to fulfil the ...
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ArticleBusoni: Violin Sonata no.2 in E minor op.36a. Enescu: Violin Sonata no.3 op.25 ‘dans le caractère populaire roumain’
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Nurit Stark (violin) Cédric Pescia (piano) Composer: Busoni, EnescuThis is an interesting disc debut for an Israeli violinist and French–Swiss pianist who form a regular duo and play in the Esart Trio. They appear to have held two public recording sessions ...
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ArticleHallgrímsson: Cello Concerto op.30, Herma op.17
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Truls Mørk (cello) Scottish Chamber Orchestra/John StorgŠrdsComposer: Hallgrímsson This disc is a real find – some startlingly fresh music in exceptional performances, and a rich, crystal-clear recording. Icelander Hafliði Hallgrímsson (b.1941) was principal cellist of the Scottish Chamber ...
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ArticleRode: Violin Concertos no.7 in A minor op.9, no.10 in B minor op.19 & no.13 in F sharp minor/A major op.posth.
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Friedemann Eichhorn (violin) South West German Radio Orchestra, Kaiserslautern/Nicolás Pasquet Composer: RodePierre Rode (1774–1830) is chiefly remembered as one of the trio of Viotti disciples who founded the violin department of the Paris Conservatoire. His violin concertos owe a considerable ...
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ArticleBoccherini: String Trio in D major op.14 no.4, String Quartet in C minor op.41 no.1, String Quintet in C minor op.45 no.1, String Sextet in F minor op.23
The Strad Issue: January 2009Musicians: Europa Galante Composer: BoccheriniThe musicians of Europa Galante here offer strongly projected accounts of a cross-section of Boccherini’s chamber music for four different combinations of stringed instruments. Unsurprisingly, principal violinist Fabio Biondi and first cellist Maurizio Naddeo are the major ...
