All Reviews articles – Page 193
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ArticleSchubert: Violin Sonata in A minor D385, Fantasy in C major D934, Rondo brillant in B minor D895
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Dimitri Hadjipetkov (violin) Yuan Sheng (piano)Composer: Schubert Dimitri Hadjipetkov began violin studies in his native Bulgaria at the age of five, and after a fledgling European concert career moved to the United States in 1997 to work with ...
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ArticleErnst Reijseger: Do You Still: Gretchen am Spinnrade (Voice from Another World), Do You Still (River in the Rain), Blurb One, Marta (Monsoon), 8x3 4 T, Strabismo di Venere, Blurb Two, Passaggio, May t
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Ernst Reijseger (cello) Larissa Groeneveld (cello) Frank van de Laar (piano)Composer: Ernst ReijsegerThe title track of this album was chosen by director Werner Herzog for his film Rescue Dawn. This is perhaps the clue to cellist and composer Ernst Reijseger’s musical language, ...
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ArticleDvorák: Piano Trio in B flat major op.21. Fibich: Piano Trio in F minor. Martinu: Piano Trio no.2 in D minor
Musicians: Smetana TrioComposer: Dvorák, Fibich, Martinu The Piano Trio in F minor, perhaps the most compelling of Zdenek Fibich’s early chamber works, predates both Dvo?ák’s great Piano Trio in F minor (op.65) and its predecessor in B flat major (op.21), which also appears on ...
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Martin Bresnik: String Quartet no.2 ‘Bucephalus’, Piano Trio, The Bucket Rider, BE JUST!
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Flux Quartet, Jupiter Trio, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Lisa Moore (piano)Composer: MartinuBresnik This disc features a selection of chamber music by the American composer MartinuBresnik (b.1946), ‘spiritual advisor’ of the Bang on a Can generation of Gordon, Torke et ...
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ArticlePolish Spirit. Mlynarski: Violin Concerto no.2 in D major op.6. Karlowicz: Violin Concerto in A, op. 8. Chopin: Two Nocturnes op.9 (arr. Debski)
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Nigel Kennedy (violin) Polish Chamber Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk (conductor)Composer: Mlynarski, Karlowicz, Chopin Nigel Kennedy is one of the most genuinely inspired artists of our age, and he has always remained so, despite periodic posturings and some ropy ...
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ArticleBartók: String Quartets nos.2 & 5
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Parker QuartetComposer: Bartók It’s odd how recordings of this era of music – Bartók, Strauss and Vaughan Williams, say – have slowed down over the years. Both these performances are among the broadest I have heard, and sustaining ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Violin Sonatas vol.2: Sonatas in A major op.12 no.2, in A minor op.23, in F major op.24 ‘Spring’ & in G major op.30 no.3
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Peter Cropper (violin) MartinuRoscoe (piano)Composer: Beethoven The new duo partnership formed last year between two long-established musicians is currently touring the UK presenting an on-going Beethoven violin sonata cycle to coincide with this series of recordings. That feel of ...
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ArticleFauré: Cello Sonatas op.109 in D minor & op.117 in G minor, Romance op.69, Vocalise, Élégie op.24, Sérénade op.98, Papillon op.77, Sicilienne op.78, Berceuse op.16, Morceau de lecture*, Après un rêve
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Xavier Gagnepain (cello) Jérémie Billet (cello)* Jean-Michel Dayez (piano)Composer: FauréAll cellists have a special relationship with Gabriel Fauré at some point in their lives, whether it’s sitting on a school stage playing the Élégie or Sicilienne, or learning salon pieces like Après ...
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ArticleJanácek: String Quartets no.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ & no.2 ‘Intimate Letters’. Szymanowski: String Quartets nos.1 & 2
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Schoenberg QuartetComposer: Janacek, SzymanowskiCoupling the Janá?ek and Szymanowski quartets together was an inspired idea, one that as far as I’m aware hasn’t been attempted on disc before. Both composers proudly carried the torch of their respective Moravian and Polish traditions into ...
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartets op.59 nos.1-3 ‘Rasumovsky’, op.74 ‘Harp’ and op.95 ‘Serioso’
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Orion QuartetComposer: Beethoven The Orion Quartet here displays the fruits of more than two decades of exploration and insight into the music of Beethoven. Violinists Daniel and Todd Phillips swap around the leader’s role, but this is inconsequential as ...
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ArticleCorigliano: The Red Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Joshua Bell (violin) Jeremy Dank (piano) Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor)Composer: CoriglianoThis seems like the second bite at a cherry. John Corigliano’s Oscar-winning score for the film The Red Violin, featuring Joshua Bell, has already appeared on CD. Now here it ...
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ArticleMary Ellen Childs: Dream House
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: EthelComposer: Mary Ellen Childs Contemporary specialist string quartet Ethel is the focal point for this new extended suite, inspired by the renovation of the composer’s home and intended as a ‘commentary on cycles of time, rhythms of work, ...
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ArticleNouvelles Vagues: From Godard to Audiard. Works by Barbieri, Delerue, Desplat, Duhamel, Maurice Jarre & Morricone
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Traffic QuintetComposer: Barbieri, Delerue, Desplat, Duhamel, Maurice Jarre & Morricone The Traffic Quintet, a recently formed string quartet–double bass ensemble, takes its name from Jacques Tati’s classic 1971 film Trafic – his fifth and last outing, incidentally, as Monsieur ...
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ArticleTavener: Song for Athene, Dhyana, Lalishri. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Nicola Benedetti (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)Composer: Tavener, Vaughan Williams Lalishri is a new work written for Nicola Benedetti, and inspired by the 14th-century Hindu poet and saint Lalla Yogishwari, who discovered her spiritual core and ...
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ArticleFerneyhough: Funerailles I & II, Bone Alphabet, Unsichtbare Farben
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Irvine Arditti (violin) Christian Dierstein (percussion) Ensemble RechercheComposer: Ferneyhough Even a page of Elliott Carter can look pale in comparison to the profusion of notes and instructions on a score by Brian Ferneyhough, and this has left the German-domiciled ...
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ArticleNew Impossibilities. Works by Abou-Khalil, Golijov, Zhou Long, Kalhor, Das, Hai-Hai Huang, Trad. etc
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Silk Road Ensemble, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya (conductor)Composer: Abou-Khalil, Golijov, Zhou Long, Kalhor, Das, Hai-Hai Huang, Trad. etcNew Impossibilities is the product of the Silk Road Ensemble’s year-long residency in Chicago. It features works by world music star ...
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ArticleElgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85, In moonlight, La capricieuse, Romance op.42, Salut d’amour, Chanson de matin, Sospiri
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Natalie Clein (cello) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Vernon Handley (conductor)Composer: Elgar Natalie Clein’s affinity with Elgarian melody is joyously evident on this disc. She employs her rich tone with a light touch, and her playing is marked by elasticity of ...
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ArticleSchumann: Piano Quintet in E flat major op.44. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor op.34
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Artemis Quartet, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)Composer: Schumann, Brahms I very much enjoyed these powerful, committed performances, which convey a strong feeling of co-operation between pianist and quartet.Tempos seem excellent throughout, although I wish the players had been ...
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ArticleBoccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat major (arr. Grützmacher). Mozart: Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major K447 (arr. Fischer). Kodály: Sonata for solo cello op.8, Duo for violin and cello op.7, Cello
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: János Starker (cello) Arnold Eidus (violin) Otto Herz (piano) Castle Hill Festival Orchestra, Maximilian Pilzer (conductor)Composer: Boccherini, Mozart, Kodály, Bartók, WeinerThese recordings, made in New York in the early 1950s, did much to secure for János Starker his international reputation. ...
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ArticleNocturne. Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor op.65, Introduction and Polonaise brillante op.3, arrangements of keyboard works for cello and piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Truls Mørk (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano)With a disc entitled ‘Nocturne’, melancholy is likely to be the prevailing mood, yet there is variety in Truls Mørk and Kathryn Stott’s programme thanks mostly to the original works for cello and piano, notably ...
