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ArticleBeethoven: Violin Sonatas in F major op.24 ‘Spring’ & A major op.47 ‘Kreutzer’, Rondo in G minor WoO41. Kreisler: Rondino on a theme of Beethoven
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Catherine Leonard (violin) Hugh Tinney (piano)Composer: Beethoven, Kreisler Beethoven was probably simply following convention when he designated his sonatas as ‘for piano and violin’, though the two Irish players here have taken that description as ...
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ArticleHaydn: String Quartets op.33 nos.2, 3 & 5
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Párkányí Quartet Composer: HaydnThe Párkányí Quartet finds just the right blend of naivety and Classical poise in Haydn’s Quartet op.33 no.3, with its acciaccatura bird-pecking in the first movement, delightful clipped violin duet in the second movement ...
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ArticleVivaldi: Violin Concertos in B flat major RV370, D minor RV243, E flat major RV254 & E major RV134, Concerto in C major for violin & two cellos RV561, Arias from ‘La costanza trionfante de gl’amori e
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Adrian Chandler (violin/director) Sarah McMahon (cello) Gareth Deats (cello) Mhairi Lawson (soprano) La SerenissimaComposer: VivaldiThis second volume of La Serenissima’s series tracking the rise of the North Italian violin concerto from 1690 to 1740 features a mixture of concerto types by Vivaldi ...
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ArticleBach: Violin Concertos in D minor BWV1052, G minor BWV1056, E major BWV1042 & A minor BWV1041
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Amandine Beyer (violin/director) Gli IncognitiComposer: BachIf you flicked on any single movement on this CD you’d think, ‘this is nice’ – bouncy, accurate, fun Bach playing. Only when you move through the disc does it becomes apparent that that’s all ...
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ArticleBrahms and his contemporaries vol.1. Brahms: Cello Sonata no.2 in F major op.99. Fuchs: Cello Sonata no.2 in E flat minor op.8. Zemlinsky: Cello Sonata in A minor
Musicians: Johannes Moser (cello) Paul Rivinius (piano)Composer: Brahms, Fuchs, Zemlinsky The star of this disc is the Zemlinsky Sonata. Practically forgotten since its premiere in 1894, given by cellist Friedrich Buxbaum and the 23-year-old composer, the manuscript stayed in Buxbaum’s family until the late 1970s, and ...
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ArticleSaint-Saëns: Cello Sonata no.1, Suite op.16, Romances opp.36 & 51, Tarentelle op.10, Prière op.158 & Le cygnet from ‘Carnaval des animaux’
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Emmanuelle Bertrand (cello) Pascal Amoyel (piano)Composer: Saint-SaënsThis CD reveals some impressive music that surely deserves a stronger position in the repertoire. This is particularly the case with the First Cello Sonata, a work that makes considerable technical demands on the pianist, who ...
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ArticleSchumann: Cello Concerto op.129. Brahms: Serenade no.1
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Natalia Gutman (cello) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)Composer: Schumann, Brahms Recorded while touring Europe with this concerto to mark the 150th anniversary of Schumann’s death last year, Natalia Gutman’s interpretation of the work is considered and stately. The ...
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ArticleSaint-George: Violin Concertos in D major G029, A major G039 & G major G050, Symphonie concertante in G major G024
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Bertrand Cervera (violin) Christophe Guiot (violin) Thibault Vieux (violin) Orchestre Les Archets de ParisComposer: Saint-George Les Archets de Paris includes some excellent orchestral string players, three of whom assume solo roles in Saint-George’s works recorded here. Gabriel Banat [WHO’S ...
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ArticleFrench Pieces. Poulenc: Sonata. Ibert: Four pieces from Histoires (arr. Marechal). Françaix: Five pieces. Ravel: Piece en forme d’habanera. Debussy: Nocturne et Scherzo, Four Songs (arr. Staerk & dam
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Henrik dam Thomsen (cello) Ulrich Staerk (piano)Composer: Poulenc, Ibert, Françaix, Ravel, Debussy, Fauré‘French Pieces’ is the title of this outstanding Danish duo’s debut disc, but there’s none of your Fauré Élégie and Debussy Sonata here. The two have put together an unusual ...
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ArticleSculthorpe: From Irkanda III, Irkanda I, From Saibai, Djilile, Night Song, Mountains, Night Pieces, Little Passacaglia, Sometimes when I’m Dreaming, Four Little Pieces
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Ema Alexeeva (violin) David Apellániz (cello) Ananda Sukarlen (piano) Composer: SculthorpeIt is surprising that the music of the Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe has not made more inroads into the standard repertoire: this disc spanning 50 years of his ...
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ArticleGubaidulina: Rejoice! Silenzio, In Croce
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Telesto TrioComposer: Gubaidulina There’s no sense of the miniature about these works, however exiguous their textures. More than simple faith, a fine ear and sense of timing lends them an imposing aspect even when spun from a single note. ...
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ArticleWalton: Viola Concerto. Rubbra: Viola Concerto, Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Lawrence Power (viola) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (conductor)Composer: Walton, Rubbra Lady Walton once related that following a performance of her husband’s Viola Concerto given by Lionel Tertis in Worcester, Walton happened upon Elgar – never a fan ...
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Holst: Concerto for two violins, St Paul’s Suite, Brook Green Suite, A Song of the Night, Lyric Movement, A Fugal Concerto
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Janice Graham (violin) Sarah Ewins (violin) Andriy Viytovych (viola) Anna Pyne (flute) Philip Harmer (oboe) English Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths (conductor) Composer: HolstHolst was a great believer in giving children contemporary and challenging music to play and it is testimony to the ...
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ArticleDances. Works by Cassadó, Granados, Vynnytsky, Brahms, Chopin, Bartók & Falla
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Natalia Khoma (cello) Volovymyr Vynnytsky (piano)Composer: Cassadó, Granados, Vynnytsky, Brahms, Chopin, Bartók & Falla There’s plenty of attractive foot-tapping material here from the Ukrainian-born cellist Natalia Khoma. Most of the dances are transcriptions utilising virtuoso techniques, many of which are ...
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ArticleBrahms: Violin Concerto in D major. Schumann: Symphony no.4
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Thomas Zehetmair (violin/conductor) Northern SinfoniaComposer: Brahms, SchumannThomas Zehetmair produces a performance of Brahms’s Violin Concerto that is pacy, persuasive and above all wonderfully articulate. For all the pyrotechnics, which are handled with ease, this account is almost conversational in places, as Zehetmair ...
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ArticleBartók: String Quartet no.5. Hindemith: String Quartet no.4
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Zehetmair QuartetComposer: Bartók, Hindemith The opening movement of Bartók’s Fifth Quartet is one of the most uncompromisingly savage moments in chamber music, and the Zehetmair Quartet tears into this nightmare scenario with brutal vitality. The utter feeling of desolation in ...
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ArticleSoloists of the Orchestra vol.3. Works by Korngold, Rósza, Boulez, Vivaldi, Mozart, Gould, Elgar etc
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Samuel Magad (violin) Victor Aitay (violin) Frank Miller (cello) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Jean Martinun, Daniel Barenboim etc (conductors)Composer: Korngold, Rósza, Boulez, Vivaldi, Mozart, Gould, Elgar etc Best known as a film composer, Miklos Rózsa wrote ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Two Romances opp.40 & 50. Spohr: Violin Concerto no.8 in A minor op.47 ‘Wie eine Gesangszene’. Viotti: Violin Concerto no.3 in A major
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Uto Ughi (violin) I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone (conductor)Composer: Beethoven, Spohr, ViottiUto Ughi gives warmly expressive and colourful readings of Beethoven’s two Romances, tender but purposeful and full of temperament. His central section of op.40 is on the measured side but flows ...
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ArticleMozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin vol.4: Sonatas in G major K9, D major K29, E flat major K302, E minor K304 & A major K526
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Rachel Podger (violin) Gary Cooper (fortepiano)Composer: Mozart This final volume of the set is every bit as good as the other three. It features five sonatas from three different periods of Mozart’s career in period-instrument performances which, as Heather ...
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ArticleSzymanowski: Violin Sonata in D minor op.9, Berceuse d’Aïtacho Enia op.52, Mythes op.30, Romance op.23, Notturno and Tarantella op.28, Roxana’s Song from King Roger (transcr. Kochanski)
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Miriam Kramer (violin) Nicholas Durcan (piano) Composer: SzymanowskiThe performances on this recording are an accurate reflection of the music. At best, they are full of subtle colour and strange, sometimes unsettling atmosphere. Miriam Kramer and Nicholas Durcan are ...
