All Reviews articles – Page 196
-
ArticleJoubert: String Quartet no.2*, Landscapes op.129† , Piano Trio‡, Lyric Fantasy on themes from the opera Jane Eyre op.144¶, Piano Sonatas nos.1–3
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Brodsky Quartet*, David Chadwick (violin)† ‡ Anna Joubert (cello)† ‡ Patricia Rozario (soprano)† Mark Bebbington (piano)† ¶ John McCabe (piano)Composer: Joubert John Joubert, 80 this year, is one of British music’s unsung giants; this double disc of chamber ...
-
ArticleRavel: String Quartet in F major. Suk: String Quartet no.1 in B flat major op.11, Allegro giocoso, Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn ‘St Wenceslas’ op.35
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Panocha QuartetComposer: Ravel, Suk Many will want this for the Panocha’s wonderfully relaxed, idiomatic playing of the Ravel (the stylish Assez vif and delicate inner-part solos in the Très lent surely make it a top choice); however, the two ...
-
Article
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas in D major op.12 no.1, C minor op.30 & G major op.96
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Peter Cropper (violin) MartinuRoscoe (piano) Composer: BeethovenTwo of England’s most stylistically aware musicians come together for the first volume in a new Beethoven cycle. I constantly nod in agreement with what MartinuRoscoe does at the keyboard, but my reaction to ...
-
ArticleTartini: Violin Concertos in E major D50, in A major D96, in G major D80, in B minor D125 & in D major D28
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Ariadne Daskalakis (violin) Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Müller-Brühl (conductor)Composer: Tartini Ariadne Daskalakis here introduces two premiere recordings of violin concertos by Tartini (D28 and D50). Tartini’s solo parts demand technical virtuosity that is daring in its inventiveness and subtle ...
-
ArticleJenkins: Five-Part Consorts
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: PhantasmComposer: Jenkins Last year I heartily welcomed a recording of John Jenkins’s six-part consort music by these interpreters (see The Strad, June 2006). Here is its sequel, including all the five-part ensembles: three pavans and 17 fantasies. That previous ...
-
ArticleMaxim Rysanov. Works by Brahms, Glinka, Enescu, Bridge, Franck & Tabakova
The Strad Issue: January 2013Musicians: Maxim Rysanov (viola) Evelyn Chang (piano)Composer: Brahms, Glinka, Enescu, Bridge, Franck & Tabakova This recording makes an interesting calling card for the Ukrainian violist Maxim Rysanov, a major prizewinner from both the Tertis and Geneva competitions. Indeed, at his best, he sounds ...
-
ArticleHarrison: An Unexpected Light*, A Hidden Light† , Geda’s Weavings‡, Songs for Rusne, …an angel reads my open book…† , The Bride’s Journey in Three Songs and a Memory¶
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Rusne Mataityte (violin), Arturas Silale (violin)‡, Vitalija Raskeviciute (viola)‡, Edmundas Kulikauskas (cello)‡¶, Sergejus Okrusko (piano)† , Albina Siksniute (piano)¶ St Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius, Donatus Katkus (conductor)*Composer: Harrison Sadie Harrison’s assimilation of what used to be known as folksong ...
-
Article
Katharine Gowers. Works by Monti, Fauré, Ravel, Gershwin, Debussy, Bloch, Ponce, Krein, Suk, Kreisler, Heuberger, Achron & Hubay.
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Katherine Gowers (violin), Charles Owen (piano)Composer: Monti, Fauré, Ravel, Gershwin, Debussy, Bloch, Ponce, Krein, Suk, Kreisler, Heuberger, Achron & Hubay Katherine Gowers’s refreshingly individual take on these delectable violin miniatures triumphantly prevents this recital from becoming just another in the long line of technique ...
-
ArticleScott: Violin Concerto, Festival Overture, Aubade op.77, Three Symphonic Dances op.22
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Olivier Charlier (violin) BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)Composer: Scott At the outset of the 20th century Cyril Scott was much admired by the music establishment as a progressive modernist, but his lack of stylistic development soon found him loosing ...
-
ArticleWieniawski: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor op.22. Bacewicz: Concerto for Orchestra. Penderecki: Agnus Dei
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Wojciech Plawner (violin), Beethoven Academy Orchestra/Pawel PrzytockiComposer: Wieniawski, Bacewicz, Penderecki Wieniawski’s D minor Concerto has been especially lucky on disc. The scorching intensity and fizzing virtuosity of Michael Rabin’s classic 1960 account (currently out of the catalogue) still take some beating, ...
-
ArticleBartók: Violin Sonata no.2, Sonata for solo violin, Contrasts
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Annar Follesø (violin) Christian Ihle Hadland (piano) Björn Nyman (clarinet)Composer: Bartók There is a Nordic chill to these performances that is entirely foreign to the picture of Bartók I have built up over the past half century.I ...
-
ArticleSchubert: String Quartets in G major D887 & in G minor D173
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Mandelring QuartetComposer: Schubert What Schubert achieved in his brief life never ceases to amaze, yet even within this short space of time, his style developed hugely. This is particularly evident on this marvellously recorded SACD of two of his ...
-
ArticleGlazunov: String Quintet in A major op.39; Five Novelettes op.15
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Fine Arts Quartet, Nathaniel Rosen (cello) Composer: GlazunovGlazunov’s Violin Concerto in A minor remains one of his most popular pieces. But the two works on this disc prove how capable a chamber music composer he also was. The Novelettes, a suite of ...
-
ArticleMozart: Serenade in D major K185 (Andretter), Divertimento in E flat major K113, March K189, Rondo in C major K373, Adagio in E major K261, Rondo concertante in B flat major K269
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Alexander Janiczek (violin/director) Scottish Chamber OrchestraComposer: MozartRecorded in a warm, reverberant church acoustic, this disc features elegant and polished accounts of two of Mozart’s ‘Salzburg’ serenades (K113 and K185) and three of his single-movement works for violin and orchestra.Mozart’s Serenade ...
-
ArticleBrahms: Violin Sonatas in G major op.78, in A major op.100 & in D minor op.108; ‘FAE’ Scherzo in C minor
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Nikolaj Znaider (violin) Yefim Bronfman (piano)Composer: Brahms These beautiful performances, excellently recorded, make up a very satisfying recital, as the three sonatas have a cumulative effect and the players seem to become more assured, with Brahms and with each other, as they ...
-
ArticleDohnányi: Serenade in C major for string trio op.10, String Quartet no.2 in D flat major op.15, Sextet for piano, horn, clarinet and string trio op.37
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Beethoven Trio, Kocian Quartet, Jaromir Klepác (piano), Ales Hustoles (clarinet), Vladimíra Klánská (horn)Composer: Dohnányi Erno Dohnányi is still best remembered for his entrancing Variations on a Nursery Theme for piano and orchestra. Yet a few years ago several ...
-
Article
Brahms: String Quartets in C minor op.51 no.1, in A minor op.51 no.2 & in B flat major op.67, Piano Quintet in F minor op.34
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Emerson Quartet, Leon Fleisher (piano) Composer: BrahmsThe Emerson Quartet takes a generally severe view of Brahms’s three quartets. From the beginning of the C minor there is a sense of steely purpose, with clipped staccato quavers and a driving pace. ...
-
ArticleCage: Solo for cello, 59½ seconds, Atlas eclipticalis, Variations 1, Études boreales
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Friedrich Gauwerky (cello)Composer: Cage Only the two minutes of Variations 1 are credited as being a version ‘by Gauwerky’, but nearly all of the music on this disc demands him to be as much composer as performer. For ...
-
ArticleSzymanowski: Violin Concertos nos.1 & 2, Nocturne and Tarantella
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Ilya Kaler (violin), Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit (conductor) Composer: SzymanowskiSzymanowski’s violin concertos were composed 17 years apart, in 1916 and 1933. The First belongs to the feverishly productive period which also yielded the dazzling Mythes for violin ...
-
ArticleBach: Suites for Solo Cello BWV1007–12 (plus variants of Prelude to Suite no.1). Trad: Song of the Birds (arr. Beamish)
The Strad Issue: January 2007Musicians: Steven Isserlis (cello)Composer: Bach, TradSteven Isserlis nearly always casts new light on the repertoire he chooses, and these Bach suites are a long-awaited milestone in his career.There’s no question that they are worth the wait – they are fervent, eloquent and unmistakeably ...
