All Reviews articles – Page 204
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ArticleSibelius: Six Humoresques opp.87 & 89, Two Serenades op.69, Suite op.117, Swanwhite op.54
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Pekka Kuusisto (violin/director) Tapiola SinfoniettaComposer: SibeliusSibelius’s reputation reached its apex in the 1930s, when the distinguished English musicologist Julius Harrison went as far as to claim that ‘Sibelius is the one recognised by cultured musicians as the most fitting successor ...
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ArticleBach: Viola da gamba Sonatas in G major BWV1027, in D major BWV1028 & in G minor BWV1029, Flute Sonata in B minor BWV1030b (transcr. in G minor for gamba)
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba) Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)Composer: BachOne man’s Bach is another man’s poison, or, to put it another way, his music is capable of sustaining a rich variety of delivery. This is the case even within the parameters of period ...
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ArticleBrahms: Piano Trios no.1 in B minor op.8, no.2 in C major op.87 & no.3 in C minor op.101, Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor op.25
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Wanderer Trio, Christophe Gaugué (viola)Composer: BrahmsWhile working on the revised version of his First Piano Trio, Brahms commented to Clara Schumann: ‘I have written my B major Trio once more... But will it be better?’ The answer is ‘yes and no’ – ...
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ArticleStrauss: String Sextet from Capriccio. Berg: Piano Sonata in B minor op.1 (transcr. Müller). Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Artemis Quartet, Thomas Kakuska (viola) Valentin Erben (cello)Composer: Strauss, Berg, SchönbergIn this unusual programme of late-Romantic string sextets recorded in 2002, the Berlin-based Artemis Quartet collaborates with cellist Valentin Erben and violist Thomas Kakuska of the Alban Berg Quartet, one of its ...
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ArticleHaydn: String Quartets in B minor op.33 no. 1, in D major op.64 no.5 ‘Lark’ & in G major op.76 no.1
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Ebène QuartetComposer: HaydnThe members of the Ebène Quartet win their spurs in this superlative debut classical disc. Their performances, recorded live, demonstrate a natural affinity with three quartets from different periods of Haydn’s career, and their bold and decisive characterisation ...
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ArticleHenze: Violin Concertos nos.1 & 3*, Fünf Nachtstücke†
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee (conductor)* Aaron Shorr (piano)† Composer: HenzeHenze’s musical gifts and socio-political ideals have always directed him towards musical individuation: even the more sprawling of his orchestral works abound in soloistic virtuosity, and his ...
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ArticleJanácek: String Quartets no.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ & no.2 ‘Intimate Letters’, Pohádka, Violin Sonata
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Brodsky Quartet, MartinuCousin (piano)Composer: JanácekBritish players have been involved with Janá?cek’s chamber music since the famous Wigmore Hall concert of 6 May 1926, in the composer’s presence. It is wonderful that so many now play his music – but whether they should ...
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ArticleMozart: Violin Concertos no.1 in B flat major K207, no.2 in D major K211 & no.3 in G major K216
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Fabio Biondi (violin/director) Europa GalanteComposer: MozartThe day before I began appraising this disastrous disc, I was listening with pleasure to one of the CDs of Boccherini quintets by Fabio Biondi and Europa Galante. It is not a long journey from Boccherini to ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Piano Trios in G major op.1 no.2 & in D major op.70 no.1 ‘Ghost’. Maxwell Davies: A Voyage to Fair Isle
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Grieg TrioComposer: Beethoven, Maxwell DaviesThis is one of a series of CDs placing the trios of Beethoven with works by contemporary composers, to display ‘both their contrasts and their connections’. Beethoven was constantly innovative in his trios right from his op.1 set, ...
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ArticleCello Sonatas. Weinberg: Cello Sonata no.2 op.63. Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor op.40. Boris Tchaikovsky: Cello Sonata
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Johannes Moser (cello) Paul Rivinius (piano)Composer: Weinberg, Shostakovich, Boris TchaikovskyThese are three sturdy works from the Soviet period. Moisey Weinberg (aka Mieczyslaw Vaynberg, 1919–96) and Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–96) both postdate the Revolution, but grew to maturity during Stalin’s cultural purges (the second ...
