Bronislaw Huberman’s playing style fell out fashion, and he is often brought up as the example of peak portamento - in our collection of quotes about portamento last week he was mentioned more than once, and not always admiringly.
He is also remembered in the name of the Guarneri violin now played by Midori and the Stradivari now played by Joshua Bell.
![Bach_fuga_Artwork[DIGITAL]](https://dnan0fzjxntrj.cloudfront.net/Pictures/380x253/0/7/0/37070_bach_fuga_artworkdigital_132645_crop.jpg)
Pianist András Schiff tells Steven Isserlis why Pablo Casals is his favourite performer, in this article from October 2013
'It has a rich sound, powerful without being shrill or strident'
The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
![Bach_fuga_Artwork[DIGITAL]](https://dnan0fzjxntrj.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/0/7/0/37070_bach_fuga_artworkdigital_132645_crop.jpg)
The work has been arranged and recorded for double bass by James Oesi for his latest single release
No comments yet