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A–Z of String Players
Willi Boskovsky (violin), Gunther Breitenbach (viola), Nikolaus Hübner (cello), Johann Krump (double bass), Clifford Curzon (piano), Pablo Casals (cello), Gaspar Cassadó (cello), Gerard Causse (viola), Gabriel Fumet (flute), Roger Chase (viola), Michiko Otaki (piano), Frederick Thurston (clarinet),...
A–Z of String Players
Willi Boskovsky (violin), Gunther Breitenbach (viola), Nikolaus Hübner (cello), Johann Krump (double bass), Clifford Curzon (piano), Pablo Casals (cello), Gaspar Cassadó (cello), Gerard Causse (viola), Gabriel Fumet (flute), Roger Chase (viola), Michiko Otaki (piano), Frederick Thurston (clarinet),...
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The A–Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great string players who have made recordings are included, from Accardo to Zukerman. The text covers artists from the earliest recording processes to contemporary, cutting-edge technology. In this clear and straight-forward publication, the artists are listed alphabetically, with a summary of their career, notable recordings, biography and critical appraisal of their recorded legacy. In addition, four compact discs present a selection of recordings from 69 artists. This package will appeal to enthusiast and scholar alike as a readable, informed and fascinating work of reference.
Artists
Willi Boskovsky (violin), Gunther Breitenbach (viola), Nikolaus Hübner (cello), Johann Krump (double bass), Clifford Curzon (piano), Pablo Casals (cello), Gaspar Cassadó (cello), Gerard Causse (viola), Gabriel Fumet (flute), Roger Chase (viola), Michiko Otaki (piano), Frederick Thurston (clarinet), Rebecca Clarke (viola), Kathleen Long (piano), Jelly d'Arányi (violin), Coenraad Bos (piano), Gioconda de Vito (violin), Roberto Diaz (viola), Robert Koenig (piano), Samuel Dushkin (violin), Max Pirani (piano), Mischa Elman (violin), Philip Gordon (piano), Toshiya Eto (violin), Vladimir Sokoloff (piano), Maxim Fedotov (violin), Emanuel Feuermann (cello), Joseph Fuchs (violin), Artur Balsam (piano), Lillian Fuchs (viola), Maurice Gendron (cello), Ilya Grubert (violin), Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Jean Pougnet (violin), Boris Ord (harpsichord), Augustin Hadelich (violin), Chloë Hanslip (violin), Caspar Frantz (piano), Jascha Heifetz (violin), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Bronisław Huberman (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Ilya Kaler (violin), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Louis Kaufman (violin), Maria Kliegel (cello), Kristin Merscher (piano), Serge Koussevitzky (double bass), Pierre Luboschutz (piano), Henning Kraggerud (violin), Christian Ihle Hadland (piano), Miriam Kramer (violin), Simon Over (piano), Fritz Kreisler (violin), Dame Nellie Melba (soprano), Jan Kubelík (violin), Gabriel Lapierre (piano), Cho-Liang Lin (violin), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), John Lenehan (piano), Mark Lubotsky (violin), Lorraine McAslan (violin), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Hephzibah Menuhin (piano), Licia Albanese (soprano), Frank Miller (cello), Nathan Milstein (violin), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Zara Nelsova (cello), Paul Neubauer (viola), James Goldsworthy (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), David Oistrakh (violin), Theo Olof (violin), Aldo Parisot (cello), György Pauk (violin), Jenö Jandó (piano), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Artur Schnabel (piano), Maud Powell (violin), George Falkenstein (piano), William Primrose (viola), Philippe Quint (violin), Dmitriy Cogan (piano), Frederick Riddle (viola), Alexander Rudin (cello), Albert Sammons (violin), William Murdoch (piano), Albert Spalding (violin), André Benoist (piano), William Henry Squire (cello), Hamilton Harty (piano), Janos Starker (cello), Isaac Stern (violin), William R. Smith (harpsichord), Guilhermina Suggia (cello), Josef Suk (viola), Joseph Szigeti (violin), Lionel Tertis (viola), Ethel Hobday (piano), Jacques Thibaud (violin), Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Christoph Richter (cello), Lucy van Dael (violin), Bob van Asperen (harpsichord), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano), Tianwa Yang (violin), Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. (violin), Samuel Chotzinoff (piano), Bamberger Symphoniker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Lamoureux, Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur, Kansas City Symphony, Northern Chamber Orchestra, New Symphony Orchestra of London, Cappella Istropolitana, Philadelphia Orchestra, Classics Club Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Schneiderhan-Quartett, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Suk Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra Pau Casals, Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra, Jonel Perlea, Sir Thomas Beecham, Dmitry Yablonsky, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Walter Susskind, George Szell, Clemens Dahinden, Michael Stern, Nicholas Ward, Leopold Stokowski, Samuel Barber, Johannes Wildner, Eugene Ormandy, Walter Goehr, Reginald Stewart, Igor Golovschin, Dennis Russell Davies, Sir John Barbirolli, Christian Benda, Alfred Cortot, Ernest Martínez Izquierdo
Contents and tracklist
- Willi Boskovsky (violin), Gunther Breitenbach (viola), Nikolaus Hübner (cello), Johann Krump (double bass), Clifford Curzon (piano)
- Pablo Casals (cello)
- Recorded: 23 November 1936
- Recording Venue: London
- Gaspar Cassadó (cello)
- Bamberger Symphoniker
- Jonel Perlea
- Gerard Causse (viola), Gabriel Fumet (flute)
- Recorded: May-June 1995
- Recording Venue: Temple Saint-Marcel, Paris
- Roger Chase (viola), Michiko Otaki (piano)
- Recorded: 4-5 January, 3-4 June 2007
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England
- Frederick Thurston (clarinet), Rebecca Clarke (viola), Kathleen Long (piano)
- Jelly d'Arányi (violin), Coenraad Bos (piano)
- Gioconda de Vito (violin)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Thomas Beecham
- Recorded: 3-4 May 1949
- Recording Venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, UK
- Roberto Diaz (viola), Robert Koenig (piano)
- Recorded: 8-10 November 2004
- Recording Venue: Glenn Gould Studio, C.B.C., Toronto, Canada
- Samuel Dushkin (violin), Max Pirani (piano)
- Recorded: February 1928
- Recording Venue: London
- Mischa Elman (violin), Philip Gordon (piano)
- Recorded: 6 January 1917
- Recording Venue: Camden
- Toshiya Eto (violin), Vladimir Sokoloff (piano)
- Maxim Fedotov (violin)
- Russian Philharmonic Orchestra
- Dmitry Yablonsky
- Recorded: 28 November - 3 December 2004
- Recording Venue: Studio 5, KULTURA TV and Radio Company, Moscow, Russia
- Emanuel Feuermann (cello)
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Recorded: 25 November 1935
- Recording Venue: Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London
- Joseph Fuchs (violin), Artur Balsam (piano)
- Recorded: April-June 1952
- Recording Venue: Pythian Temple, New York City