skip to main | skip to sidebar

Ionarts

Something other than politics in Washington, D.C.

CD Reviews | CTD (Briefly Noted) | JFL (Dip Your Ears) | DVD Reviews

20.12.08

Toasting Stradivari

by Charles T. Downey | Saturday, December 20, 2008

Style masthead

Available from Amazon
Take the A Train, Harlem Quartet
Rare Treat: A Stradivarius Set From the Harlem Quartet
Washington Post, December 20, 2008

Harlem Quartet, with Carter Brey (cello)
Stradivari Anniversary Concert
Library of Congress

Share |

 

Filed under Concert Reviews, Franz Schubert, Library of Congress, Washington Post

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
View mobile version
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

CD OF THE MONTH -- JANUARY

available at Amazon
Janáček, On an Overgrown Path (Book 2) / Szymanowski, Mazurkas (selected) / Bartók, Bagatelles (complete), Piotr Anderszewski

NEW RECORDINGS

Bach, Die Kunst der Fuge, Christophe Rousset (January 12, 2024)
Historia S. Emmerani, Schola Hungarica, J. Szendrei, L. Dobszay (December 1, 2023)
Schumann, Piano Quartet, I. Faust, A. Tamestit, JG Queyras, A. Melnikov (November 24, 2023)
Distler, Die Weihnachts- geschichte, Concert Clemens, C. Seyer-Hansen (November 1, 2023)
Charpentier, Messe de Minuit, Ensemble Correspondances, S. Daucé (October 13, 2023)
Brahms, Double Concerto, C. Tetzlaff, T. Tetzlaff, Deutsches SO Berlin, P. Järvi (October 1, 2023)
Walker, Sinfonias, National Symphony Orchestra, G. Noseda (September 29, 2023)
Josquin, Missa Malheur me bat, Gli Angeli Genève, S. MacLeod (September 22, 2023)
Schubert, Impromptus, Op. 90 and Op. 142, Ronald Brautigam (September 1, 2023)
Fauré, Nocturnes and Barcarolles / Dolly Suite, Marc-André Hamelin (September 1, 2023)
Monteverdi, Vespro della beata vergine, Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon (September 1, 2023)
Rachmaninoff, Romances, Piotr Beczała, Helmut Deutsch (August 25, 2023)
P. Locatelli, Violin Concertos, I. Faust, Il Giardino Armonico (August 25, 2023)
London, circa 1740: Handel's Musicians, La Rêveuse, F. Bolton, B. Perrot (August 18, 2023)
Montsalvatge / Tailleferre / Korngold, Piano Trios, Andrist-Stern-Honigberg Trio (August 4, 2023)
Schubert, Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt (February 3, 2023)
Marais, Pièces de Viole, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexandre Tharaud (January 27, 2023)
Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. 1, Andreas Staier (January 6, 2023)
C. Nielsen, Symphonies 1/3, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, F. Luisi (December 9, 2022)
Dvořák, Poetic Tone Pictures, Leif Ove Andsnes (October 28, 2022)
Beethoven, Complete String Quartets, Vol. 3, Dover Quartet (October 14, 2022)
Telemann, Fantasias for solo violin, A. Ibragimova (October 7, 2022)
Mozart, Sonatas / Bartók, Suite, Sonata, Ying Li (October 7, 2022)
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (Henze, Liszt, Mahler), I. Levit (September 9, 2022)
Claude Debussy, Piano Duets, Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (September 9, 2022)
Evgeny Kissin, Salzburg Recital (Berg, Chopin, Gershwin, Khrennikov) (September 2, 2022)
The Kreutzer Project, The Knights, C. Jacobsen, E. Jacobsen (August 19, 2022)
La Passione, C. Landshamer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, B. Forck (August 19, 2022)
György Kurtág, Kafka-Fragmente, Anna Prohaska, Isabelle Faust (August 19, 2022)
Schubert, "Great" and "Unfinished" Symphonies, B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs (August 12, 2022)
Gabriela Lena Frank, Songs, A. Garland, J. Abreu, J. Reger (August 5, 2022)
Mozart, Piano Sonatas, R. Levin (July 26, 2022)
Mouton, Missa Faulte d'argent, Brabant Ensemble, S. Rice (July 1, 2022)
Vivaldi, Great Venetian Mass, Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew (June 24, 2022)
Simon, Requiem for the Enslaved, M. Pavé, MK Zulu, Hub New Music, C. Simon (June 17, 2022)
Haydn, Trios with Piano, M. Hantaï, A. Moccia, A. Verzier, J. Hantaï (June 17, 2022)
Ottorino Respighi, Songs, Timothy Fallon, Ammiel Bushakevitz (June 3, 2022)
Reynaldo Hahn, Le rossignol éperdu, Pavel Kolesnikov (June 3, 2022)
William Bolcom, The Complete Rags, Marc-André Hamelin (June 3, 2022)
Bach, Mass in B Minor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, R. Jacobs (May 13, 2022)
Schubert, 21 Songs, Alice Coote, Julius Drake (May 6, 2022)
Carlo Monza, Six String Quartets, Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi (May 6, 2022)
Polish Songs, Jakub Józef Orliński, Michał Biel (May 6, 2022)
D. Scarlatti, Stabat Mater (inter alia), Le Caravansérail, B. Cuiller (April 8, 2022)
Germaine Tailleferre, Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1, Nicolas Horvath (April 1, 2022)
Pâques à Notre-Dame, Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris, Y. Castagnet, H. Chalet (April 1, 2022)
Vivaldi/Bach, L'estro armonico, Concerto Italiano, R. Alessandrini (March 25, 2022)
Bach, St. Matthew Passion, J. Prégardien, Pygmalion, R. Pichon (March 25, 2022)
Mendelssohn, Violin Sonatas, A. Ibragimova, C. Tiberghien (March 4, 2022)
Brahms / Shostakovich, Piano Quintets, Olga Kern, Dalí Quartet (March 1, 2022)
Roussel, Le Testament de la Tante Caroline, Les Frivolités Parisiennes, D. Corlay (March 1, 2022)
Le Manuscrit de Madame Théobon, Christophe Rousset (February 18, 2022)

BLOGROLL

  • The Rest Is Noise (Alex Ross)
  • Night After Night (Steve Smith)
  • Where's Runnicles?
  • Boulezian (Mark Berry)
  • Anne Midgette
  • Iron Tongue of Midnight (Lisa Hirsch)
  • I Hear Voices
  • Parterre Box (James Jorden)
  • On an Overgrown Path (Bob Shingleton)
  • Sequenza 21
  • Washington Classical Review

RIGHTS RESERVED


Creative Commons License

Ionarts is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

ARCHIVE

  • ►  2025 (27)
    • ►  June (7)
    • ►  May (11)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (5)
  • ►  2024 (64)
    • ►  December (5)
    • ►  October (10)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (10)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (9)
  • ►  2023 (39)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (6)
    • ►  August (6)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (4)
  • ►  2022 (53)
    • ►  December (4)
    • ►  October (6)
    • ►  September (6)
    • ►  August (4)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  June (5)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (6)
    • ►  March (4)
    • ►  February (6)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2021 (10)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
  • ►  2020 (32)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (8)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (5)
    • ►  May (5)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (6)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2019 (251)
    • ►  December (8)
    • ►  November (13)
    • ►  October (17)
    • ►  September (18)
    • ►  August (16)
    • ►  July (22)
    • ►  June (13)
    • ►  May (14)
    • ►  April (16)
    • ►  March (21)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (80)
  • ►  2018 (615)
    • ►  December (64)
    • ►  November (41)
    • ►  October (43)
    • ►  September (47)
    • ►  August (35)
    • ►  July (50)
    • ►  June (30)
    • ►  May (57)
    • ►  April (69)
    • ►  March (71)
    • ►  February (44)
    • ►  January (64)
  • ►  2017 (280)
    • ►  December (94)
    • ►  November (45)
    • ►  October (69)
    • ►  September (9)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (7)
    • ►  June (7)
    • ►  May (3)
    • ►  April (23)
    • ►  March (5)
    • ►  February (8)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ►  2016 (384)
    • ►  December (10)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (16)
    • ►  September (24)
    • ►  August (28)
    • ►  July (25)
    • ►  June (34)
    • ►  May (60)
    • ►  April (45)
    • ►  March (52)
    • ►  February (44)
    • ►  January (35)
  • ►  2015 (458)
    • ►  December (48)
    • ►  November (38)
    • ►  October (55)
    • ►  September (35)
    • ►  August (38)
    • ►  July (23)
    • ►  June (36)
    • ►  May (39)
    • ►  April (39)
    • ►  March (36)
    • ►  February (32)
    • ►  January (39)
  • ►  2014 (433)
    • ►  December (43)
    • ►  November (34)
    • ►  October (36)
    • ►  September (32)
    • ►  August (41)
    • ►  July (33)
    • ►  June (33)
    • ►  May (38)
    • ►  April (35)
    • ►  March (34)
    • ►  February (33)
    • ►  January (41)
  • ►  2013 (483)
    • ►  December (38)
    • ►  November (34)
    • ►  October (37)
    • ►  September (42)
    • ►  August (48)
    • ►  July (43)
    • ►  June (40)
    • ►  May (37)
    • ►  April (39)
    • ►  March (45)
    • ►  February (43)
    • ►  January (37)
  • ►  2012 (555)
    • ►  December (51)
    • ►  November (37)
    • ►  October (47)
    • ►  September (48)
    • ►  August (50)
    • ►  July (46)
    • ►  June (35)
    • ►  May (56)
    • ►  April (46)
    • ►  March (53)
    • ►  February (43)
    • ►  January (43)
  • ►  2011 (490)
    • ►  December (53)
    • ►  November (38)
    • ►  October (38)
    • ►  September (45)
    • ►  August (43)
    • ►  July (34)
    • ►  June (34)
    • ►  May (41)
    • ►  April (37)
    • ►  March (42)
    • ►  February (40)
    • ►  January (45)
  • ►  2010 (497)
    • ►  December (44)
    • ►  November (40)
    • ►  October (43)
    • ►  September (38)
    • ►  August (41)
    • ►  July (40)
    • ►  June (34)
    • ►  May (46)
    • ►  April (44)
    • ►  March (49)
    • ►  February (39)
    • ►  January (39)
  • ►  2009 (571)
    • ►  December (52)
    • ►  November (44)
    • ►  October (47)
    • ►  September (44)
    • ►  August (40)
    • ►  July (48)
    • ►  June (47)
    • ►  May (49)
    • ►  April (45)
    • ►  March (50)
    • ►  February (56)
    • ►  January (49)
  • ▼  2008 (601)
    • ▼  December (46)
      • Year in Review: Anthony Minghella
      • Bach Cantatas on Record: James Bowman / Robert King
      • Year in Review: Paul Scofield
      • Ionarts at Large: Mahler with Mehta
      • For Your Consideration: 'Doubt'
      • In Brief: Between the Years
      • Susan Graham Shivers with Frenchness
      • Messiaen for the New Year: Aimard's Tribute
      • In Die Natalis Domini 2008
      • Ionarts at Large: Munich Messiaen 2008
      • Classical Month in Washington (March)
      • Messiaen for the New Year: Early Songs
      • Messiaen for the New Year: Ondes Martenot Sextet
      • Alessandra Marc and Bloch
      • Lonely Christmas with City Choir of Washington
      • Best Recordings of 2008
      • Ionarts at Large: Bartók's Piano Concerto No.3
      • In Brief: O Oriens
      • Toasting Stradivari
      • Ionarts at Large: Beethoven Pinnacle with Jansons
      • Top 10 Live "At-Large" Performances of 2008
      • Ionarts at Large: Penderecki conducts Penderecki
      • Top 10 Live Performances of 2008
      • A Cello Is Not a Viola da Gamba
      • Washington Ballet "Nutcracker"
      • Christmas with the Norwegians
      • Folger Consort's Spanish Christmas
      • Drawing an Acre of Beauty
      • In Brief
      • Messiaen à 100 ans
      • Best Recordings of 2008 - "Almost List"
      • Brotherhood of the Star
      • Messiaen at the End of Time
      • Till Fellner
      • Gabriela Montero Makes It Up
      • In Brief: Advent II
      • Give the Gift of Music 2008
      • The Bullet Dodged by New York City Opera
      • Sinking Markets
      • Music in the Eternal City
      • One Night in ’64
      • Orchestra Musicians and Chamber Music
      • Thanksgiving with Bruckner
      • Munich Mornings with Bach and Messiaen
      • Gelman Collection Disputed
      • Select Discographies for Vernon Handley (1930 - 20...
    • ►  November (40)
    • ►  October (49)
    • ►  September (61)
    • ►  August (46)
    • ►  July (50)
    • ►  June (38)
    • ►  May (46)
    • ►  April (46)
    • ►  March (56)
    • ►  February (64)
    • ►  January (59)
  • ►  2007 (637)
    • ►  December (55)
    • ►  November (56)
    • ►  October (64)
    • ►  September (54)
    • ►  August (41)
    • ►  July (36)
    • ►  June (39)
    • ►  May (55)
    • ►  April (51)
    • ►  March (59)
    • ►  February (64)
    • ►  January (63)
  • ►  2006 (764)
    • ►  December (50)
    • ►  November (51)
    • ►  October (56)
    • ►  September (45)
    • ►  August (55)
    • ►  July (58)
    • ►  June (69)
    • ►  May (80)
    • ►  April (67)
    • ►  March (79)
    • ►  February (73)
    • ►  January (81)
  • ►  2005 (832)
    • ►  December (75)
    • ►  November (71)
    • ►  October (91)
    • ►  September (71)
    • ►  August (69)
    • ►  July (59)
    • ►  June (60)
    • ►  May (85)
    • ►  April (59)
    • ►  March (53)
    • ►  February (65)
    • ►  January (74)
  • ►  2004 (540)
    • ►  December (66)
    • ►  November (50)
    • ►  October (63)
    • ►  September (49)
    • ►  August (63)
    • ►  July (41)
    • ►  June (45)
    • ►  May (34)
    • ►  April (34)
    • ►  March (33)
    • ►  February (31)
    • ►  January (31)
  • ►  2003 (196)
    • ►  December (33)
    • ►  November (30)
    • ►  October (28)
    • ►  September (31)
    • ►  August (38)
    • ►  July (15)
    • ►  June (21)
  • ►  2002 (1)
    • ►  October (1)
  • ►  2000 (1)
    • ►  December (1)