Tag Archives: Haydn

Stanley Fefferman reviews The Tokyo String Quartet’s “Farewell Tour” in Toronto

More than 40 years ago, violist Kazuhide Isomura got together with three other Japanese students at the Juiliard School of Music in Manhattan and formed The Tokyo String Quartet. After touring the globe for upward of 4000 performances, more than … Continue reading

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Marc-André Hamelin:Haydn Piano Sonatas III reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Marc-André Hamelin:Haydn Piano Sonatas III (Hyperion). CDA67882. I have been listening to these discs a lot lately: on my sound system at home; on my car system; on my iPhone at the gym, taking the subway to yoga, walking by … Continue reading

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Yuri Bashmets’ Moscow Soloists and Mischa Maisky reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

May 3, 2012. Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto. Show One Productions presented The Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra with their founder, Yuri Bashmet, as conductor and viola soloist. Bashmet conducts with bare hands, frequently raising them open, palms up, and in towards … Continue reading

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Windermere String Quartet’s Latest on Period Instruments reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Windemere String Quartet (on period instruments): The Golden Age of String Quartets. Pipistrelle Music, 2012. I listened to this very focused disc with increasing interest.  Persuasive care went into the Windermere’s choice and preparation of classical period quartets they accord … Continue reading

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Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin @ The TSO reviewed by Stanley Fefferman

Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Roy Thompson Hall, Toronto. You can get an insight into the contoversial flavour of Bartok’s The Miraculous Mandarin by merely looking over it’s performance history. Bartok wrote it as a stage pantomine score in 1919, just … Continue reading

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