ISAAC STERN CENTENARY: The great American violinist would have celebrated his 100th birthday this month. Tully Potter looks back at his career, focusing on his chamber music recordings
1694 ‘BENECKE’ STRADIVARI VIOLIN: Andrea Zanrè and Rudolf Hopfner examine this exceptional example of the master’s ‘Long Pattern’ period, with the help of CT scans and evidence from his moulds
CADENZAS: More and more performers are being tempted to write their own showpiece – some competitions even require them to. Pauline Harding finds out how to go about it
SESSION REPORT: The members of the Dudok Quartet Amsterdam tell Peter Quantrill about the recording process behind their latest Haydn release
ALMA MOODIE: Although the Australian violinist left behind no recordings, her legacy lives on in the work she commissioned. Tatjana Goldberg gives a reassessment of her career
VIHUELA DE ARCO: Javier Martínez tracks the development of the medieval Spanish instrument, a forerunner of the viola da gamba, through contemporary images and literature
