All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★, Stephen Waarts, Juan Pérez Floristán, Howard Griffiths / Orpheum Supporters Orchestra @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2019-09-15 — Ravel: Pavane; Chausson: Poème; Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Shostakovich: Gadfly Suite
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Blog post #483 — Concert review, ★★★★, Leonidas Kavakos, Chamber Orchestra of Europe @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2019-04-09 (Migros Kulturprozent) — Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216; Othmar Schoeck: Summernight for String Orchestra, op.58; Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica” — Pre-concert: Paul Handschke, cello & Mathias Clausen, piano: R.Strauss: cello sonata in F major, op.6, TrV 115
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Concert review, ★★★★, Nicolas Hodges, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta @ Burghof, Lörrach DE, 2022-11-06 — Ligeti: “San Francisco Polyphony” (1973/74); Mauro Hertig (*1989): “Losing the Red Queen’s Race” for Orchestra (2022); Julian Anderson (*1967): “The Stations of the Sun” (1998); Simon Steen-Andersen (*1976): Concerto for Piano, Sampler, Orchestra, and Video (2014)
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Rubinstein’s Recorded Spanish Solo Repertoire: Music by Isaac Albéniz (“Sevilla” from Suite española, op.47; “Cordoba” from Chants d’Espagne, op.232; “Evocación”, “Triana” and “Navarra” from Iberia), Enrique Granados (“Quejas, ó la maja y el ruiseñor” from Goyescas, op.11), and Manuel de Falla (mostly encores)
Rubinstein’s Recording Repertoire: Igor Stravinsky, “Trois Movements de Pétrouchka” — Rubinstein, Pollini, with a side-view on Weissenberg, Béroff, Yuja Wang;
Scriabin: Nocturne in D♭ major for the left hand;
Mompou: “Cançons i Danses”;
Anton Rubinstein: Valse-Caprice, Barcarolles No.3 & 4;
Gershwin: Prelude No.2
Concert review, ★★★★½, Janiv Oron, Baldur Brönnimann & Laurent Zufferey / Basel Sinfonietta @ Sportzentrum Pfaffenholz, Saint-Louis/Basel, 2022-06-26 — Christophe Bertrand (1981 – 2010): Mana (2005); Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir (*1977): Dreaming (2008); Courtney Bryan (*1982): Sanctum (2015); Fausto Romitelli (1963 – 2004): Flowing down too slow (2001); Janiv Oron (*1975) / Oliver Waespi (*1971): Datendieb (2022, World premiere)
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