All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★★, Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-11-03 — Works by Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, op.41/1; Piano Quartet in E♭ major, op.47; Piano Quintet in E♭ major, op.44; Johannes Brahms: II. Andante, un poco adagio from the Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34 (encore)
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Gringolts Quartet, Jascha Nemtsov, Tehila Nini Goldstein @ Gare du Nord, Basel, 2023-01-20 (Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival) — Victor Alexandru Colțea (*1986): “Rough Surfaces” for String Quartet (2022); Songs from the postcard project “Songs of the Early Pioneers” (1938-1939), by Stefan Wolpe, Paul Dessau, Kurt Weill, Ernst Toch, Darius Milhaud; Alexander von Zemlinsky: String Quartet No.3, op.19
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Concert review, ★★★★, René Jacobs, Sunhae Im, Coline Dutilleul, Carlo Vistoli, Fabian Strotmann, Yannick Debus, Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Sing-Akademie @ Stadtcasino, Basel, 2022-12-20 — D. Scarlatti (1685 – 1757): “Salve Regina” in A major; J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750): Cantata BWV 147, “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”; J.S. Bach: “Magnificat” in D major, BWV 243
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Concert review, ★★★★, Alina Nikitina, Johannes Zeinler, Kalena Bovell, Musikkollegium Winterthur @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-10-20 (Orpheum Foundation) — Samy Moussa (*1984): “A Globe Itself Infolding” for Organ and Orchestra (2014); Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor, FP93;
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No.3 in C minor, op.78, “Organ Symphony”
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Pavel Haas Quartet @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2022-08-21 — Haydn: String Quartet in G major, op.76/1; Dvořák, String Quartet No.13 in G major, op.106, B.192
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Sebastian Bohren, Cristian Măcelaru, Romanian Chamber Orchestra @ Stadtkirche, Brugg, 2022-06-05 — Georges Enescu: Two Intermezzi, op.12; Frank Martin: Polyptyque, for violin and two small string orchestras (1973); Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor, op.110a (arr. Rudolf Barshai)
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