Mendelssohn & Enescu: String Octets (Diary 2023-07-24)

Media Review (Listening Diary) — Gringolts Quartet and Meta4 performing Mendelssohn Octet op.20 & Enescu String Octet op.7; comparisons with Emerson String Quartet (Mendelssohn), Merel Quartet & Castalian String Quartet (Mendelssohn), and Vilde Frang & Friends (Enescu)
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Schumann Quartet — Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2022-06-19

Concert review, ★★★★½, Schumann Quartet @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2022-06-19 — Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn (1805 – 1847): String Quartet in E♭ major; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847): String Quartet No.6 in F minor, op.80, MWV R37
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Renaudin Vary, Kanneh-Mason, Reinhardt — Tonhalle Zurich, 2022-03-02

Concert review, ★★★★, Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Ruth Reinhardt, Tonhalle Orchestra @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-03-02 (Orpheum Foundation) — Clara Wieck (Schumann-Wieck): Piano Concerto in A minor, op.7; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E♭ major (E major), WoO 1, S.49; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Incidental Music to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, op.61, MWV M13 (excerpts)
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Marc Bouchkov, Claire Huangci — Basel, 2021-03-31

Marc Bouchkov, Claire Huangci (Orpheum Foundation — recording session) @ Paul Sacher Saal, Don Bosco, Basel, 2021-03-29 — Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Violin Sonata No.2 in F minor, op.4, MWV Q12 (1823) & Violin Sonata No.3 in F major, MWV Q26 (1838)
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Sol Gabetta, Sylvain Cambreling / Kammerorchester Basel — Bern, 2020-01-22

Concert review, ★★★½, Sol Gabetta, Sylvain Cambreling, Kammerorchester Basel @ Casino, Bern, 2020-01-22 — Stravinsky: Concerto in D for string orchestra (“Basle Concerto”); Rihm: Concerto in G (World Premiere); Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56, “Scottish”
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