All just my personal opinion
Concert Review, Steven Isserlis, Mario Venzago / Bern Symphony Orchestra @ Kultur-Casino Bern, 2017-05-18 — Richard Strauss: “Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche”, op.28; Robert Schumann: Cello concerto in A minor, op.129; Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68
Concert review — Zurich, 2016-12-14: Steven Isserlis, Paavo Järvi/Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich performing Sergei Prokofiev: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.58; Robert Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.97, “Rhenish”
Media review — Bach: The 6 Suites for Cello Solo, BWV 1007 – 1012 — Comparison Summary, Artist and Media Information. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to HIP: Casals (1936–1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2012/2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020), Skalka (2020), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021)
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Media review — Bach: Suite No.1 for Cello Solo in G major, BWV 1007. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Skalka (2020)
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Moser String Quartet (Kanon Miyashita, Patricia Muro Francia, Ariadna Bataller Calatayud, Lea Galasso) @ Wasserkirche, Zurich, 2022-12-18 — Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, op.76/2, “Fifths”; Dieter Ammann (*1962): String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Bartók: String Quartet No.1 in A minor, op.7, Sz.40 / BB 52
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Anastasia Kobekina, Daniel Bard, Kammerorchester Basel @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2022-08-17 (Charity Concert, Stradivari-Stiftung Habisreutinger / Hochuli Konzert AG) — Haydn: Symphony No.44 in E Minor, “Trauer-Sinfonie”; Haydn: Cello Concerto No.1 in C major; Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 (Adagio, arranged for strings and cello)
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