Deszö Ránki — Piano Recital, Wetzikon ZH, 2019-02-02

Blog post #468 — Concert review, ★★★★½, Piano Recital Deszö Ránki @ Wetzikon ZH, 2019-02-02 (Klavierissimo Festival 2019 / Top Klassik Zürcher Oberland) — Haydn: Piano Sonata No.55 in B♭ major, Hob.XVI/41; Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn, M.58; Ravel: Sonatine, M.40; Bartók: Vol.I from “For Children”, Sz.42, BB 53; Bartók: Romanian Christmas Carols, Sz.57, BB 67; Bartók: Suite, op.14, Sz.62, BB 70; Haydn: Piano Sonata No.59 in E♭ major, Hob.XVI/49
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Louis Schwizgebel, Zsolt Hamar/Hungarian National Philharmonic—Lucerne, 2018-11-28

Concert review, Louis Schwizgebel, Zsolt Hamar, Hungarian National Philharmonic @ KKL, Lucerne, 2018-11-28 — Veress: Threnos in memoriam Béla Bartók (1945); Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E♭ major, S.124; Liszt: A Faust Symphony in three character pictures, S.108; pre-concert / Lied recital with Alexandre Beuchat / Marija Bokor (Liszt, Schubert, Wagner)

Festival Academy Budapest 2017, Day 1 — 2017-06-10

Review, Opening concert, Festival Academy Budapest, Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest — 2017-06-10: Szabó: Bell Games; Kodály: Choral music; Strauss: Metamorphosen (for 7 string instruments); Brahms: Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, op.91; Stravinsky: L’histoire du soldat (A Soldier’s Tale)

Pierre-Laurent Aimard — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2017-05-23

Concert Review, Pierre-Laurent Aimard @ Tonhalle Zurich, 2017-05-23 — Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828): Piano Sonata No.18 in G major, D.894; György Kurtág (*1926): “Passio sine nomine” and other works; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, op.57, “Appassionata”

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3, op.30 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Rachmaninoff/Ormandy (1940), Ashkenazy/Previn (1972), Argerich/Chailly (1982), Kocsis/de Waart (1983), Wang/Dudamel (2013)