CD — Ensemble Resonanz: Bryce Dessner, «Tenebre»

Media Review (★★★★): Bryce Dessner, Album “Tenebre” — Ensemble Resonanz, Hamburg. Contents: Aheym (2009), Tenebre (2010), Skrik Trio (2017), Lachrymae (2012)
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Byron Wei-Xin Zhou — Piano Recital, Geneva, 2019-01-04

Concert review, ★★★½, Piano Recital Byron Wei-Xin Zhou @ Victoria Hall, Geneva, 2019-01-04 — Tong Sang (1923 – 2012): Fair Maiden from Afar (1943); Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.4 in E♭ major, op.7; Scriabin: 8 Études, op.42: No.4 (F♯ major) & No.5 (C♯ minor); Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor, op.36
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DVD — Verdi: Messa da Requiem — Spuck & Luisi / Philharmonia Zurich

Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem — A Ballet Production from the Zurich Opera, 2016-12, recorded live for & by the Swiss Television, SRF. Artists: Fabio Luisi, Philharmonia Zürich, Ballett Zürich; choreography: Christian Spuck; Choir of the Zurich Opera; Krassimira Stoyanova, soprano; Veronica Simeoni, mezzo-soprano; Francesco Meli, tenor; Georg Zeppenfeld, bass. DVD, received for reviewing.

DVD — Mahler: Symphony No.8 — Riccardo Chailly / LFO

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.8 in E♭ major (“Symphony of a Thousand”) — Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Lucerne Festival 2016, Opening Concert in the KKL); with Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tölzer Knabenchor. Blu-ray disk, received for reviewing.