CD — Timothy Ridout Playing Works for Viola and Orchestra

CD review: Timothy Ridout, Jamie Phillips & Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne (OCL) performing works for viola and orchestra (Claves Records S.A., ℗ / © 2020). Compositions by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958), Bohuslav Martinů (1890 – 1959), Paul Hindemith (1895 – 1959), and Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976).
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Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.9 in A major, op.47, “Kreutzer”

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin No.9 in A major, op.47, “Kreutzer Sonata” — comparing 12 recordings: Busch/Serkin (1941), Capuçon/Braley (2009), Faust/Melnikov (2008), Grumiaux/Haskil (1957), Kremer/Argerich (1995), Menuhin/Kempff (1970), Mullova/Bezuidenhout (2009), Oistrakh/Oborin (1962), Perlman/Ashkenazy (1975), Perlman/Argerich (1998), Szeryng/Rubinstein (1958), Tur Bonet/Vişovan (2020)

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.10 in G major, op.96, “The Cockcrow”

Beethoven: Sonata for Piano and Violin No.10 in G major, op.96, “The Cockcrow” — comparing 8 recordings: Capuçon/Braley (2009), Faust/Melnikov (2008), Grumiaux/Haskil (1957), Kremer/Argerich (1995), Menuhin/Kempff (1970), Oistrakh/Oborin (1962), Perlman/Ashkenazy (1975), Tur Bonet/Vişovan (2020)

Renaud Capuçon, Jonathan Nott / OSR — Lucerne, 2018-08-19

Concert review, Renaud Capuçon, Jonathan Nott / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande @ Lucerne Festival, KKL, 2018-08-19 — Debussy: “Jeux”, Poème dansé, L.126; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47; Strauss: Suite from the Ballet “Schlagobers”, op.70

Frang, Pinnock, Kammerorchester Basel — Zürich, 2017-10-30

Concert review: Vilde Frang, Trevor Pinnock / Kammerorchester Basel @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2017-10-30 — Max Reger (1873 – 1916): Aria “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross” for string orchestra, after J.S. Bach’s choral prelude, BWV 622; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Violin Concerto in D major, op.61; Matthias Arter (*1964): Aquarell about J.S. Bach’s “Ricercar a 6”; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847): Symphony No.5 in D major/D minor, op.107, “Reformation”

Renaud Capuçon, ZKO — Zurich, 2017-03-26

Concert review: Renaud Capuçon, Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZKO), Schauspielhaus Pfauen, Zurich, 2017-03-26 — Mozart: Divertimento in D major, K.136 (K.125a); Schumann: Violin Concerto in A minor, after the Cello Concerto, op.129; Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings in C major, op.48