Jonas Iten & Andriy Dragan — Zurich, 2016-05-25

Concert review, joint recital Jonas Iten, cello & Andriy Dragan, piano, in Zurich (St.Anton), 2016-05-25 —  Bach, Cello Suites No.3 & 4; Beethoven, Piano Sonata in C major, op.53, “Waldstein”; Schubert, Impromptu op.90/3, D.899; Ravel, “Alborada del gracioso” from “Miroirs”

Haydn: Works for Cello & Orchestra

Haydn: Cello concertos No.1 C & No.2 D — Maisky (1986), Mørk/Brown (1992), Rostropovich/Brown (1975), Isserlis/Norrington (1996); Haydn: Sinfonia concertante in B♭ major, Hob.I/105 — Antal Doráti (1972), Dennis Russell Davies (2009), Sir Roger Norrington (1996)

Early Encounters with Music

… I listened to all the shallow music that was broadcasted on the radio around 1960 (our radio was an old “steam radio” built into a book shelf). I also distinctly remember that on Sundays the radio always played classical music — typically chamber music, such as music for wind instruments by Mozart — and I hated that music — not because I disliked it, but …