All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★, Marc-André Hamelin @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2022-02-23 (Klavierissimo Festival 2022) — C.P.E. Bach: Suite in E minor, Wq 62/12, H.66; S. Prokofiev: Sarcasms, op.17; A. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.7, op.64, “Messe blanche” (White Mass); L.v. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major, op.106, “Hammerklaviersonate”
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Concert review, Piano Recital, Schaghajegh Nosrati @ Lukaskirche, Lucerne, 2018-11-22 (Lucerne Piano Festival 2018, Debut Recital) — Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Charles-Valentin Alkan: Concerto pour piano seul, op.39/8 – 10
Concert review, Piano Recital Fabian Müller @ Brugg, 2018-11-03 — Charles Ives: Piano Sonata No.2, “Concord”; Johannes Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, op.117; Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.23 in F minor, op.57, “Appassionata”
Rubinstein’s Recording Repertoire: J.S. Bach’s Chaconne in D minor (from the Partita for violin solo, BWV 1004), arranged for piano by Ferruccio Busoni
(…) Yulianna’s playing was excellent! She is very virtuosic and very expressive! Where the tempo permits, she is nearly as clear in the articulation as Steven Hough — but she is way more expressive; unlike Volodos, she follows the score; she is not overpowering the music like Volodos, but has more agility than her Russian colleague (and avoids his unnecessary additions, I should say), she is often almost as fast and eruptive as Cziffra in the virtuosic octave passages, but in general keeps her articulation under control…
Alkan: Études dans tous les tons mineurs op.39 — This includes “Symphony for solo piano” op.39/4-7, “Concerto for solo piano” op.39/8-10, and “Le festin d’Ésope” op.39/12 — interpretations by Jack Gibbons and Marc-André Hamelin; related works on the CDs (also by Alkan) are also discussed briefly, with a glimpse on other interpretations, such as by Yeol Eum Son, Vincenzo Maltempo, and Stephanie McCallum