Sebastian Bohren, Cristian Măcelaru, Romanian Chamber Orchestra — Brugg, 2022-06-05

Concert review, ★★★★½, Sebastian Bohren, Cristian Măcelaru, Romanian Chamber Orchestra @ Stadtkirche, Brugg, 2022-06-05 — Georges Enescu: Two Intermezzi, op.12; Frank Martin: Polyptyque, for violin and two small string orchestras (1973); Dmitri Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony in C minor, op.110a (arr. Rudolf Barshai)
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Joonas Ahonen, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta — Basel, 2021-08-29

Concert review, ★★★★½, Joonas Ahonen, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino Basel, 2021-08-29 — György Ligeti (1923 – 2006): Lontano (1967); Unsuk Chin (*1961): Piano Concerto (1997); Rudolf Kelterborn (1931 – 2021): Symphony No.4 (1985/1986)
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Claire Huangci — Piano Recital @ Lucerne, 2019-11-20

Concert review, ★★★★½, Claire Huangci @ Lukaskirche, Lucerne, 2019-11-20 (Lucerne Piano Festival, Debut Series) — D.Scarlatti: 4 Sonatas; Schubert: 4 Impromptus, op.posth.142, D.935; Rachmaninoff: Preludes op.3/2, op.23/1-7
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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”

Kopatchinskaja & Fischer / COE — Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-05-09

Concert Review: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Thierry Fischer / Chamber Orchestra of Europe @ Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-05-09 — Mieczysław Weinberg: Symphony No.10 in A minor, op.98; Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.63; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, op.61

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, op.61 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Batiashvili (2007), Busch/Busch (1942), Faust/Abbado (2010), Francescatti/Walter (1961), Grumiaux/Galliera (1966), Heifetz/Munch (1955), Huberman/Szell (1934), Jansen/Järvi (2009), Kennedy (2007), Kopatchinskaja/Herreweghe (2009), Kreisler/Blech (1926), Kremer/Harnoncourt (1992), Menuhin/Furtwängler (1947), Milstein/Szell (1964), Mullova/Gardiner (2002), Oistrakh/Gauk (1952), Oistrakh/Cluytens (1959), Stern/Bernstein (1959), Szeryng/Schmidt-Isserstedt (1965), Suk/Konwitschny (1962), Tetzlaff/Zinman (2005), Zehetmair/Brüggen (1997)