Bach: Suite No.5 for Cello Solo in C minor, BWV 1011

Media review — Bach: Suite No.5 for Cello Solo in C minor, BWV 1011. 27 artists / 30 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Smith (1980, lute), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Skalka (2020), Queyras (2023), Kobekina (2025)

Bach: Suite No.4 for Cello Solo in E♭ major, BWV 1010

Media review — Bach: Suite No.4 for Cello Solo in E♭ major, BWV 1010 — 24 artists / 27 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2012), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Skalka (2020), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Queyras (2023)

Bach: Suite No.3 for Cello Solo in C major, BWV 1009

Media review — Bach: Suite No.3 for Cello Solo in C major, BWV 1009 — 25 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1936), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Skalka (2020), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021)

Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev — Zurich, 2024-04-13

Concert review, Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2024-04-13 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, op.8/4, RV 297, “L’inverno” from “Le quattro stagioni” (arr. for harp); Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo; Schubert: Sonata for arpeggione & piano in A minor, D.821, arranged for cello & harp
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Bach: Suite No.2 for Cello Solo in D minor, BWV 1008

Media review — Bach: Suite No.2 for Cello Solo in D minor, BWV 1008 — 25 artists / 28 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1936), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979 & 1982), Rostropovich (1991), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998 & 2012), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007) & 2023), Gaillard (2010), Enders (2012), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Skalka (2020), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Kobekina (2025)

Schumann Chamber Music Summit with Isabelle Faust — Zurich, 2023-11-03

Concert review, ★★★★★, Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-11-03 — Works by Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, op.41/1; Piano Quartet in E? major, op.47; Piano Quintet in E? major, op.44; Johannes Brahms: II. Andante, un poco adagio from the Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34 (encore)
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