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Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.8 in E♭ major (“Symphony of a Thousand”) — Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Lucerne Festival 2016, Opening Concert in the KKL); with Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tölzer Knabenchor. Blu-ray disk, received for reviewing.
Mahler: Symphony No.5 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Walter/NYPO (1947), Haitink/Concertgebouw (1970), Solti/Chicago SO (1970), Abravanel/Utah SO (1974), Sinopoli/Philharmonia (1985), Bernstein/VPO (1987), Abbado/BPO (1993), Zinman/TOZ (2007)
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, op.14 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Pierre Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra (1996) / Paavo Järvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (2000)
Concert review, ★★★★, Festival “frauenkomponiert”: Jessica Horsley / Basel Sinfonietta @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2021-06-07 — Grażyna Bacewicz (1909 – 1969): Uwertura na Orkiestrę (1943); Ruth Gipps (1921 – 1999): Symphony No.2 in B major (1945); Cécile Marti (*1973): Wave Trip (2011); Dorothy Gertrude Howell (1898 – 1982): Koong Shee (1921); Florence Beatrice Price (1887 – 1953): Ethiopia’s Shadow in America (1932)
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Blog post #462 — Concert review, ★★★½, Cuarteto Casals @ Konservatorium Bern, 2019-01-21 — Beethoven: String Quartet No.1 in F major, op.18/1; Benet Casablancas (*1956): String Quartet No.4, “Widmung” (2017); Beethoven: String Quartet No.13 in B♭ major, op.130 / Great Fugue in B♭ major, op.133
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Music by Arvo Pärt: CD “Adam’s Lament” (Kaljuste), “Beatus” (Kaljuste), “Triodion” (Layton), “Da pacem” (Hillier); Henryk Mikołaj Górecki: Miserere op.44, Amen op.35 (Nelson)