Ratings — Concerts vs. Media Reviews
How I rate concerts and media / recordings. Rating criteria, scale(s) and detail, how one should / should not read my ratings, their “value”, pitfalls, shortcomings & limitations.
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Experiences of a Lay Concert Agent
A collection of experiences / lessons learned from organizing concerts / piano recitals for an artist, maybe a draft protocol for future instances?
Basler Münsterkantorei, Xmas Concert — Basel, 2016-12-17
Concert review — Xmas Concert, Münster Basel, 2016-12-17: Annedore Neufeld, Basler Münsterkantorei, Basel Sinfonietta — Arthur Honegger: Une cantate de Noël, H.212; Charles Koechlin: Vers la voûte étoilée, op.129; Camille Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël, op.12
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2, op.16 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Yundi Li, Seiji Ozawa, Berliner Philharmoniker (live, 2007) / Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (live, 2013); comments on “blind” comparisons on the radio
CD — Biber: Violin Sonatas 1681 — Lina Tur Bonet
CD Review — Lina Tur Bonet / Musica Alchemica performing violin sonatas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 – 1704): sonatas I, III, V, VI from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, Sonata V, VII from Harmonia artificio-ariosa (1696). In comparison, a (partly) complementary recording by John Holloway (sonatas III, IV, VI, VII from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, unpublished sonatas Nos.81 & 84
Blog post #660 — #rolfsmblog •
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. 24 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 (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), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Skalka (2020)
Blog post #659 — #rolfsmblog •