Carmina Quartet — Zurich, 2019-10-20

Concert review, ★★★★, Carmina Quartet @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2019-10-20 — Haydn: Quartet in D major, op.76/5; Schubert: Quartet No.14 in D minor, D.810, “Death and the Maiden”
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Lucile Boulanger — “Solo Bach – Abel” (Diary 2024-01-02)

Review (Listening Diary) — Lucile Boulanger performing Solo works for Viola da gamba: 11 Solos by Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 – 1787), as well as the artist’s own transcriptions of solo works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
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Bach: The 6 Suites for Cello Solo — Comparison Summary

Media review — Bach: The 6 Suites for Cello Solo, BWV 1007 – 1012 — Comparison Summary, Artist and Media Information. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to HIP: Casals (1936–1939), 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 (2012/2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020), Skalka (2020), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021)
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Bach: Suite No.1 for Cello Solo in G major, BWV 1007

Media review — Bach: Suite No.1 for Cello Solo in G major, BWV 1007. 24 artists / 26 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 (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)
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Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle, Luisa Splett — Winterthur-Veltheim, 2023-03-05

Concert review, ★★★★, Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle Samatanga, Luisa Seraina Splett @ Kirchgemeindehaus, Winterthur-Veltheim, 2023-03-05 — Mel Bonis (1858 – 1937): Piano Trio “Soir-Matin”, op.76 (1907); Dora Pejačević (1885 – 1923): Piano Trio in C major, op.29 (1910); Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918): Piano Trio “D’un soir triste” (1917/1918); Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979): Piano Trio (1921)
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Duo Goldstein-Nemtsov, Gringolts Quartet — Gare du Nord, Basel, 2023-01-20

Concert review, ★★★★½, Gringolts Quartet, Jascha Nemtsov, Tehila Nini Goldstein @ Gare du Nord, Basel, 2023-01-20 (Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival) — Victor Alexandru Colțea (*1986): “Rough Surfaces” for String Quartet (2022); Songs from the postcard project “Songs of the Early Pioneers” (1938-1939), by Stefan Wolpe, Paul Dessau, Kurt Weill, Ernst Toch, Darius Milhaud; Alexander von Zemlinsky: String Quartet No.3, op.19
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