All just my personal opinion
Concert review, Winfried Toll, Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Kammerorchester Basel, Christoph Prégardien, Regula Mühlemann, Oscar Verhaar, Michael Feyfar, Peter Schöne @ Martinskirche Basel, 2018-03-29 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): St.John Passion, BWV 245
Franz Schubert: Vocal Duets, Trios and Quartets — Ameling/Baker/Schreier/Laubenthal/Fischer-Dieskau/Gerald Moore; Hector Berlioz: Requiem (Grande messe des morts), op.5 — Ozawa/Boston Symphony Orchestra/Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Comparing recordings with the following artists: David Hill/Winchester Cathedral Choir, Alistair Dixon/Chapelle du Roi, Andrew Parrott/Taverner Consort & Choir, Paul van Nevel/Huelgas Ensemble, Robert Hollingworth/I Fagiolini
Concert review, ★★★★, René Jacobs, Sunhae Im, Coline Dutilleul, Carlo Vistoli, Fabian Strotmann, Yannick Debus, Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Sing-Akademie @ Stadtcasino, Basel, 2022-12-20 — D. Scarlatti (1685 – 1757): “Salve Regina” in A major; J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750): Cantata BWV 147, “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”; J.S. Bach: “Magnificat” in D major, BWV 243
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Florian Helgath, Zürcher Sing-Akademie / Freiburg Baroque Orchestra @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-09-10 — Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626 (completed by Michael Ostrzyga); Ligeti: Lux aeterna (1966); Ignaz Ritter von Seyfried (1776 – 1841): Libera me; Mozart: Motet “Ave verum corpus”, K.618
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Simone Zgraggen, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-05-26 — Aregnaz Martirosyan (*1993): “Kraft” (2022); Alsu Nigmatullina (*1989): “Alexithymie” (2022); Dieter Ammann (*1962): “Unbalanced instability” for violin and chamber orchestra (2013); “Core” (2002); “Turn” (2010); “Boost” (2002)
Pre-concert: Moser String Quartet performing Ammann’s String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Álvaro Rodríguez Cabezas and Miguel Fernández de la Fuente performing Ammann’s “d’accord(s)” for two alto saxophones (2004)
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