Pinchas Zukerman, Lahav Shani / Rotterdam Philharmonic — Zurich, 2018-10-25

Concert review, Pinchas Zukerman, Lahav Shani / Rotterdam Philharmonic — Zurich, 2018-10-25 — Bloch: “Hiver – Printemps”, deux poèmes pour orchestre; Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98; pre-concert: Anton Mecht Spronk and Petya Mihneva playing the Cello Sonata in C major by Prokofiev

Chooi, Borisov, Nero, Griffiths / Orpheum Supporters Orchestra — Zurich, 2021-10-26

Concert review, ★★★½, Timothy Chooi, Roman Borisov, Anna Nero, Howard Griffiths / Orpheum Supporters Orchestra @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2021-10-26 (Young Soloists On Stage — Orpheum Foundation) — Edvard Grieg: “Peer Gynt” Suite No.1, op.46; Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26; Richard Addinsell: “Warsaw Concerto” for Piano and Orchestra; Manuel de Falla: “El amor brujo” (Excerpts)
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Isserlis, Dausgaard / RPO — RFH London, 2018-04-04

Concert review: Steven Isserlis, Thomas Dausgaard / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @ Royal Festival Hall, London, 2018-04-04 — Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from “Peter Grimes”, op.33a; Sir Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85; Sergei Rachmaninoff: 3 Symphonic Dances, op.45

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 — comparing two non-HIP recordings with the following artists: Pinchas Zukerman / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (1982), Vadim Repin / Yehuhi Menuhin / Wiener Kammerorchester (1998)

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