All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2024-04-13 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, op.8/4, RV 297, “L’inverno” from “Le quattro stagioni” (arr. for harp); Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo; Schubert: Sonata for arpeggione & piano in A minor, D.821, arranged for cello & harp
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov — Cello Recital @ Zurich, 2020-01-21 — Works for cello solo; Reger: Suite No.1; Berio: Les mots sont allés… — “recitativo” for Cello (1978); Britten: Suite No.2, op.80; Ibert: “Ghirlarzana” quasi adagio; Bach: Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009;
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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)
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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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Concert review, ★★★★½, Anastasia Kobekina @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2021-04-25 — J.S. Bach: Cello Suites No.1 – 6, BWV 1007 – 1012; Vladimir Kobekin (*1947): Narrenschiff (The Ship of Fools); Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula (*1991): In memoriam; L. Boccherini (1743 – 1805) / Giovanni Sollima (*1962): Fandango
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Concert review, ★★★★, Trio Amani (Marina Yakovleva, Lev Sivkov, Kateryna Tereshchenko) @ Zurich, 2020-10-24 — Beethoven Piano Trio No.1 in E♭ major, op.1/1; Rachmaninoff: Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor; Arensky: Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.32
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