Olga Kern — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2019-03-27

Blog post #481 — Concert review, ★★★★, Olga Kern @ Aula, University Zurich, 2019-03-27 — Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux (sel.); Préludes (sel.); Moment Musical op.16/4, Barcarolle op.10/3, Polichinelle op.3/5; Gershwin: 3 Preludes; Wild/Gershwin: “Fascinating Rhythm”; Scriabin: Études, op.8 (4 & 5); Balakirev: Islamey; Encores by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov
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Piano Recital Tetiana Shafran — Zurich, 2022-10-22

Concert review, ★★★★★, Tetiana Shafran @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2022-10-22 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, op.2/2; Ravel: Sonatine, M.40; Chopin: Rondo in E♭ major, op.16; Chopin: Nocturne No.17 in B major, op.62/1; Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor, S.171; Liszt: Étude No.3 G♯ minor, “La Campanella”, S.141/3, from 6 Grandes Études de Paganini; Lysenko: Elegie
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Marco Rapetti — Anatoly Lyadov: Complete Piano Works (Diary 2021-03-02)

Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (1855 – 1914): Complete piano works, including works for piano 4-hands, and for 2 pianos 8-hands, performed by Marco Rapetti, Akanè Makita, Giampaolo Nuti, and Daniela de Santis (5 CDs, 2010); includes a short look at an alternative recording (2012 / 2016) by Olga Solovieva

Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues op.87

Dmitri Shostakovich, Preludes & Fugues op.87: comparison, recordings by Tatiana Nikolayeva (1962), Boris Petrushansky (1992/92), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1998), Konstantin Scherbakov (1999), and Alexander Melnikov (2009)

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3, op.30 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Rachmaninoff/Ormandy (1940), Ashkenazy/Previn (1972), Argerich/Chailly (1982), Kocsis/de Waart (1983), Wang/Dudamel (2013)