Leonidas Kavakos, Chamber Orchestra of Europe — Zurich, 2019-04-09

Blog post #483 — Concert review, ★★★★, Leonidas Kavakos, Chamber Orchestra of Europe @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2019-04-09 (Migros Kulturprozent) — Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216; Othmar Schoeck: Summernight for String Orchestra, op.58; Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica” — Pre-concert: Paul Handschke, cello & Mathias Clausen, piano: R.Strauss: cello sonata in F major, op.6, TrV 115
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Michael Gläser, Zürcher Sing-Akademie — Zürich, 2019-02-10

Blog post #471 — Concert review, ★★★★, Michael Gläser, Zürcher Sing-Akademie @ St.Peter, Zurich, 2019-02-10 — Bach: Motet “Singet dem Herrn”, BWV 225; Prelude & Fugue in E♭ major, BWV 552; Rheinberger: Mass in E♭ major for double choir, op.109, “Cantus Missae”; Brahms: Fest und Gedenksprüche, op.109; Bruckner: Motet “Ave Maria”, WAB 6; Bruckner: Motet “Locus iste”, WAB 23
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DVD — Mahler: Symphony No.8 — Riccardo Chailly / LFO

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.8 in E♭ major (“Symphony of a Thousand”) — Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Lucerne Festival 2016, Opening Concert in the KKL); with Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tölzer Knabenchor. Blu-ray disk, received for reviewing.

Bruckner: Mass No.2 in E minor

Bruckner: Mass No.2 in E minor — comparing 6 versions of Anton Bruckner’s Mass No.2 in E minor. Artists: Eugen Jochum/Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (1971) — Daniel Barenboim/John Alldis Choir (1974) — Philippe Herreweghe/La Chapelle Royale & Collegium Vocale (1989) — Simon Halsey/CBSO Chorus (1990) — Helmuth Rilling/Gächinger Kantorei (1996) — Stephen Layton/Polyphony (2007)

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)