Alexandra Dovgan, Leia Zhu, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra @ Zurich, 2023-04-01

Concert review, ★★★★, Leia Zhu, Alexandra Dovgan, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-04-01 (Orpheum Foundation) — Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21, B.43, CT 48; Scriabin: Étude in D♯ minor, op.8/12 (encore); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35; Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin op.11/6, III. Finale, Lebhaft (encore); Ravel: “La Valse”, poème choréographique pour orchestre, M.72
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Piemontesi, Mena / Lucerne Symphony Orchestra — Lucerne, 2019-11-13

Concert review, ★★★★, Francesco Piemontesi, Juanjo Mena / Lucerne Symphony Orchestra @ KKL, Lucerne, 2019-11-13 — Haydn: Symphony No.88 in G major; Liszt: Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, S.125; Bartók: Divertimento, Sz.113 / BB 118; Kodály: Variations on a Hungarian folk song
Blog post #520 — #rolfsmblog •

Sol Gabetta, Sylvain Cambreling / Kammerorchester Basel — Bern, 2020-01-22

Concert review, ★★★½, Sol Gabetta, Sylvain Cambreling, Kammerorchester Basel @ Casino, Bern, 2020-01-22 — Stravinsky: Concerto in D for string orchestra (“Basle Concerto”); Rihm: Concerto in G (World Premiere); Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 in A minor, op.56, “Scottish”
Blog post #535 — #rolfsmblog •

Daniele Gatti — KKL Lucerne, 2018-01-23

Concert review, Daniele Gatti / Mahler Chamber Orchestra @ KKL, Lucerne, 2018-01-23 — Schumann: Overture to “Genoveva”, op.81; Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B♭ major, op.60; Schumann: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.97, “Rhenish”

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.