All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★, Trevor Pinnock, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Freiburger Barockorchester,
Rachel Redmond, Claudia Huckle, James Way, Ashley Riches @ Victoria Hall, Geneva, 2019-12-13 — George Frideric Handel: Oratorio “Messiah”, HWV 56
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Concert review: Vilde Frang, Trevor Pinnock / Kammerorchester Basel @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2017-10-30 — Max Reger (1873 – 1916): Aria “O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross” for string orchestra, after J.S. Bach’s choral prelude, BWV 622; Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Violin Concerto in D major, op.61; Matthias Arter (*1964): Aquarell about J.S. Bach’s “Ricercar a 6”; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 – 1847): Symphony No.5 in D major/D minor, op.107, “Reformation”
Media Review — J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Viola da gamba, BWV 1027 – 1029: Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman (1977), Anner Bylsma / Bob van Asperen (1990); Lucile Boulanger / Arnaud De Pasquale (2011); includes “collateral” reviews of works included with the aforementioned CDs, such as J.C.F. Bach’s Sonata in A major, J.S. Bach’s violin sonata BWV 1023, and the Toccata No.2 in C minor, BWV 911
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Bach: Sonatas for Harpsichord (Cembalo concertato) and Violin, BWV 1014-1019 — Comparing recordings with Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr (1999), Rachel Podger & Trevor Pinnock (2000), Viktoria Mullova & Ottavio Dantone (2007), Isabelle Faust & Kristian Bezuidenhout (2016)
Concert review, ★★★★, René Jacobs, Sunhae Im, Coline Dutilleul, Carlo Vistoli, Fabian Strotmann, Yannick Debus, Kammerorchester Basel, Zürcher Sing-Akademie @ Stadtcasino, Basel, 2022-12-20 — D. Scarlatti (1685 – 1757): “Salve Regina” in A major; J.S. Bach (1685 – 1750): Cantata BWV 147, “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”; J.S. Bach: “Magnificat” in D major, BWV 243
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Concert review, Winfried Toll, Camerata Vocale Freiburg, Kammerorchester Basel, Christoph Prégardien, Regula Mühlemann, Oscar Verhaar, Michael Feyfar, Peter Schöne @ Martinskirche Basel, 2018-03-29 — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): St.John Passion, BWV 245