All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★, Florian Helgath, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Orchestra La Scintilla Zürich, Jan Petryka, Milan Siljanov, Hannah Morrison, Anke Vondung, Konstantin Wolff @ KKL Lucerne, 2021-03-28 — Bach: St.Matthew Passion BWV 244 (recording performance for online streaming)
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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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Concert review, Marina Yakovleva Häfliger, Mikhail Yakovlev, Lev Sivkov, Dariusz Mizera, Kateryna Tereshchenko, Nadezhda Dalvit-Saminskaya @ ETH Zurich, Semper-Aula, 2018-10-23 — Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, op.114, D.667, “Trout”; Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, op.13; Nikolai Amani (1872 – 1904): String Trio in D minor, op.1; Handel: Passacaglia in G minor, from the Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor, HWV 432 (arr. Halvorsen)
CD Review — Lina Tur Bonet / Musica Alchemica performing violin sonatas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 – 1704): sonatas I, III, V, VI from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, Sonata V, VII from Harmonia artificio-ariosa (1696). In comparison, a (partly) complementary recording by John Holloway (sonatas III, IV, VI, VII from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, unpublished sonatas Nos.81 & 84
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Concert review, ★★★★, Isabel Villanueva, Calio Alonso @ Aula der Universität, Zurich, 2023-11-24 — Schubert: Sonata for viola & piano in A minor, D.821, “Arpeggione”; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91; de Falla / Kochanski: Suite populaire Espagnole
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Media review — Bach: Suite No.1 for Cello Solo in G major, BWV 1007. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (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 (2013), 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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