Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle, Luisa Splett — Winterthur-Veltheim, 2023-03-05

Concert review, ★★★★, Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle Samatanga, Luisa Seraina Splett @ Kirchgemeindehaus, Winterthur-Veltheim, 2023-03-05 — Mel Bonis (1858 – 1937): Piano Trio “Soir-Matin”, op.76 (1907); Dora Pejačević (1885 – 1923): Piano Trio in C major, op.29 (1910); Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918): Piano Trio “D’un soir triste” (1917/1918); Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979): Piano Trio (1921)
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Schumann: Cello Concerto (Diary 2016-05-03)

Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129, in the new recording with Jean-Guihen Queyras and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, directed by Pablo Heras-Casado, compared to legacy recordings with Gregor Piatigorsky & Sir John Babirolli / London Philharmonic Orchestra (1934) and Mstislav Rostropovich & Gennadi Rozhdestvensky / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (1961)

Gabetta, Nézet-Séguin — Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-04-25

Concert review: Sol Gabetta and Yannick Nézet-Séguin with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra at Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-04-25 — Tchaikovsky: “Francesca da Rimini”, Symphonic Fantasy in E minor, op.32; Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.126; Prokofiev: Symphony No.7 in C♯ minor, op.131

Batiashvili, Capuçon, Widmann, Bringuier — Zurich, 2015-09-16

2015-09-16, Season’s Opening Concert with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under Lionel Bringuier — Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in a-minor, op.102, with Lisa Batiashvili (Artist in Residence) & Gautier Capuçon; compositions by and with Jörg Widmann, clarinet and Creative Chair; Alexander Scriabin: Symphony No.4, “Poème de l’extase”, op.54