Mendelssohn & Enescu: String Octets (Diary 2023-07-24)

Media Review (Listening Diary) — Gringolts Quartet and Meta4 performing Mendelssohn Octet op.20 & Enescu String Octet op.7; comparisons with Emerson String Quartet (Mendelssohn), Merel Quartet & Castalian String Quartet (Mendelssohn), and Vilde Frang & Friends (Enescu)
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Dalene, Karapanos, Eschenbach / Konzerthausorchester Berlin — Zurich, 2021-11-06

Concert review, ★★★★, Johan Dalene, Stathis Karapanos, Christoph Eschenbach / Konzerthausorchester Berlin @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2021-11-06 (Young Soloists On Stage — Orpheum Foundation) — Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219; Reinecke: Flute Concerto in D major, op.283; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
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Alexander Ullman — Piano Recital @ Lucerne, 2019-11-22

Concert review, ★★★★½, Alexander Ullman @ Lukaskirche, Lucerne, 2019-11-22 (Lucerne Piano Festival, Debut Series) — Franz Liszt: Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173: Nos. 3 (Bénédiction), 7 (Funérailles), 10 (Cantique d’amour); Tchaikovsky: Suite “The Nutcracker”, op.71a (arr. Pletnev); Stravinsky: 3 Movements from “L’oiseau de feu” (arr. Agosti)
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Fullana, Separayev / Lyra Foundation — Zurich, 2017-05-09

Concert review: Francisco Fullana, Giulia Ott, Eldar Separayev / Lyra Festival Orchestra @ Auditorium maximum, ETH Zurich, 2017-05-09 — Mozart: Divertimento in D, K.136; Bach: Violin concerto in E, BWV 1042; Debussy: Deux danses pour harpe et cordes, CD 113 / L.103; Britten: Simple Symphony, op.4

Regula Mühlemann, Joshua Bell — Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-10-22

Concert review, Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-10-22: Regula Mühlemann, Joshua Bell and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra — Mozart: “Exsultate, Jubilate”, K.165; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64; Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, op.66

Comparing recordings with the following artists: Trio Wanderer (2006) / Voces Intimae (2012); includes a brief view on a YouTube recording with Yuja Wang, Leonidas Kavakos, and Gautier Capuçon