All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★★, Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-11-03 — Works by Robert Schumann: String Quartet in A minor, op.41/1; Piano Quartet in E♭ major, op.47; Piano Quintet in E♭ major, op.44; Johannes Brahms: II. Andante, un poco adagio from the Piano Quintet in F minor, op.34 (encore)
Blog post #654 — #rolfsmblog •
Concert review: Giovanni Antonini / Tonhalle Orchestra, Zürcher Sing-Akademie (Florian Helgath), Sibylla Rubens, Olivia Vermeulen, Martin Mitterrutzner, Tobias Berndt @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2017-11-03 — Schubert: Symphony No.4 in C minor, D.417, “Tragic”; Mass No.5 in A♭ major, D.678, “Missa solemnis”
Concert review: Julia Becker, Giovanni Antonini / Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle Zurich, 2017-07-05 — Haydn: Symphony No.101 in D major, “The Clock”; Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216, “Strassburg”; Haydn: Symphony No.103 in E♭ major, “Drumroll”
Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2024-04-13 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, op.8/4, RV 297, “L’inverno” from “Le quattro stagioni” (arr. for harp); Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo; Schubert: Sonata for arpeggione & piano in A minor, D.821, arranged for cello & harp
Blog post #663 — #rolfsmblog •
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a (partly) complementary recording by John Holloway (sonatas III, IV, VI, VII from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, unpublished sonatas Nos.81 & 84
Blog post #660 — #rolfsmblog •
Media review — Bach: Suite No.2 for Cello Solo in D minor, BWV 1008. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1936), 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 (2012), 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)
Blog post #659 — #rolfsmblog •