Brahms: Violin Sonata No.2 (Diary 2015-10-17)
Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, op.100, in 3 interpretations: Henryk Szeryng & Arthur Rubinstein (1960) / Leonidas Kavakos & Yuja Wang (2013) / Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov (2015)
All just my personal opinion
Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, op.100, in 3 interpretations: Henryk Szeryng & Arthur Rubinstein (1960) / Leonidas Kavakos & Yuja Wang (2013) / Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov (2015)
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.3, op.30 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Rachmaninoff/Ormandy (1940), Ashkenazy/Previn (1972), Argerich/Chailly (1982), Kocsis/de Waart (1983), Wang/Dudamel (2013)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.2, op.16 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Yundi Li, Seiji Ozawa, Berliner Philharmoniker (live, 2007) / Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela (live, 2013); comments on “blind” comparisons on the radio
Rubinstein’s Recording Repertoire: Igor Stravinsky, “Trois Movements de Pétrouchka” — Rubinstein, Pollini, with a side-view on Weissenberg, Béroff, Yuja Wang;
Scriabin: Nocturne in D♭ major for the left hand;
Mompou: “Cançons i Danses”;
Anton Rubinstein: Valse-Caprice, Barcarolles No.3 & 4;
Gershwin: Prelude No.2