Schumann Chamber Music Summit with Isabelle Faust — Zurich, 2023-11-03

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)
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Bach: “Sei Solo”, Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo — Comparison Summary

Media review — Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo (Sei Solo) BWV 1001-1006 — Comparison Summary, Artist and Media Information. 26 artists / 28 recordings, from historic to HIP: Kreisler (1926), Menuhin (1936), Szigeti (1956), Grumiaux (1961), Szeryng (1967), Kremer (1980), Zehetmair (1982), Schröder (1985), Paternoster (1995, cello), Huggett (1997), Podger (1999), Kremer (2002), Tetzlaff (2005), Mullova (2008), Baráti (2009), Faust (2009), Ibragimova (2009), Khachatryan (2009), Beyer (2011), Pietsch (2011), Busch (2012), Faust (2012), Bohren (2017), Carmignola (2018), Pochekin (2018), Aldemir (2019, viola), Cotik (2019), Hadelich (2020)
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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)

Schumann: Violin Concerto (Diary 2016-05-01)

Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D minor (WoO 1 [H/K WoO 23]), in the new recording with Isabelle Faust and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, directed by Pablo Heras-Casado, compared to a recording with Christian Tetzlaff and Paavo Järvi / RSO Frankfurt

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.22 in E♭ major, K.482

Comparing recordings with the following artists: Géza Anda, Camerata Academica (1962) / Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra (1978) / Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra (1971), Kristian Bezuidenhout, Petra Müllejans, Freiburger Barockorchester (2012)

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453

Mozart: Piano Concerto No.17 in G major, K.453 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Géza Anda (1962), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1977), Daniel Barenboim (1968), Kristian Bezuidenhout/Petra Müllejans (2012), Arthur Rubinstein/Alfred Wallenstein (1962), Andreas Staier (1995)