Probst, Sautereau, Zhao, Schnyder, Hope / ZKO — Zurich, 2024-03-19

Concert review, ★★★★, Orpheum Foundation — Young Soloists on Stage: Tassilo Probst, Jean Sautereau, Yilan Zhao, Oliver Schnyder, Daniel Hope / ZKO @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2024-03-19 — Mozart: String Quartet (Divertimento) in D major, K.136 (125a), “Salzburg Symphony No.1”; Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043; Bruch: Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra in E minor, op.88; Mozart: Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in E♭ major, K.365
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Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues op.87

Dmitri Shostakovich, Preludes & Fugues op.87: comparison, recordings by Tatiana Nikolayeva (1962), Boris Petrushansky (1992/92), Vladimir Ashkenazy (1998), Konstantin Scherbakov (1999), and Alexander Melnikov (2009)

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Comparison Summary

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas — summary for comparisons of recordings, involving the following artists: Wilhelm Backhaus, Paul Badura-Skoda, Daniel Barenboim, Ronald Brautigam, Edwin Fischer, Emil Gilels, Friedrich Gulda, Clara Haskil, Jos van Immerseel, Julius Katchen, Wilhelm Kempff, Igor Levit, Mikhail Pletnev, Maurizio Pollini, Svjatoslav Richter, Arthur Rubinstein, András Schiff, Artur Schnabel, Mélodie Zhao

Beethoven: Variations in E♭ major, op.35, «Eroica»

Beethoven, “Eroica”-Variations op.35, Comparing recordings with the following artists: Artur Schnabel (1938), Glenn Gould (1970), Svjatoslav Richter (1970), Emil Gilels (1980), Konstantin Scherbakov (1984), Alfred Brendel (1985), Olli Mustonen (1993), Ronald Brautigam (2010)