Isabel Villanueva & Calio Alonso — Zurich, 2023-11-24

Concert review, ★★★★, Isabel Villanueva, Calio Alonso @ Aula der Universität, Zurich, 2023-11-24 — Schubert: Sonata for viola & piano in A minor, D.821, “Arpeggione”; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91; de Falla / Kochanski: Suite populaire Espagnole
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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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Piano Recital Can Çakmur — Druckerei, Baden AG, 2022-11-19

Concert review, ★★★★, Can Çakmur @ Druckerei Baden (Piano District), Baden AG, 2022-11-19 — Mozart: Sonata No.13 in B♭ major, K.333; Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D.845; Liszt: Fantasy and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H, S.529/2; Mitropoulos: Passacaglia, Preludio e Fuga; Busoni: Transcription of Bach’s Chorale Prelude for Organ “Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ”, BWV 639 / BV B 27/5
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Ning Feng, Xiaoming Wang, Nargiza Alimova — Zurich, 2022-10-10

Concert review, ★★★½, Ning Feng, Xiaoming Wang, Nargiza Alimova @ Kulturhaus Helferei, Zurich, 2022-10-10 — Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, op.108; Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E♭ major, op.18; Pablo de Sarasate: “Navarra” for two violins and piano, op.33
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Piano Recital Oxana Shevchenko — Baden, 2022-09-18

Concert review, ★★★★½, Oxana Shevchenko @ Gartensaal, Villa Boveri, Baden, 2022-09-18 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.18 in E♭ major, op.31/3, “The Hunt”; Brahms: Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, op.1; Debussy: Estampes, L.100; Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, op.21/5 & Daisies, op.38/3; Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de “Pétrouchka”; Tchaikovsky: X. Octobre from “Les Saisons”, op.37a (Encore)
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