Pietro De Maria — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2016-10-25

Concert review: Piano recital Pietro De Maria, ETH Zurich / Semper-Aula, 2016-10-25: piano works by Chopin (Mazurki op.7/3, op.23/2, op.63/3; Ballade op.23; Nocturne op.27/2; Scherzo op.31) — Ligeti (Etudes Nos.8, 5, 13) — Liszt (Valse-Caprice No.6, Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, Etude No.3 “La Campanella”)

Lise de la Salle — Piano Recital, Baden/CH, 2016-12-10

Piano recital Lise de la Salle — Baden/CH, 2016-12-10: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.3 in C major, op.2/3 & Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111; György Ligeti: 3 Etudes from “Études pour piano” (Nos.4, 2, 13); Johannes Brahms: Variations and Fugue for Piano on a Theme by Handel, op.24

Bach: “Sei Solo” — Partita No.2 in D minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1004

Media review — Bach: Partita No.2 in D minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1004 — a comparison of 25 artists / 26 recordings, from historic to HIP: with Menuhin (1936), Szigeti (1956), Grumiaux (1961), Szeryng (1967), Kremer (1980), Zehetmair (1982), Schröder (1985), Paternoster (1995, cello), Huggett (1997), Podger (1999), Kremer (2001), Tetzlaff (2005), Mullova (2008), Baráti (2009), Faust (2009), Ibragimova (2009), Khachatryan (2009), Beyer (2011), Pietsch (2011), Busch (2012), Bohren (2017), Carmignola (2018), Pochekin (2018), Aldemir (2019, viola), Cotik (2019), Hadelich (2020)
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Hando Nahkur — Piano Recital, 2016-11-13

Concert review: private piano recital by Hando Nahkur, 2016-11-13 — John Adams (*1949): China Gates (1977); Ferruccio Busoni: 2 Transcriptions of Chorale-Preludes by Bach (BWV 639, BWV 659); Franz Liszt: Transcription of Schumann’s “Widmung”, S.566; Erkki-Sven Tüür (*1959): Piano Sonata (1985); Franz Liszt: “Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude”, S.173; Franz Liszt: Concert Paraphrase on “Rigoletto”, S.434