All just my personal opinion
Media Review — J.S. Bach: The Sonatas for Viola da gamba, BWV 1027 – 1029: Jordi Savall / Ton Koopman (1977), Anner Bylsma / Bob van Asperen (1990); Lucile Boulanger / Arnaud De Pasquale (2011); includes “collateral” reviews of works included with the aforementioned CDs, such as J.C.F. Bach’s Sonata in A major, J.S. Bach’s violin sonata BWV 1023, and the Toccata No.2 in C minor, BWV 911
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Bach: Sonatas for Harpsichord (Cembalo concertato) and Violin, BWV 1014-1019 — Comparing recordings with Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr (1999), Rachel Podger & Trevor Pinnock (2000), Viktoria Mullova & Ottavio Dantone (2007), Isabelle Faust & Kristian Bezuidenhout (2016)
Media Review (Listening Diary) — Gringolts Quartet and Meta4 performing Mendelssohn Octet op.20 & Enescu String Octet op.7; comparisons with Emerson String Quartet (Mendelssohn), Merel Quartet & Castalian String Quartet (Mendelssohn), and Vilde Frang & Friends (Enescu)
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Media review — Bach: Partita No.3 in E major for Violin Solo, BWV 1006 — 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)
Blog post #637 — #rolfsmblog •
Concert review, ★★★★½, Fabian Ziegler, Akvilė Šileikaitė @ ZKO-Haus, Zurich, 2022-11-04 — Presentation of new album “Modern Gods”, featuring Works for percussion and piano by John Psathas (*1966): Atalanta; Halo; RealBadNow; View from Olympus.
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Media review — Bach: Sonata No.3 in C major for Violin Solo, BWV 1005 — 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 (2002), 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)
Blog post #625 — #rolfsmblog •