Media Received for Reviewing

This covers responses to submissions for review, i.e., artists, composers, agents or others who have sent me music / media for reviewing. I’m keeping this as separate list of reviews, just so that you are clear about the “mechanism”. With music that I have purchased, I’m usually quite outspoken. I treat “gifts” similar to a concert review, i.e., I may be a little more careful. I won’t deliver complacency judgments, though, but will rather refuse to review and/or return the media if I think that my comment(s) might be detrimental to the submitter (artist / composer).

Note that I don’t always supply a rating. For example, I don’t rate DVDs / video recordings. And I may choose not to rate if I don’t have sufficient “points of reference” in a given field / area. The absence of a rating has no implication on the quality / value of a given recording. My reviews & comments just represent my personal opinion, as usual.

If you consider sending me media for reviewing: note that I’m pretty “booked out”, i.e., I can’t guarantee responses in a given time, nor even that I will review unsolicited submissions (you may want to check with me first). Please also read “Concert Critiques & Media Reviews: A Note to Organizers, Agencies, & Artists” (also available in German: “Hinweise für Konzertagenturen, Ensembles und MusikerInnen“)

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Media Received for Reviewing

Last update: 2025-02-18
 

Composer(s)	Title / Work	Artist(s)	Rating	Focus	New/Updated
Ammann, Dieter (*1962)	Core – Turn – Boost, Unbalanced instability (CD, 2022)	Simone Zgraggen, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta	★★★★½	Composer, Artists	2023-04-12
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 – 1750)	Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo, BWV 1001 – 1006 (viola)	Atilla Aldemir, viola	(see review)	Artist, Performance	2023-03-07
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 – 1750)	Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo, BWV 1004 – 1006	Sebastian Bohren	(see review)	Artist, Performance	2023-03-07
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 – 1750)	Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo, BWV 1001 – 1006	Tomás Cotik	(see review)	Artist, Performance	2023-03-07
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 – 1750)	6 Suites for Cello Solo, BWV 1007 – 1012	Pablo de Naverán	(see review)	Artist, Performance	2024-11-28
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 – 1750)	6 Suites for Cello Solo, BWV 1007 – 1012	Petr Skalka	(see review)	Artist, Performance	2024-11-28
Bacri, Nicolas (*1961)	Piano Sonatas (CD, 2020)	Sabine Weyer	★★★★	Composer/Works, Artist	2021-06-26
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 – 1827)	Violin Sonatas No.9 (Kreutzer) & No.10 (The Cockcrow) (CD, 2020)	Lina Tur Bonet, Aurelia Vişovan	★★★★★	Performance, Artists	2021-04-24
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz, von (1644 – 1704)	Sonatae Violino solo 1681 (CD, 2021)	Lina Tur Bonet, Musica Alchemica	★★★★★	Artists, Works	2024-02-29
Danzi, Franz (1763 – 1826)	Piano Concerto in E♭, Cello Concerto in E minor, Overture in D (CD, 2018)	Nareh Arghamanyan, Aurélien Pascal, Howard Griffiths, MCO	★★★★	Artists	2018-06-28
Debussy, Claude (1862 – 1918)	Petite Suite pour piano à quatre mains, L.65 (CD, 2024)	Trio Colores	★★★½	Artists, Arrangement	2025-02-10
Dessner, Bryce (*1976)	Aheym, Tenebre, Skrik Trio, Lachrymae (CD, 2019)	Ensemble Resonanz, Hamburg	★★★★	Artists, Composer	2020-01-18
Dessner, Bryce (*1976)	Aheym, Tenebre, Skrik Trio, Lachrymae (CD, 2019)	Ensemble Resonanz, Hamburg	★★★★	Artists, Composer	2020-01-18
Ducommun, Samuel (1914 – 1987)	Chamber music (CD, 2023)	Pantillon, Wunderlin, Glasson, Sanz, Flieder	★★★½	Composer/Works	2025-02-18
Kobekin, Vladimir (*1947)	Works for cello / cello & piano (CD, 2016)	Anastasia Kobekina, Vladimir Kobekin	★★★★	Composer, Works	2021-02-04
Lourié, Arthur (1892 – 1966)	Piano works (CD, 2018)	Christian Erny	★★★½	Composer, Artist	2018-07-01
Mahler, Gustav (1860 – 1911)	Symphony No.8 in E♭ major (video/BD, Lucerne, KKL, live, 2016)	Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra	★★★★	Performance, Artists	2017-08-07
Milhaud, Darius (1892 – 1974)	Suite “Scaramouche” for two pianos, op.165 (CD, 2024)	Trio Colores	★★★★★	Artists, Arrangement	2025-02-10
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 – 1791)	Divertimento in E♭ major, K.563; String Trio in G, K.562e (CD, 2019)	Trio Oreade	★★★	Artists	2019-07-31
Myaskovsky, Nikolai (1881 – 1950)	Piano Sonatas (CD, 2020)	Sabine Weyer	★★★★	Composer/Works, Artist	2021-06-26
Psathas, John (*1966)	Works for Percussion and Piano (CD Presentation)	Fabian Ziegler, Akvilė Šileikaitė	★★★★½	Artists, Composer/Works	2022-12-16
Ravel, Maurice (1875 – 1937)	Le tombeau de Couperin, M.68 (CD, 2024)	Trio Colores	★★★★	Artists, Arrangement	2025-02-10
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835 – 1921)	Danse macabre (CD, 2024)	Trio Colores	★★★★½	Artists, Arrangement	2025-02-10
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906 – 1975)	Violin Sonata, op.134, arr. Tsinman / Pushkarev (Download, 2018)	Sebastian Bohren, Igor Karško / Camerata Zürich	★★★★½	Performance, Arrangement	2021-04-21
Stravinsky, Igor (1882 – 1971)	Complete Music for Solo Piano (CD, 2018)	Oxana Shevchenko	★★★★½	Performance, Artist	2019-12-05
Tailleferre , Germaine (1892 – 1983)	Toccata for two pianos (1957) (CD, 2024)	Trio Colores	★★★★½	Artists, Arrangement	2025-02-10
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813 – 1901)	Messa da Requiem, Ballet (video/DVD, Zurich Opera, live, 2016)	Christian Spuck, Fabio Luisi, Philharmonia, Ballet & Choir of Zurich Opera	★★★★½	Performance, Artists	2017-10-29
Waller, Michael Vincent (*1985)	The South Shore (2 CDs, 2015)	(various)		Composer, Works	2015-03-05
(various, see post)	Miniaturen 4: compositions and transcriptions for harp (CD, 2020)	Silke Aichhorn	★★★	Artist, Works	2020-08-21

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