# Rolf's Music Blog: All just my personal opinion

> A blog featuring concert and media reviews, comparisons of recordings — and my personal musings around the world of music\. I hope you enjoy\!

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## Posts
- [Bach: "Sei Solo", Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo — Comparison Summary](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/bach-sonatas-and-partitas-for-violin-solo-comparison-summary/): Media review — Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo \(Sei Solo\) BWV 1001\-1006 — Comparison Summary, Artist and Media Information\. 26 artists / 28 recordings, from historic to HIP: Kreisler \(1926\), Menuhin \(1936\), Szigeti \(1956\), Grumiaux \(1961\), Szeryng \(1967\), Kremer \(1980\), Zehetmair \(1982\), Schr?der \(1985\), 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 \(2012\), Faust \(2012\), Bohren \(2017\), Carmignola \(2018\), Pochekin \(2018\), Aldemir \(2019, viola\), Cotik \(2019\), Hadelich \(2020\)
- [Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, op\.61](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/beethoven-violin-concerto-in-d-op-61/): Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, op\.61 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Batiashvili \(2007\), Busch/Busch \(1942\), Faust/Abbado \(2010\), Francescatti/Walter \(1961\), Grumiaux/Galliera \(1966\), Heifetz/Munch \(1955\), Huberman/Szell \(1934\), Jansen/Järvi \(2009\), Kennedy \(2007\), Kopatchinskaja/Herreweghe \(2009\), Kreisler/Blech \(1926\), Kremer/Harnoncourt \(1992\), Menuhin/Furtwängler \(1947\), Milstein/Szell \(1964\), Mullova/Gardiner \(2002\), Oistrakh/Gauk \(1952\), Oistrakh/Cluytens \(1959\), Stern/Bernstein \(1959\), Szeryng/Schmidt\-Isserstedt \(1965\), Suk/Konwitschny \(1962\), Tetzlaff/Zinman \(2005\), Zehetmair/Brüggen \(1997\)
- [Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Comparison Summary](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/beethoven-sonatas-for-piano-violin-summary/): Beethoven: Violin Sonatas — Summary for comparisons of recordings, involving the artists Busch/Serkin, Capuçon/Braley, Faust/Melnikov, Grumiaux/Haskil, Kremer/Argerich, Menuhin/Kempff, Mullova/Bezuidenhout, Oistrakh/Oborin, Perlman/Argerich, Perlman/Ashkenazy, Szeryng/Rubinstein
- [Festival Academy Budapest 2017, Day 1 — 2017\-06\-10](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/festival-academy-budapest-2017-06-10/): Review, Opening concert, Festival Academy Budapest, Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest, 2017\-06\-10 — Szabó: Bell Games; Kodály: Choral music; Strauss: Metamorphosen \(for 7 string instruments\); Brahms: Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, op\.91; Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat \(A Soldier's Tale\)
- [Konstantin Scherbakov / Recital \#1, Beethoven Cycle — Zurich, 2019\-09\-21](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/konstantin-scherbakov-beethoven-recital-cycle-zurich-2019-09-21-2/): Concert review, ★★★★½, Konstantin Scherbakov, Beethoven Sonata Cycle, Recital \#1 @ Aula, Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2019\-09\-21 — Piano Sonata No\.1 in F minor, op\.2/1; Piano Sonata No\.2 in A major, op\.2/2; Piano Sonata No\.3 in C major, op\.2/3; Piano Sonata No\.4 in E♭ major, op\.7
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## Events
- [Event: Claire Huangci / Zürcher Symphoniker: Mozart — Zürich, 2026\-01\-04](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/event/event-claire-huangci-zurcher-symphoniker-mozart-zurich-2026-01-04/)
- [Event: Trio Concept — Zurich, 2025\-09\-29](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/event/event-trio-concept-zurich-2019-09-29/)
- [Event: Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle, Luisa Splett — Winterthur\-Veltheim, 2023\-03\-05](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/event/event-esther-hoppe-chiara-enderle-luisa-splett-winterthur-veltheim-2023-03-05/)
- [Event: Piano Recital Konstantin Scherbakov — Zurich, 2024\-05\-17](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/event/event-piano-recital-konstantin-scherbakov-zurich-2024-05-17-2/)
- [Event: Fabian Ziegler \& Akvilė Šileikaitė perform John Psathas — Zurich, 2022\-11\-04](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/event/event-fabian-ziegler-akvile-sileikaite-perform-john-psathas-zurich-2022-11-04/)

## Testimonials
- [Konstantin Scherbakov \& Nina Orotchko \(Facebook, 2024\-06\-10\)](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/testimonial/konstantin-scherbakov-nina-orotchko-facebook-2024-06-10/)
- [Gary Andrews \(Blog comment, 2024\-06\-10\)](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/testimonial/gary-andrews-blog-comment-2024-06-10/)
- [Olga Kliuchko \(Ольга Ключко, Facebook, 2023\-10\-18\)](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/testimonial/olga-kliuchko-ольга-ключко-facebook-2023-10-18/)
- [Karin Lin \(Blog Comment, 2024\-02\-24\)](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/testimonial/karin-lin-blog-comment-2024-02-24/)
- [Chris \(Blog Comment, 2024\-03\-03\)](https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/testimonial/chris-blog-comment-2024-03-03/)

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