Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219

Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219 — comparing two non-HIP recordings with the following artists: Pinchas Zukerman / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (1982), Vadim Repin / Yehuhi Menuhin / Wiener Kammerorchester (1998)

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, 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)

Brown / Sing-Akademie: Bach, Bax, Britten — Zurich, 2014-12-19

My first reaction in writing this short review was to use a title such as “Bach’s Christmas Oratorio — How Not To” — but let me start properly: This year’s Christmas concert in the Tonhalle Zurich (on Friday, 2014-12-19) was given by the Zürcher Sing-Akademie (Zurich Singing Academy), the professional choir, founded in 2011, following the footsteps of the Schweizer Kammerchor (Swiss Chamber Choir)…

Bach: Partita for Flute solo BWV 1013

J.S. Bach: Partita for Flute solo BWV 1013 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Janet See (traverso), Marc Hantaï (traverso), Dan Laurin (recorder)

D. Scarlatti, F. Schubert (Diary 2012-08-31)

Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas — recordings with Pieter-Jan Belder and Andreas Staier; Schubert: Masses in A♭ (D.678) and E♭ (D.950) — Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schoenberg Choir