Nehring, Ridout, Zinman / Tonhalle Orchestra — Zurich, 2019-05-24

Blog post #498 — Concert review, ★★★★, Szymon Nehring, Timothy Ridout, David Zinman / Tonhalle Orchestra @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2019-05-24 (Young Soloists On Stage — Orpheum Foundation) — Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, op.15; Walton: Viola Concerto (1929); Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
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Truthfulness and Authenticity in Interpretation? A Reflection

Blog post #473 — Truthfulness and Authenticity in Interpretation? A reflection about the (potential) conflict between authenticity towards the composer’s will and an artist’s “authenticity” in the sense of truthfulness to one’s genuine interpretation. The effect this has on the credibility of an interpretation.
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CD — Oxana Shevchenko: Stravinsky, Complete Works for Solo Piano

Media Review — Oxana Shevchenko playing Stravinsky: Complete Works for Solo Piano (2 CDs, ★★★★½): Scherzo (1902), Sonata in F♯ minor (1904), 4 Études for piano, op.7 (1908), The Firebird (arr. Agosti), Trois Mouvements de Pétrouchka, Souvenir d’une marche boche, Valse pour les enfants, Ragtime, Piano-Rag-Music, Fragment des Symphonies pour instruments à vent à la mémoire de Claude Achille Debussy, Les cinq doigts, Sonate (1924), Serenade in A, Tango, Circus Polka for a young elephant

Daniil Trifonov — Piano Recital, Lucerne, 2017-11-24

Concert review: Piano Recital Daniil Trifonov @ KKL Lucerne, 2017-11-24 — Mompou / Schumann / Grieg / Barber / Tchaikovsky / Rachmaninoff: Piano Pieces on themes by or referring to Frédéric Chopin; Chopin: Piano Sonata No 2 in B♭ minor, op.35

Baráti, Bringuier — Tonhalle Zurich, 2017-06-15

Concert Review: Kristóf Baráti (stepping in for Leonidas Kavakos), Lionel Bringuier / Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle Zurich, 2017-06-15 — Peter Eötvös (*1944): zeroPoints (1999); Igor Stravinsky: “Pétrouchka” Suite (version 1947); Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.77 (op.99)