DVD — Mahler: Symphony No.8 — Riccardo Chailly / LFO

Gustav Mahler, Symphony No.8 in E♭ major (“Symphony of a Thousand”) — Riccardo Chailly, Lucerne Festival Orchestra (Lucerne Festival 2016, Opening Concert in the KKL); with Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tölzer Knabenchor. Blu-ray disk, received for reviewing.

Pahud, Zimmermann, ZKO — Zurich, 2017-05-21

Concert Review, Emmanuel Pahud, Willi Zimmermann / Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZKO) @ Schauspielhaus Pfauen, Zurich, 2017-05-21 — Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831): Symphony in D, Flute Concerto in C — W.A. Mozart (1756-1791): Andante in C for Flute, K.315; Symphony No.28 in C, K.200

Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta / World Wide Music — Basel, 2016-09-24

Concert review — Basel Sinfonietta / Baldur Brönnimann, Volkshaus Basel, 2016-09-24: Jannik Giger (*1985): Came Adrift (2016); Toshio Hosokawa (*1955): Ferne Landschaft III—Seascapes of Fukuyama (1996); Andrew Norman (*1979): Unstuck (2008); Brett Dean (*1961): Amphitheatre—Scene for Orchestra (2000); Kevin Volans (*1949): Strip-Weave for Orchestra (2002/03); Arturo Márquez (*1950): Danzón No.2 (1994)

Schumann: Violin Concerto (Diary 2016-05-01)

Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D minor (WoO 1 [H/K WoO 23]), in the new recording with Isabelle Faust and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, directed by Pablo Heras-Casado, compared to a recording with Christian Tetzlaff and Paavo Järvi / RSO Frankfurt

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)