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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Buniatishvili, Järvi — Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-05-28

Concert Review: Khatia Buniatishvili, Paavo Järvi / Orchestre de Paris @ Tonhalle Zurich, 2016-05-28 — Richard Dubugnon: Caprice for Orchestra, op.72/2; Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54; Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.54

Jordan, Znaider, & Park — Zurich, 2015-09-04

Review of a concert at the Tonhalle Zurich, 2015-09-04, offered by the Orpheum Foundation for the Support of Young Musicians, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary: Philippe Jordan, Nikolaj Znaider, Kyoungmin Park, and the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra playing • Webern, Variations for Orchestra op.30 • Mozart, Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E♭ major, K.364 • Beethoven, Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92

Comparing Music Recordings

Back in the “vinyl days”, comparing various interpretations was cumbersome, even if one had access to multiple turntables (…): if you didn’t want to listen to entire interpretations, one after each other (making it hard to remember all details from interpretations just heard), you were bound to have multiple LPs ready in their sleeves, place them on a turntable, position the needle…