All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★½, Moser String Quartet (Kanon Miyashita, Patricia Muro Francia, Ariadna Bataller Calatayud, Lea Galasso) @ Wasserkirche, Zurich, 2022-12-18 — Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, op.76/2, “Fifths”; Dieter Ammann (*1962): String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Bartók: String Quartet No.1 in A minor, op.7, Sz.40 / BB 52
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Concert review, ★★★½, Ning Feng, Xiaoming Wang, Nargiza Alimova @ Kulturhaus Helferei, Zurich, 2022-10-10 — Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No.3 in D minor, op.108; Richard Strauss: Violin Sonata in E♭ major, op.18; Pablo de Sarasate: “Navarra” for two violins and piano, op.33
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Media review — Bach: Sonata No.3 in C major for Violin Solo, BWV 1005 — a comparison of 25 artists / 26 recordings, from historic to HIP: with Menuhin (1936), Szigeti (1956), Grumiaux (1961), Szeryng (1967), Kremer (1980), Zehetmair (1982), Schröder (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), Bohren (2017), Carmignola (2018), Pochekin (2018), Aldemir (2019, viola), Cotik (2019), Hadelich (2020)
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Media review — Bach: Partita No.2 in D minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1004 — a comparison of 25 artists / 26 recordings, from historic to HIP: with Menuhin (1936), Szigeti (1956), Grumiaux (1961), Szeryng (1967), Kremer (1980), Zehetmair (1982), Schröder (1985), Paternoster (1995, cello), Huggett (1997), Podger (1999), Kremer (2001), Tetzlaff (2005), Mullova (2008), Baráti (2009), Faust (2009), Ibragimova (2009), Khachatryan (2009), Beyer (2011), Pietsch (2011), Busch (2012), Bohren (2017), Carmignola (2018), Pochekin (2018), Aldemir (2019, viola), Cotik (2019), Hadelich (2020)
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Concert review, ★★★★, Christian Tetzlaff, Gevorg Gharabekyan, Kammerorchester I TEMPI — Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-06-18 — Mozart: Overture to “Die Zauberflöte”, K.620; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47; Encore — Bach: III. Largo, from Sonata No.3 for Violin solo in C major, BWV 1005; Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica”
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Simone Zgraggen, Baldur Brönnimann, Basel Sinfonietta @ Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-05-26 — Aregnaz Martirosyan (*1993): “Kraft” (2022); Alsu Nigmatullina (*1989): “Alexithymie” (2022); Dieter Ammann (*1962): “Unbalanced instability” for violin and chamber orchestra (2013); “Core” (2002); “Turn” (2010); “Boost” (2002)
Pre-concert: Moser String Quartet performing Ammann’s String Quartet No.2, “Distanzenquartett” (2009); Álvaro Rodríguez Cabezas and Miguel Fernández de la Fuente performing Ammann’s “d’accord(s)” for two alto saxophones (2004)
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