All just my personal opinion
Concert review, InMo Yang, Fabio Luisi / Philharmonia @ Zurich Opera, 2017-07-15 — R. Strauss: Tone Poem “Don Juan”, op.20; Paganini: Violin Concerto No.1 in D major, op.6; R. Strauss: Tone Poem “Ein Heldenleben”, op.40
Concert review, Zurich Opera — Carlo Grante, Fabio Luisi / Philharmonia Zurich, 2016-07-10: Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No.2, op.64ter; Bruce Adolphe: Piano Concerto (2013, World Premiere); Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonic Suite “Scheherazade” op.35
Philharmonic Concert @ Zurich Opera Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936): Antiche danze et arie per liuto, Suite No.3 Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953): …
The first part of this evening was devoted to Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 — a well-respected benchmark among pianists of the top league. Lise de la Salle played this concerto eloquently, with compassion — she visibly lived with the music, also in the orchestral parts: her playing is fluent, competent, aimed at a full, rounded sound…
This was the third Philharmonic Concert of the season given by Philharmonia Zürich, the orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, conducted by the young Cornelius Meister (*1980), who studied and graduated in Hannover and Salzburg, and since has held positions in Erfurt, Hannover, Heidelberg, and finally with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. He is also pursuing a career as guest conductor, which in 2012 also took him to the Zurich Opera, where he conducted Richard Strauss’ Salome…
Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2024-04-13 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, op.8/4, RV 297, “L’inverno” from “Le quattro stagioni” (arr. for harp); Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo; Schubert: Sonata for arpeggione & piano in A minor, D.821, arranged for cello & harp
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