All just my personal opinion
Bach: Sonatas for Harpsichord (Cembalo concertato) and Violin, BWV 1014-1019 — Comparing recordings with Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr (1999), Rachel Podger & Trevor Pinnock (2000), Viktoria Mullova & Ottavio Dantone (2007), Isabelle Faust & Kristian Bezuidenhout (2016)
Concert review, ★★★★½, Prix Serdang 2023 for Ariel Lanyi. Award award ceremony and recital @ Villa Serdang, Feldbrunnen SO, 2023-06-25 — Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch (Italian Songbook), HWW 159 (selection, arranged for piano by Ariel Lanyi); Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes in C♯ minor, op.13 (including the 5 extra variations, op.posth.)
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Concert review, ★★★★, Leia Zhu, Alexandra Dovgan, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-04-01 (Orpheum Foundation) — Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21, B.43, CT 48; Scriabin: Étude in D♯ minor, op.8/12 (encore); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35; Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin op.11/6, III. Finale, Lebhaft (encore); Ravel: “La Valse”, poème choréographique pour orchestre, M.72
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Concert review, ★★★★, Esther Hoppe, Chiara Enderle Samatanga, Luisa Seraina Splett @ Kirchgemeindehaus, Winterthur-Veltheim, 2023-03-05 — Mel Bonis (1858 – 1937): Piano Trio “Soir-Matin”, op.76 (1907); Dora Pejačević (1885 – 1923): Piano Trio in C major, op.29 (1910); Lili Boulanger (1893 – 1918): Piano Trio “D’un soir triste” (1917/1918); Rebecca Clarke (1886 – 1979): Piano Trio (1921)
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Concert review, ★★★★★, Ilya Gringolts, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich — Hans Huber-Saal, Stadtcasino, Basel, 2023-01-21 (Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival) — Debussy: Piano Trio in G major, L.5; Wolpe: From “Three Time Wedding” for Piano; Kodály: Duo for Violin and Cello, op.7; Bloch: “From Jewish Life” for Cello and Piano; Bloch: “Nigun” from “Baal Shem” for Violin and Piano; Korngold: Piano Trio in D major, op.1
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Gringolts Quartet, Jascha Nemtsov, Tehila Nini Goldstein @ Gare du Nord, Basel, 2023-01-20 (Mizmorim Chamber Music Festival) — Victor Alexandru Colțea (*1986): “Rough Surfaces” for String Quartet (2022); Songs from the postcard project “Songs of the Early Pioneers” (1938-1939), by Stefan Wolpe, Paul Dessau, Kurt Weill, Ernst Toch, Darius Milhaud; Alexander von Zemlinsky: String Quartet No.3, op.19
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