All just my personal opinion
Concert review, Season’s Opening with Daniel Hope & the Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZKO) — Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Octet in E♭ major, op.20; Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041; Mieczysław Weinberg: Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra, op.42; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.2 in D major, op.36
Concert Review: Carolin Widmann, Stephan Mai / Zurich Chamber Orchestra at St.Peter’s Church, Zurich, 2016-03-15 — Handel: Concerto grosso op.6/10; Pisendel: Sonata for solo violin in A minor; Mendelssohn: String Symphony No.13 in C minor; Bach: Violin Concerto in D minor BWV 1052R
A re-encounter with a fascinating composition in concert, with some excellent soloists (Rachel Harnisch, Judith Schmid, Vsevolod Grivnov, and Klaus Mertens), the Zürcher Konzertchor and the ZKO — followed by a late re-encounter with a legendary recording featuring Kari Lövaas, Brigitte Fassbaender, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, the Münchner Vokalsolisten, and Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting and accompanying (…)
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)
Some media are proclaiming Maurice Steger the “world champion of the recorder”. I think this is a rather odd statement, as musical interpretation can’t be measured, remains subjective, both on the side of the artist, as well as in the listener’s perception and receptivity; however, it is certainly legitimate to state that Maurice Steger’s recorder playing is in the world’s very top league…