All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★½, Oxana Shevchenko @ Gartensaal, Villa Boveri, Baden, 2022-09-18 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.18 in E♭ major, op.31/3, “The Hunt”; Brahms: Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, op.1; Debussy: Estampes, L.100; Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, op.21/5 & Daisies, op.38/3; Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de “Pétrouchka”; Tchaikovsky: X. Octobre from “Les Saisons”, op.37a (Encore)
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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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Concert review, ★★★★, Bomsori Kim & Thomas Hoppe @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-03-04 — Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.5 in F major, op.24, “Spring Sonata”; Szymanowski: Nocturne and Tarantella, op.28; Fauré: Violin Sonata No.1 in A major, op.13; Wieniawski: Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra “Faust” de Gounod, op.20
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Concert review, ★★★★½, Sol Gabetta, John Storgårds / Gstaad Festival Orchestra @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-01-07 — Weber: Overture to “Oberon”; Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
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Concert review, ★★★★, Johan Dalene, Stathis Karapanos, Christoph Eschenbach / Konzerthausorchester Berlin @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2021-11-06 (Young Soloists On Stage — Orpheum Foundation) — Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A, K.219; Reinecke: Flute Concerto in D major, op.283; Brahms: Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98
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Media review — Bach: Partita No.1 in B minor for Violin Solo, BWV 1002 — a comparison of 24 artists / 25 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), Ibragimova (2009), Khachatryan (2009), Beyer (2011), Pietsch (2011), Busch (2012), Faust (2012), Carmignola (2018), Pochekin (2018), Aldemir (2019, viola), Cotik (2019), Hadelich (2020)
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