Grante, Luisi / Philharmonia — Zurich Opera, 2016-07-10

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

de la Salle, Luisi / Philharmonia — Zurich Opera, 2015-01-18

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…

Renaud Capuçon, Jonathan Nott / OSR — Lucerne, 2018-08-19

Concert review, Renaud Capuçon, Jonathan Nott / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande @ Lucerne Festival, KKL, 2018-08-19 — Debussy: “Jeux”, Poème dansé, L.126; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47; Strauss: Suite from the Ballet “Schlagobers”, op.70

Andsnes, Bringuier — Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-05-16

Concert review, Leif Ove Andsnes, Lionel Bringuier / Tonhalle Orchestra @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-05-16 — Honegger: Mouvement symphonique No.2, H.67, “Rugby”; Britten: Piano Concerto in D major, op.13; Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonic Suite “Schéhérazade”, op.35

de la Salle, Altinoglu — Zurich Opera, 2017-10-22

Concert review, Lise de la Salle, Alain Altinoglu / Philharmonia Zurich @ Zurich Opera, 2017-10-22 — Franz Liszt: Symphonic Poem No.3, “Les Préludes”, S.97; Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E♭ major, S.124; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116 / BB 123