Schumann: Cello Concerto (Diary 2016-05-03)

Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129, in the new recording with Jean-Guihen Queyras and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, directed by Pablo Heras-Casado, compared to legacy recordings with Gregor Piatigorsky & Sir John Babirolli / London Philharmonic Orchestra (1934) and Mstislav Rostropovich & Gennadi Rozhdestvensky / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (1961)

Schumann: Violin Concerto (Diary 2016-05-01)

Robert Schumann’s Violin Concerto in D minor (WoO 1 [H/K WoO 23]), in the new recording with Isabelle Faust and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, directed by Pablo Heras-Casado, compared to a recording with Christian Tetzlaff and Paavo Järvi / RSO Frankfurt

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in F major, op.5/1

Comparing recordings with the following artists: Casals/Horszowski (1939), Fournier/Schnabel (1948), Fournier/Gulda (1959), Fournier/Kempff (1965), Harrell/Ashkenazy (1987), Isserlis/Levin (2012), Maisky/Argerich (1991), Perényi/Schiff (2004),
Queyras/Melnikov (2013), Rostropovich/Richter (1962), Wispelwey/Komen (1991), Wispelwey/Lazić (2004)

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in A major, op.69

Comparing recordings with the following artists: Casals/Schulhof (1930), Fournier/Schnabel (1947), Fournier/Gulda (1959), Fournier/Kempff (1965), Harrell/Ashkenazy (1987), Isserlis/Levin (2012), Maisky/Argerich (1993), Perényi/Schiff (2004),
Queyras/Melnikov (2013), Rostropovich/Richter (1961), Wispelwey/Komen (1991), Wispelwey/Lazić (2004)