Quatuor Sine Nomine — ETH Zurich, 2016-01-19
Concert review, ETH Zurich, 2016-01-19: Quatuor Sine Nomine — J.C. de Arriaga: String Quartet in D minor; Shostakovich: String Quartet No.7 in F♯ minor, op.108; Borodin: String Quartet No.2 in D major
All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ETH Zurich, 2016-01-19: Quatuor Sine Nomine — J.C. de Arriaga: String Quartet in D minor; Shostakovich: String Quartet No.7 in F♯ minor, op.108; Borodin: String Quartet No.2 in D major
Alexander Malofeev, Piano recital at ETH Zurich, 2015-12-22 — Chopin: Scherzo No.1 op.20, No.2 op.31; Liszt: Consolation Nos.2 & 3, Mephisto Waltz, La Campanella; Tchaikowsky: Dumka op.59, Nutcracker; Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
Concert review: TwoPianists (Nina Schumann & Luis Magalhães) playing J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988, arranged for two pianos by Josef Rheinberger and Max Reger
Duo recital with Sebastian Bohren (Violin) and Benjamin Engeli (Piano) — Johannes Brahms: Sonata for violin and piano in A major, op.100; Leos Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano; Richard Strauss: Sonata for violin and piano in E♭ major, op.18
… while for the past two decades the artist is mostly pictured with an earnest, maybe “Beehovenian” / titanic, somewhat closed facial expression, in the concert (which he presented with a mostly relaxed, yet controlled body language) his face hinted at a wealth of emotions — and his playing struck me as a prime example of the “big Russian Piano School” …
Claire Huangci played the Scarlatti sonatas without interruption, and without repeats — this way, she formed a single piece where it was hard for the listener to recognize transitions from one sonata to the next. It’s an interesting idea…