Shaikin, Kobekina, Förster — Zurich, 2018-07-02

Concert review, Aleksandr Shaikin, Anastasia Kobekina, Heiko Mathias Förster / Zürcher Symphoniker @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2018-07-02 — Mendelssohn: Overture “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, op.21; Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21; Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129; Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F major, op.93

Steven Isserlis, Mario Venzago — Bern, 2017-05-18

Concert Review, Steven Isserlis, Mario Venzago / Bern Symphony Orchestra @ Kultur-Casino Bern, 2017-05-18 — Richard Strauss: “Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche”, op.28; Robert Schumann: Cello concerto in A minor, op.129; Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.68

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)