Brahms: Violin Sonata No.2 (Diary 2015-10-17)

Johannes Brahms, Violin Sonata No.2 in A major, op.100, in 3 interpretations: Henryk Szeryng & Arthur Rubinstein (1960) / Leonidas Kavakos & Yuja Wang (2013) / Isabelle Faust & Alexander Melnikov (2015)

Batiashvili, Capuçon, Widmann, Bringuier — Zurich, 2015-09-16

2015-09-16, Season’s Opening Concert with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under Lionel Bringuier — Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto in a-minor, op.102, with Lisa Batiashvili (Artist in Residence) & Gautier Capuçon; compositions by and with Jürg Widmann, clarinet and Creative Chair; Alexander Scriabin: Symphony No.4, “Poème de l’extase”, op.54

Debut CD: Croisé, Shevchenko (Diary 2015-08-31)

The debut CD of the young cellist Christoph Crois?, accompanied by Oxana Shevchenko (piano), featuring compositions by Sergei Prokofiev (Cello Sonata in C major, op.119), Johannes Brahms (Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Pezzo Capriccioso), Niccol? Paganini (Variations on a theme from Rossini’s “Mos? in Egitto”), and David Popper (Dance of the Elves, op.39)

Arthur Rubinstein’s Recordings

A “statistical overview” over the recordings on the 142 CDs included with the box set “Arthur Rubinstein, The Complete Album Collection”