All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2024-04-13 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, op.8/4, RV 297, “L’inverno” from “Le quattro stagioni” (arr. for harp); Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo; Schubert: Sonata for arpeggione & piano in A minor, D.821, arranged for cello & harp
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Media review — Bach: Suite No.2 for Cello Solo in D minor, BWV 1008. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1936), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2012), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Skalka (2020)
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Concert review, ★★★★, Stephen Waarts, Diyang Mei, Julia Hagen, Sir András Schiff @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2022-06-19 — Schumann: Märchenbilder for viola and piano, op.113; Beethoven: 7 Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” for piano and cello, WoO 46; Schumann: Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor, op.121; Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor, op.25
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Book review, ★★★½, Alessandra Barabaschi’s German monograph “Stradivari — Die Geschichte einer Legende” (Stradivari — The History of a Legend)
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Concert review, ★★★½, Chiara Enderle Samatanga, Solo Recital @ St.Peter, Zurich, 2020-06-28 — Bach: Cello Suite No.3 in C major, BWV 1009; Cassadó: Cello Suite; Bach: Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012
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Concert review, ★★★½, Julia Hagen, Aimi Kobayashi, Kristiina Poska / Tonhalle Orchestra @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2020-03-04 — Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major, op.33; Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E♭ major, S.124; Dvořák: Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95, B.178, “From the New World”
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