Christoph Croisé & Oxana Shevchenko — Lucerne, 2015-08-27

Review of concert by Christoph Croisé (Cello) & Oxana Shevchenko (piano) in the Lukaskirche in Lucerne, on 2005-08-27 (in the framework of the Lucerne Festival), featuring compositions by Prokofiev (Cello Sonata in C, op.119), Shchedrin (Quadrille), Debussy (Cello Sonata in D), Chopin (Introduction et Polonaise brillante, op.3), Tsintsadze (Sachidao), and Paganini (Variations on a theme by Rossini)

Claire Huangci — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2015-02-10

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…

Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11

Chopin: Piano Concerto in E minor, op.11 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Argerich/Abbado (1967), Askenase/Otterloo (1960), Avdeeva/Wit (2010), Avdeeva/Brüggen (2012), Rubinstein/Barbirolli (1937), Rubinstein/Wallenstein (1953), Rubinstein/Skrowaczewski (1961)

Chopin: Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21

Chopin: Piano Concerto F minor, op.21 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Askenase/Ludwig (1963), Avdeeva/Brüggen (2012), Haskil/Markevich (1960), Rubinstein/Barbirolli (1931), Rubinstein/Steinberg (1946), Rubinstein/Wallenstein (1958), Rubinstein/Ormandy (1968)

Yulianna Avdeeva — Warsaw (Live Webcast), 2014-05-30

On 2014-05-30, the final concert from the season 2013/2014 in the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall was broadcast online. The concert featured Yulianna Avdeeva, the National Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir under the direction of Jacek Kasprzyk, and the tenor Thomas Warmijak. The program for the concert included…

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”