Christian Tetzlaff, Gevorg Gharabekyan, Kammerorchester I TEMPI — Basel, 2022-06-18

Concert review, ★★★★, Christian Tetzlaff, Gevorg Gharabekyan, Kammerorchester I TEMPI — Stadtcasino Basel, 2022-06-18 — Mozart: Overture to “Die Zauberflöte”, K.620; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47; Encore — Bach: III. Largo, from Sonata No.3 for Violin solo in C major, BWV 1005; Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica”
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Claire Huangci / Heiko Mathias Förster — Zurich, 2020-01-04

Concert review, ★★★½, Claire Huangci, Heiko Mathias Förster / Prague Royal Philharmonic @ Tonhalle Maag, Zurich, 2020-01-04 — Beethoven New Year’s Concert: Overture to the Opera “Fidelio”, op.72; Piano Concerto No.5 in E♭ major, op.73, “Emperor”; Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica“
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Konstantin Scherbakov — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2015-12-12

Piano Recital by Konstantin Scherbakov at Zurich Tonhalle, 2015-12-12 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C♯ minor, op.27/2, “Moonlight” / Variations with Fugue in E♭ major, op.35, “Eroica”; Liszt: Transcription of L.v.Beethoven’s Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica”

Konstantin Scherbakov — Piano Recital, Zurich, 2015-03-24

… 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” …

Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, «Eroica»

Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica” — comparing recordings with the following artists: Bernstein/New York Philharmonic (1964), Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic (1978), Böhm (1972), Dausgaard (2006), Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic (1948), Furtwängler/Berlin Philharmonic (1952), Hogwood (1985), Kleiber/Concertgebouw (1950), Klemperer (1959), Norrington/RSO Stuttgart (2002), Toscanini (1953), Walter/New York Philharmonic (1941 & 1949), Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1961), Zinman (1998)