CD — Biber: Violin Sonatas 1681 — Lina Tur Bonet

CD Review — Lina Tur Bonet / Musica Alchemica performing violin sonatas by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644 – 1704): sonatas I, III, V, VI from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, Sonata V, VII from Harmonia artificio-ariosa (1696). In comparison, a (partly) complementary recording by John Holloway (sonatas III, IV, VI, VII from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, unpublished sonatas Nos.81 & 84
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Voces Suaves — Don Bosco, Basel, 2020-10-08

Concert review, ★★★½, Voces Suaves, Orí Harmelin @ Paul Sacher Saal, Don Bosco, Basel, 2020-10-08 — Madrigals and canzonette by Giaches de Wert (1535 – 1596)
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Sebastian Bohren — Solo Recital @ Schloss Uster, 2019-10-13

Concert review, ★★★★½, Sebastian Bohren — Solo Recital @ Schloss Uster, 2019-10-13 — Bach: Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Lucas F. Jordan: Passagalia (2006); Ravel: Kaddisch from Deux mélodies hébraïques, M.A22 (arr. Menuhin); Ysaÿe: Sonata in D minor “à Georges Enescu“, op.27/3, “Ballade“; Rachel Fortin: Abyss of Anxiety (2007); Bach: III. Andante from Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003
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Chamber Music from Duo to Quintet — ETH Zurich, 2018-10-23

Concert review, Marina Yakovleva Häfliger, Mikhail Yakovlev, Lev Sivkov, Dariusz Mizera, Kateryna Tereshchenko, Nadezhda Dalvit-Saminskaya @ ETH Zurich, Semper-Aula, 2018-10-23 — Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, op.114, D.667, “Trout”; Strauss: Piano Quartet in C minor, op.13; Nikolai Amani (1872 – 1904): String Trio in D minor, op.1; Handel: Passacaglia in G minor, from the Keyboard Suite No.7 in G minor, HWV 432 (arr. Halvorsen)

Christian Dierstein, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta — Basel, 2018-10-21

Concert review, Christian Dierstein, Baldur Brönnimann / Basel Sinfonietta @ Musical Theater Basel, 2018-10-21 — Aleksandr Lazarevich Lokshin (1920 – 1987): Symphony No.4, “Sinfonia stretta” (1968, Swiss Premiere); Emmanuel Nuñes (1941 – 2012): “Wandlungen”, Five Passacaglias (1986, Swiss Premiere); Michel Roth (*1976): “Die letzte Welt” (“The last world”, 2018, World Premiere)