Piano Recital Oxana Shevchenko — Baden, 2022-09-18

Concert review, ★★★★½, Oxana Shevchenko @ Gartensaal, Villa Boveri, Baden, 2022-09-18 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.18 in E♭ major, op.31/3, “The Hunt”; Brahms: Piano Sonata No.1 in C major, op.1; Debussy: Estampes, L.100; Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, op.21/5 & Daisies, op.38/3; Stravinsky: Trois mouvements de “Pétrouchka”; Tchaikovsky: X. Octobre from “Les Saisons”, op.37a (Encore)
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Piano Recital Gaspard Dehaene — Zurich, 2022-05-12

Concert review, ★★★, Piano Recital Gaspard Dehaene @ Aula, Zurich University, 2022-05-12 (Musik an ETH und UZH / Musical Discovery) — Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II, Prelude & Fugue No.22 in B♭ minor, BWV 891; Mozart: Rondo in A minor, K.511; Chopin: Barcarole op.60; 3 Mazurki, op.63; Ballade No.4 in F minor, op.52; Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.29 in B♭ major, op.106 (“Hammerklavier”); Encore by Schubert: Hungarian Melody in B minor, D.817
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CD — “Mysteries”: Piano Works by Myaskovsky & Bacri — Sabine Weyer

Media review — “Mysteries” with Sabine Weyer, piano: Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881 – 1950): Sonata No.2 in F♯ minor op.13, No.3 in C minor op.19; Whimsies (Prichudi) op.25; Nicolas Bacri (*1961): Sonata No.2 op.105, No.3 op.122 “Sonata impetuosa”; Fantaisie, op.134. SACD/DSD received for reviewing, ★★★★.
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Beethoven (8) / Klavierissimo 2020 — Wetzikon ZH, 2020-02-01

Beethoven / Klavierissimo Festival 2020, Recital 8 @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2020-02-01 — Piano Sonata No.30 in E major, op.109 (Cristian Budu); Sonata No.31 in A♭ major, op.110 (Werner Bärtschi); Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111 (Alina Bercu). Mostly a review in pictures.
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Beethoven (7) / Klavierissimo 2020 — Wetzikon ZH, 2020-02-01

Beethoven / Klavierissimo Festival 2020, Recital 7 @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2020-02-01 — Piano Sonata No.27 in E minor, op.90 (Werner Bärtschi); Sonata No.28 in A major, op.101 (Herbert Schuch); Sonata No.29 in B♭ major, op.106, “Hammerklavier Sonata” (Tamar Beraia). Mostly a review in pictures.
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Beethoven (6) / Klavierissimo 2020 — Wetzikon ZH, 2020-02-01

Beethoven / Klavierissimo Festival 2020, Recital 6 @ KZO, Wetzikon ZH, 2020-02-01 — Piano Sonata No.22 in F major, op.54 (Herbert Schuch); Sonata No.23 in F minor, op.57, “Appassionata” (Cristian Budu); Sonata No.24 in F♯ major, op.78, “à Thérèse” (Tamar Beraia); Sonata No.26 in E♭ major, op.81a, “Les Adieux“ (Alina Bercu). Mostly a review in pictures.
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