CD — Trio Colores: En Couleur
CD review — Trio Colores: “En Couleur”, works by Camille, Saint-Saëns, Maurice Ravel, Germaine Tailleferre, Claude Debussy, and Darius Milhaud, arranged for mallet percussion trio
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Piano Recital Ivan Bašić — Zurich, 2024-05-11
Concert review, Piano Recital Ivan Bašić @ Aula, Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2024-05-11 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Bach: Toccata No.5 BWV 914; Haydn: Piano Sonata No.49 in C♯ minor, Hob.XVI/36; Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn, M.58 — Jeux d’eau, M.30; Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, 3me Année: No.4, Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este, S.163/4 — Bagatelle sans tonalité, S.216a — Transcription of Wagner’s Overture to “Tannhäuser”, S.442
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Alexandra Dovgan, Leia Zhu, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra @ Zurich, 2023-04-01
Concert review, ★★★★, Leia Zhu, Alexandra Dovgan, Paavo Järvi, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-04-01 (Orpheum Foundation) — Chopin: Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21, B.43, CT 48; Scriabin: Étude in D♯ minor, op.8/12 (encore); Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D major, op.35; Hindemith: Sonata for Solo Violin op.11/6, III. Finale, Lebhaft (encore); Ravel: “La Valse”, poème choréographique pour orchestre, M.72
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BlattWerk Quintett: Reed Arrangements — ETHZ, Zurich, 2023-01-31
Concert review, ★★★★, BlattWerk Quintett @ Auditorium Maximum, ETHZ, Zurich, 2023-01-31 (Musik an der ETH und UZH) — Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin, Suite in A minor, RCT 5; Ravel: “Ma Mère L’Oye”, M.60a; Albéniz: Suite “Iberia” – 2. El Puerto, 1. Evocación, 7. El Albaicín; Wranitzky: Ballet “Das Waldmädchen” – Parthia in F major, IPW 7; Bartók: Suite, op.14, Sz.62, BB 70 – Allegretto (all works arranged for reed quintet)
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Piano Recital Tetiana Shafran — Zurich, 2022-10-22
Concert review, ★★★★★, Tetiana Shafran @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2022-10-22 — Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.2 in A major, op.2/2; Ravel: Sonatine, M.40; Chopin: Rondo in E♭ major, op.16; Chopin: Nocturne No.17 in B major, op.62/1; Liszt: Ballade No.2 in B minor, S.171; Liszt: Étude No.3 G♯ minor, “La Campanella”, S.141/3, from 6 Grandes Études de Paganini; Lysenko: Elegie
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Sherniyaz Mussakhan, Georgiana Pletea — Zurich, 2022-04-09
Concert review, ★★★½, Sherniyaz Mussakhan, Georgiana Pletea @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2022-04-09 — Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor, L.140; Pärt: Fratres (1977/82); Schubert: Fantasy in C major for violin and piano, op.159, D.934; Ravel: “Tzigane”, M.76; Franck: Violin Sonata in A major, FWV 8
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