Anna Vinnitskaya / Rafael Payare — Zurich, 2015-11-29
Concert review: Anna Vinnitskaya, Rafael Payare / Philharmonia Zurich — Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15; Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93
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Concert review: Anna Vinnitskaya, Rafael Payare / Philharmonia Zurich — Brahms: Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15; Shostakovich: Symphony No.10 in E minor, op.93
Tonhalle Zurich, 2015-10-17: Concert by the NWD Philharmonie under Yves Abel, featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 (with Alexei Volodin as soloist) and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No.1 in B♭ major, op.38
Schumann, Symphony No.1 in B♭ major, op.38 — comparing 5 recordings: Bernstein / Vienna Philharmonics (1984); Harnoncourt / Chamber Orchestra of Europe (1996); Gardiner / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (1997); Zinman / Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (2004); Dausgaard / Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro (2007)
Review of a concert at the Tonhalle Zurich, 2015-09-04, offered by the Orpheum Foundation for the Support of Young Musicians, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary: Philippe Jordan, Nikolaj Znaider, Kyoungmin Park, and the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra playing • Webern, Variations for Orchestra op.30 • Mozart, Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E♭ major, K.364 • Beethoven, Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Bernstein/New York Philharmonic (1964), Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic (1978), Böhm (1972), Dausgaard (2001), Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic (1954), Hogwood (1989), Kleiber/Concertgebouw (1950), Klemperer (1955), Norrington/RSO Stuttgart (2002), Toscanini (1951), Walter/New York Philharmonic (1951), Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1958), Zinman (1997)
Comparing recordings with the following artists: Christopher Hogwood, The Academy of Ancient Music (1983) / Jaap ter Linden, Mozart Akademie Amsterdam (2002)