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Concert review, ★★★★, Isabel Villanueva, Calio Alonso @ Aula der Universität, Zurich, 2023-11-24 — Brahms: 3 Lieder from op.105 & op.43 (arr.); Schubert: Sonata for viola & piano in A minor, D.821, "Arpeggione"; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91; de Falla / Kochanski: Suite populaire Espagnole

Blog post #657

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Concert review, ★★★★★, Piano Recital Yulianna Avdeeva @ Seon, 2025-02-22 (Seetal Classics) — Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): 24 Preludes & Fugues, op.87 Photos © Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved

https://www.rolf-musicblog.net/yulianna-avdeeva-shostakovich-op-87-seon-2025-02-22/

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CD review (***½) — Samuel Ducommun (1914 – 1987): Chamber Music — Flute quartet, op.104 (1984); Sonatina for violin and piano, op.108 (1985); 4 Short Pieces for cello and piano, op58 (1955); Divertimento for flute, violin, viola, cello, and piano, op.100 (1982). Anne-Laure Pantillon, Theresa Wunderlin, Aline Glasson, Alba Luna Sanz, flutes; Klara Flieder, violin; Johannes Flieder, viola; Christophe Pantillon, cello; Marc Pantillon, piano

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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 Blog post #671

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Concert review, ★★★½, Alexey Osipov, Christoph Croisé, Oxana Shevchenko @ Villa Morillon, Bern, 2024-10-13 — Schubert: Piano Trio No.2 in E♭ major, op.100, D.929; Brahms: Piano Trio No.1 in B major, op.8

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Here's part #3 of my large, current CD comparison project: digesting a big pile of CDs in my shelves. More to follow over the coming months...

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Media review — Bach: Suite No.3 for Cello Solo in C major, BWV 1009. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Skalka (2020), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021)

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Prix Serdang 2024 for Alexandra Dovgan: Award Ceremony & Prize Winner Recital @ Villa Serdang, Feldbrunnen SO, 2024-06-23 —  Rachmaninoff: 3 Movements from Bach's Partita No.3 for Violin solo in E major, BWV 1006; Schumann: Piano Sonata No.2 in G minor, op.22; Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.2 in G♯ minor, op.19, "Sonate-Fantaisie" Event photos © Thomas Entzeroth, Zürich

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Concert review, ★★★★★, Piano Recital Konstantin Scherbakov @ Zurich University, Zurich, 2024-05-17 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Mozart: Fantasia in C minor for Piano, K.475 — Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457 — Piano Sonata No.11 in A major, K.331, "Alla turca"; Liszt: Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro", S.697 — Grande fantaisie "Réminiscences de Don Juan", S.418

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Concert review, ★★★★, Piano Recital Yundi Li @ Stadtcasino, Basel, 2024-05-14 — Mozart: Piano Sonatas No.11 in A major, K.331, "Alla turca"; No.8 in A minor, K.310 (300d); No.14 in C minor, K.457; Fantasia in C minor for Piano, K.475; Encore — Chopin: Nocturne No.2 in E♭ major, op.9/2, CT 109

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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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More pics at https://tinyurl.com/mrv3evb8

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Concert review, ★★★★½, Piano Recital Jaeden Izik-Dzurko @ Zurich University, Zurich, 2024-04-11 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Liszt / Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543 / S.462/1; Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S.178; Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor, op.28

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Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev @ Alte Kantonsschule, Zurich, 2024-04-13 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Vivaldi: Concerto in F minor, op.8/4, RV 297, "L'inverno" from "Le quattro stagioni" (arr. for harp); Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo; Schubert: Sonata for arpeggione & piano in A minor, D.821, arranged for cello & harp

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Concert review, ★★★★, Mikhail Pochekin @ Zurich University, Zurich, 2024-03-22 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750): "Sei Solo" — The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo, BWV 1001 – 1006

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Concert review, ★★★★, Orpheum Foundation — Young Soloists on Stage: Tassilo Probst, Jean Sautereau, Yilan Zhao, Oliver Schnyder, Daniel Hope / ZKO @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2024-03-19 — Mozart: String Quartet (Divertimento) in D major, K.136 (125a), "Salzburg Symphony No.1"; Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043; Bruch: Double Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra in E minor, op.88; Mozart: Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra in E♭ major, K.365

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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 / Aloysia Assenbaum / Lars Ulrik Mortensen (sonatas III, IV, VI, VII from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, unpublished sonatas Nos.81 & 84

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Media review — Bach: Suite No.2 for Cello Solo in D minor, BWV 1008. 24 artists / 26 complete recordings, from historic to modern to HIP: Casals (1939), Fournier (1961), Bylsma (1979), Rostropovich (1991), Bylsma (1992), ter Linden (1996), Paternoster (1998), Wispelwey (1998), Pandolfo (2000, viola da gamba), Isserlis (2005), Queyras (2007), Gaillard (2010), Wispelwey (2012), Enders (2013), Watkin (2013), Demenga (2014), Dumas (2016), Kashkashian (2017, viola), Malov (2018, violoncello da spalla), Bertrand (2019), Teichmanis (2019), Kloeckner (2020), Rignol (2020, viola da gamba), Philippe (2021), de Naverán (2021), Skalka (2020)