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2025-03-04

Concert review, ★★★★★, Piano Recital Yulianna Avdeeva @ Seon, 2025-02-22 (Seetal Classics) — Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): 24 Preludes & Fugues, op.87
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post header imageYulianna Avdeeva @ Seon, 2022-02-22 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)
2025-02-18

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
Blog post #672
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Samuel Ducommun: Chamber Music (CD Cover)Post header image
2025-02-10

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 — #rolfsmblog
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#cdreview #review #classicalmusic #saintsaens #ravel #tailleferre #debussy #milhaud #percussion #triocolores #marimba #vibraphone #transcription

Trio Colores: "En Couleur", CD coverMedia Review, header image
2024-10-25

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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Alexey Osipov, Christoph Croisé, Oxana Shevchenko @ Villa Morillon, Bern, 2024-10-13 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Alexey Osipov, Christoph Croisé, Oxana Shevchenko @ Villa Morillon, Bern, 2024-10-13 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Alexey Osipov, Christoph Croisé, Oxana Shevchenko @ Villa Morillon, Bern, 2024-10-13 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Villa Morillon, Bern, 2024-10-13 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)
2024-07-01

Prix #Serdang 2024 for Alexandra #Dovgan: Award Ceremony & Prize Winner Recital @ Villa Serdang, Feldbrunnen SO, 2024-06-23 — #Rachmaninoff: Paraphrase on 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"
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Alexandra Dovgan — Prix Serdang 2024 (© Thomas_Entzeroth)Alexandra Dovgan — Prix Serdang 2024 (© Thomas_Entzeroth)Adrian Flury, Alexandra Dovgan, Rudolf Buchbinder — Prix Serdang 2024 (© Thomas_Entzeroth)(post header imnage)
2024-06-09

Piano Recital Konstantin #Scherbakov @ Zurich, 2024-05-17 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — #Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K.475 — Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457 — 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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#rolfsmblog #concertreview #concert #concertphotography #piano #sonata #fantasia #allaturca #recital #dongiovanni #figaro #donjuan #reminiscences

Konstantin Scherbakov @ Zurich University, 2024-05-17 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Konstantin Scherbakov @ Zurich University, 2024-05-17 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Konstantin Scherbakov @ Zurich University, 2024-05-17 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Konstantin Scherbakov @ Zurich University, 2024-05-17 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)
2024-06-01

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, post header imageYUNDI, Mozart Sonata Project - Salzburg, CD cover
2024-05-27

Piano Recital ★★★★, Ivan Bašić @ Zurich, 2024-05-11 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Bach: Toccata No.5; Haydn: Piano Sonata No.49 C♯ minor; Ravel: Menuet sur le nom de Haydn — Jeux d'eau; Liszt: Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, S.163/4 — Bagatelle sans tonalité — Transcription of Wagner's Overture to "Tannhäuser", S.442
Photos © Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved
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Ivan Bašić @ Zurich University, 2024-05-11 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Ivan Bašić @ Zurich University, 2024-05-11 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Ivan Bašić @ Zurich University, 2024-05-11 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Ivan Bašić @ Zurich University, 2024-05-11 (© Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)
2024-04-27

Piano Recital, ★★★★½, Jaeden Izik-Dzurko @ Zurich University, Zurich, 2024-04-11 (Musik an ETHZ und UZH) — Liszt / Bach: Prelude & Fugue A minor, BWV 543 / S.462/1; Liszt: Sonata in B minor, S.178; Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.1, op.28
Photos © Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved
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Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Zurich, 2024-04-11Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Zurich, 2024-04-11Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Zurich, 2024-04-11Jaeden Izik-Dzurko, Zurich, 2024-04-11
2024-04-17

Concert review, ★★★★½, Lev Sivkov, Alexander Boldachev @ 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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2024-04-11

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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2024-03-31

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: Divertimento in D, K.136; Bach: Concerto in D minor for 2 violins, BWV 1043; Bruch: Concerto for violin & viola in E minor, op.88; Mozart: Concerto for 2 pianos in E♭, K.365
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#rolfsmblog #concert #bach #mozart #bruch #probst #sautereau #hope #yilanzhao #schnyder #orpheum #zko

2024-02-29

CD Review — Lina Tur Bonet / Musica Alchemica: violin sonatas by H.I.F. Biber: sonatas I, III, V, VI from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, Sonata V, VII from Harmonia artificio-ariosa (1696). In comparison: Holloway / Assenbaum / Mortensen with sonatas III, IV, VI, VII from Sonatae Violino solo 1681, 2 unpublished sonatas
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2024-01-07

From Claves Records I have received two pre-release CD sets of Bach's 6 Suites for Cello Solo (BWV 1007 – 1012) for reviewing, featuring Petr Skalka (2020) and Pablo de Naverán (2021). I added those to the ongoing, extensive comparison review. Media information and general description at
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I have only reviewed the Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007, so far. The review of Petr Skalka's performance is found at
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Pablo de Naverán, Bach Cello Suites, CD coverPetr Skalka, Bach Cello Suites, CD coverBlog header image for Cello solo music
2024-01-02

Review — Lucile Boulanger performing Solo works for Viola da gamba: 11 Solos by Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 – 1787), as well as the artist's own transcriptions of solo works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
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#rolfsmblog #cdreview #review #classicalmusic #viol #violadagamba #bassviol #boulanger #lucileboulanger #abel #cfabel #carlfriedrichabel #bach #jsbach #johannsebastianbach #transcription #suite #solo #cellosuite

Blog header imageLucile Boulanger, Solo Bach-Abel, CD cover
2023-12-19

Concert #review, ★★★★, Isabel #Villanueva, #CalioAlonso @ AZurich, 2023-11-24 — #Brahms: Lieder from op.105 & op.43 (arr.); #Schubert: #Arpeggione #Sonata D.821, ; Wagner: #Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91; de Falla / Kochanski: Suite populaire Espagnole
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#rolfsmblog #concertreview #concert #concertphotography #arpeggione #wagner #wesendonck #defalla #kochanski #canciones #suiteespagnole #lied #viola #piano #chambermusic

2023-12-03

Concert review, ★★★★½, AKMI Duo (Valentine Michaud, Akvilė Šileikaitė) @ Der MaiHof, Lucerne, 2023-11-19 — #Hindemith: Sonata for Viola and Piano No.1 in F major, op.11/4; #Gershwin: Three Préludes; #Schulhoff: Hot Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1930); #Kovács: Sholem-Alekhem, Rov Feidman!; #Albright: Sonata for Saxophone and Piano
Blog post #656 •
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#rolfsmblog #concert #cdreview #valentinemichaud #akmiduo #sileikaite #akvilesileikaite #denisov #saxophone #piano

2023-11-13

Concert review, ★★★★★, Isabelle Faust, Anne Katharina Schreiber, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov @ Tonhalle am See, Zurich, 2023-11-03 — Schumann: Chamber music works op.41/1, op.47, & op.44; Encore: Brahms: Andante, un poco adagio from Piano Quintet op.34
Blog post #654 •
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2023-10-17

#Concert #review, ★★★★★, Aleksandr #Kliuchko @ Aula der Universität, Zurich, 2023-10-11 — #Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante (1 – 5, 8, 11, 12); #Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3; Rachmaninoff: #Piano Sonata No.2 in B♭ minor, op.36; encores: #Tchaikovsky, Nocturne; #Feinberg / Tchaikovsky, Symphony No.6 op.74 (III)
#rolfsmblog #concertreview #concertphotography #études #morceaux #prélude #pianosonata #feinberg #symphony #transcription #pianorecital #piano
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Aleksandr Kliuchko (photo © Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Aleksandr Kliuchko (photo © Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)Aleksandr Kliuchko (photo © Rolf Kyburz, all rights reserved)
2023-10-05

Here's the summary posting for my large, current CD comparison project.
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Media #review#Bach: The 6 #Cello #Suites, BWV 1007–1012 — #Comparison Summary, Artist / Media Info.
#Casals, #Fournier, #Bylsma (2x), Rostropovich, ter Linden, Paternoster, Wispelwey (2x), #Pandolfo, #Isserlis, #Queyras, Gaillard, #Wispelwey, Enders, #Watkin, #Demenga, Dumas, #Kashkashian, Malov, Bertrand, Teichmanis, #Kloeckner, #Rignol, #Philippe
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