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Sol Gabetta a stylish soloist with the Basel Chamber Orchestra in Sydney

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“the always treacherous octaves in the last movement were immaculate”
Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney on 29 November 2015
Bartók, Divertimento for Strings, Sz 113
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto no. 1 in A minor, Op.33
Holliger, Meta Arca
Vasks, Cello Concerto no. 2
Basel Chamber Orchestra
Sol Gabetta, Cello
Yuki Kasai, Leader
Schumann v Schumann: a surprise victor in Vienna concerto play-off
****1
Handel's somewhat rare oratorio Susanna in the Halle Handel Festival
***11
Swish playing from a Swiss orchestra
****1
Daniel Hope and the Basel Chamber Orchestra
****1
Mozart disappoints, but Rameau and Bizet compensate
***11
Mozart concert arias from Rolando Villazón fail to engage
**111
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