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Beethoven Wind Ensemble Works
Netherland Wind Ensemble | Netherlands Wind Ensemble | Peter Donohoe
Beethoven’s Wind Octet has a pleasing, domestic character that Classical Winds portray engagingly, with close recording highlighting the keen edge...
Reviewed in issue 11/1996
Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32 etc
Both these new CD versions of Beethoven's last sonata feature Bosendorfer Imperials, but it is the American recording from Delos,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1985
Beethoven Cello Sonatas and Variations
Anne Gastinel | François-Frédéric Guy
Anne Gastinel and François-Frédéric Guy, both formidable artists, share a common view of Beethoven. The phrases are finely drawn, with...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2005
Beethoven Triple Concerto; Romances
Christian Zacharias | Heinrich Schiff | Kurt Masur | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Ulf Hoelscher
It is good to have four such distinguished versions of the Triple Concerto to choose from, and it is good...
Reviewed in issue 10/1985
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Recorded live in Montreux last February, Herreweghe's recording of the Missa solemnis vies with Gardiner's studio performance with period forces...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1995
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
The conjunction of Beethoven's first and last sonatas makes for a startling rather than an illuminating contrast, it may be...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 3/1988
Beethoven String Quartets, Vol 2
One of the greatest moments in the classical repertoire occurs 31 bars into the slow movement of Beethoven’s late A...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2006
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 and 6
Basel Chamber Orchestra | Giovanni Antonini
The Fifth and Sixth make almost as stimulating a pair as the Fourth and Fifth, developing as they do several...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 8/2010
Richter plays Bach
Richter’s Bach holds an unassailable place in the pantheon. His clarity of polyphonic texturing combines with insight into the structural...
Reviewed in issue 6/1998
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 3 and 4
Bruno Weil | Jos van Immerseel | Tafelmusik
Like Bruno Weil’s Haydn symphonies with Tafelmusik, these Beethoven piano concertos are good in many parts – though for me,...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 11/1997
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