Beethoven Triple Concerto; Romances

Brabant Orchestra | Eduardo Marturet | Emmy Verhey | Karin Lechner | Ofra Harnoy

In spite of, or perhaps because of, its apparent naivety, the Triple Concerto is not a work to be undertaken...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Beethoven Mass in C

Audrey Michael | Lilia Bizineche | Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Chorus | Lisbon Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra | Markus Schäfer | Michel Brodard | Michel Corboz

Corboz, who has conducted so many enjoyable performances, tends to be unlucky in his recordings; either somebody else comes out...

Reviewed in issue 7/1990

SCHUBERT Piano Sonata No 21. Wandererfantasie

Barry Douglas

How do you interpret Molto moderato as a tempo in the first movement of D960? Awkward question, which probably explains...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 05/2014

As You Like It: Shakespeare Songs

Malcolm Martineau | Nicky Spence

Rich and quite strange, to paraphrase Shakespeare, is the only possible summation of this dazzling, bewildering collection of songs written...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 03/2013

BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Cello and Piano

Ian Fountain

Historic indeed: the Op 5 pair (1796) appear to be the first cello sonatas with a written-out piano part. But...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue:

BEETHOVEN Piano Trios Op1/2; Op70/1

Trio Ex Aequo

Personal projection at the highest level predominates in Op 70 No 1. From the fortissimo up-rush, Allegro vivace e con...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 06/2015

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 13-18

If you’re looking for vital, stylishly insightful middle Beethoven sonatas, consider Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear, as long as you can...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2012

BEETHOVEN Bagatelles

Steven Osborne

Nothing like a Beethovenian contradiction to get things going, is there? The marking Andante grazioso quasi allegretto in Op 33...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 07/2012

BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Solo Piano Volume 11

Ronald Brautigam

With the sonatas and bagatelles under his belt, Ronald Brautigam now turns to the variation sets for the 11th instalment...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 07/2012

BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus. 12 German Dances. 12 Menuets

Swedish Chamber Orchestra | Thomas Dausgaard

Anyone in Beethoven’s orchestral world who ventures beyond the well-travelled symphonic trail has some remedial work to do – first...

Reviewed by Ken Smith in issue: 08/2013