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Beethoven Choral Symphony
This newly released RCA recording of the Ninth was made several years ago, in July 1989 and June 1990. Previn's...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1995
Irmgard Seefried Recital
Any new recordings from Seefried are welcome, and these performances, deriving from two recitals in 1962, are full of rewarding...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2000
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
There are marvellous things here, but also, I find, troughs of ordinariness which are difficult to understand. From the opening...
Reviewed in issue 11/1986
Arabesque Romantic Harp Music of the 19th Century
All the music is played on the harp, and with the possible exception of Anon, was written in the nineteenth...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1984
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 4 & 6
Charles Mackerras | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
A general air of vitality and clear-headed musicianship has characterized this series so far, and the latest disc is no...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1996
Beethoven Piano Trios 1 & 2
A charming LP and the use of a thin-toned fortepiano results in a balance of unusual clarity; the keyboard instrument...
Reviewed in issue 1/1987
Beethoven: Late String Quartets
The CD format retains the original layout: Opp. 126 and 135 share the first disc; Op. 130 and the Grosse...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1987
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 14 & 29
Lucchesini, still in his early twenties, hit the headlines four years ago as winner of the 1983 Dino Ciani Contest...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1987
Beethoven String Quartets Nos 4 and 5
There is no doubt as to the impeccable technique and elegance the Cleveland Quartet command. Their earlier Op. 18 disc...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1996
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 5
François-Frédéric Guy | French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra | Philippe Jordan
Certain aspects of period performance characterise Philippe Jordan’s direction of the Radio France orchestra in these two Beethoven concertos. Instead...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 8/2008
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