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BEETHOVEN Pastoral Symphony. Tempest Sonata (Ntokou & Argerich)
Martha Argerich | Theodosia Ntokou
This recording arrived at the close of Beethoven’s anniversary year and features an unusual partnering of a piano sonata and...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2021
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 7 (Currentzis)
MusicAeterna | Teodor Currentzis
As related in Peter Quantrill’s booklet note for this dynamic MusicAeterna Seventh, Teodor Currentzis seeks ‘an architecture that uncovers spirituality,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 04/2021
BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 (Noseda)
Gianandrea Noseda | National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center
Gianandrea Noseda and Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra inaugurate their new Beethoven symphony cycle with this pair of plainspoken performances. Aside...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 11/2022
BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Trios Vol 2
I was very taken with the first instalment of the Gould Trio’s live Beethoven cycle, captured at St George’s, Brandon...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2013
BEETHOVEN Complete Violin Sonatas
Enrico Pace | Leonidas Kavakos
Beethoven wrote 10 sonatas for pianoforte and violin. It seems perverse of Decca to market this set with just Kavakos’s...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2013
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 1
Jonathan Biss begins Beethoven’s Op 10 No 1 Sonata’s first movement by ever so slightly elongating and slowing down phrases,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 01/2012
BEETHOVEN Complete Symphonies
In providing us with this vital, keenly played and always engaging new period-instrument Beethoven cycle, Emmanuel Krivine is effectively challenging...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2011
Beethoven for Three
Emanuel Ax | Leonidas Kavakos | Yo-Yo Ma
My colleague Andrew Farach-Colton ended his review of the previous volume, of the Pastoral and the Piano Trio Op 1...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2024
BERLIN 1923 - Beethoven & Schulhoff: Piano Concertos (Herbert Schuch)
Herbert Schuch | Tung-Chieh Chuang | WDR Symphony Orchestra
A decade ago Herbert Schuch recorded Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto with the WDR SO, coupling it with the Piano Concerto...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 02/2024
BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Cello and Piano, Vol 1 (Gabriel Schwabe)
Gabriel Schwabe | Nicholas Rimmer
An effective litmus test when reviewing a recent recording of familiar repertoire is whether or not your ear automatically sidesteps...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW2024
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