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Beethoven Symphony No 9
I suppose it is true, as Voltaire somewhat obliquely remarked, that the best is the enemy of the good. Certainly...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1991
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 8
This latest volume in his complete Beethoven sonata cycle clearly demonstrates John O'Conor's eloquent style and careful approach. The opening...
Reviewed in issue 8/1993
Beethoven String Quartets, Vol 4
‘Art demands of us that we do not stand still.’ Beethoven’s own words as quoted by the Takács to remind...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2002
Beethoven Piano Quartet
Though Beethoven never wrote an original string quintet, he did make this arrangement of his Piano Trio, Op 1 No...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2010
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 131
This is the last of the Lindsay late Beethoven quartets to appear in single CD format and these lines are...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1990
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 15 and 17
Some recoupling of Gilels's distinguished library of Beethoven piano sonata recordings was, I suppose, inevitable when CD reissues were being...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1986
Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano
From this most sentient of partnerships of Timothy Hugh and Yonty Solomon comes a release of vivid presence: the first...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 9/1994
Beethoven String Quartets, Opp 59 Nos 1-3, 74 and 95
The Lausanne-based Sine Nomine Quartet bring to these performances a splendid combination of energy, commitment and elegance. It’s very satisfying...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2006
Richard Strauss conducts Beethoven
Berlin State Opera Orchestra | Richard Strauss
When Strauss entered the studio in early 1926 to conduct Beethoven's Seventh Symphony he had already made a number of...
Reviewed in issue 10/1992
Beethoven String Quartets 11 & 15
The Vegh's classic accounts of Opp. 74, 127 ( V4405, 6/87) and 131 and 135 ((D V4408, 6/87) have already...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1988
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