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Beethoven Piano Sonatas
This is Mari Kodama’s sixth disc in her projected recording of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas. Born in Japan but raised...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2011
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2
Bordeaux-Aquitaine National Orchestra | Kwamé Ryan | Shani Diluka
Shani Diluka is a young pianist with a lot to say. She coaxes a beautiful sound from her Bechstein, spinning...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 6/2011
Beethoven Cantatas
The “glorious moment” was that of the Congress of Vienna in 1814, which was also the year when Beethoven’s fortunes...
Reviewed in issue 13/1997
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Academy of Ancient Music | Christopher Hogwood
Having recorded a considerable amount in Mozart's orchestral music as it was performed in Mozart's day, Christopher Hogwood is now...
Reviewed in issue 3/1986
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132
There are two recent alternative accounts of this Quartet on single LPs: an HMV recording by the Alban Berg Quartet...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1986
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Renaissance Singers | Ulster Orchestra | Yan Pascal Tortelier
Where for one generation the name Tortelier stood for all that was best in cello-playing, for another (if Yan Pascal...
Reviewed in issue 9/1991
Beethoven Symphony No 9
A distinguished Ninth; Hickox's new recording is a salutory reminder that a conventionally paced performance on modern instruments can be...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 3/1989
Beethoven 2 Piano Trios
The Beaux Arts Trio first recorded the Beethoven trios in the middle 1960s (Philips 6747 142, 10/75). Their second recording,...
Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 11/1986
Beethoven Symphony No 8; Wellington's Victory
Swedish Chamber Orchestra | Thomas Dausgaard
Thomas Dausgaard’s Beethoven Eighth crackles with life and makes an enthusiastic play for the score’s zanier elements, such as the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2007
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra | Kent Nagano | Mari Kodama
Some things were designed to be angular: the Alessi lemon squeezer and catwalk models spring immediately to mind. But Beethoven...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 9/2009
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