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Beethoven Fidelio
When I did my Gramophone “Collection” survey of this opera in January last year I stated that this...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1998
Beethoven String Quartets, Op 18 Nos 4,5 and 6
I reported favourably on the last issue in the Brandis Quartet's Beethoven cycle set in June (Op. 59 Nos. 1...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1994
Merry Christmas from Vienna
Despite the presence of the Symphony Orchestra and the Boys’ Choir, there is nothing particularly Viennese about “Merry Christmas from...
Reviewed in issue 12/1997
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor'; Choral Fantasia
(Eric) Ericson Chamber Choir | Andrew Parrott | Norrköping Symphony Orchestra | Ronald Brautigam
Here are performances to divide opinion. For those who tire of overweight Emperors that dwell too long and strenuously on...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2010
Beethoven: Orchestral Works
José Serebrier | Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Jose Serebrier was born in 1938 of Polish and Russian parents in Uruguay and subsequently trained both as a composer...
Reviewed in issue 8/1989
Beethoven Piano Sonatas 12/13/14/19/20
Kovacevich has matters of extreme importance to impart. Like a certain mariner, he holds us with his glittering eye, or...
Reviewed in issue 8/2001
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Friedrich Gulda’s stereo Beethoven sonata cycle from the late Sixties for the Amadeo label has had several CD incarnations, including...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 9/2006
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol 2
These four sonatas are apt companions. Though bearing widely separated opus numbers, Op 7 and the two sonates faciles of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 9/2011
Beethoven: Orchestral Works
Leonard Bernstein | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, while still a student at Harvard University, heard Dmitri Mitropoulos conduct a performance of Beethoven's String Quartet in...
Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 8/1987
Beethoven Piano Concertos
Australian Chamber Orchestra | Stephen Kovacevich
This is a weird and not-so-wonderful record that I am slightly surprised to find being marketed under EMI's colours. Technically,...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1991
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