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Michele Pertusi - Serenata
Michele Pertusi | Parma Opera Ensemble
The problem (for there is one) of presenting songs of this kind with satisfactory arrangements and accompaniments finds a novel...
Reviewed in issue 11/1998
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4
Chistian Gansch | Mikhail Pletnev | Russian National Orchestra
Mikhail Pletnev sets the young Beethoven fairly and squarely before us in the opening movement of the young tearaway’s first...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 13/2007
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 3 & 8
Enoch zu Guttenberg | Orchester der KlangVerwaltung
First encounters with Enoch zu Guttenberg's Eroica were mostly positive. Tempos are well chosen, energy levels high and there are...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2000
Beethoven (The) Complete Violin Sonatas, Vol 1
When it comes to performing Beethoven, there are some things that do matter and some that don’t: Peter Cropper and...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2007
Schubert String Quintet; String Quartet, D703
Amadeus Qt | Dietfried Gürtler | Weller Quartet | William Pleeth
In their different ways, both recordings come up remarkably well on CD. From the Weller on Decca we get fine...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1988
Beethoven Piano Concertos No 2 & Op. 61
François-René Duchâble | Sinfonia Varsovia | Yehudi Menuhin
The principal fascination of this - alas, posthumously released - disc is the opportunity it affords us to hear one...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2000
Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas
Craig Sheppard’s Beethoven piano sonata cycle was given in Seattle’s Meany Theatre during 2003-04. Entitled ‘Beethoven: A Journey’, the sonatas...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2006
Beethoven Symphony No.5
Franz Welser-Möst | London Philharmonic Orchestra
''Throw away your first 100 Beethoven Fifths'' was Karajan's advice to Simon Rattle. ''That leaves me 95 still to go,''...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1994
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
Once described as the greatest of all variation sets, Beethoven’s Diabelli Variations are wonderfully mysterious: they reveal their inexhaustible secrets...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 7/1997
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol 1
Generally speaking I am impatient with the view that comparative evaluation of fine performances (whether on recordings or in competitions)...
Reviewed in issue 7/1987
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