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Beethoven Piano Concertos
With clean, rhythmic playing throughout, Christian Zacharias gives fresh, alert performances of both Concertos Nos. 2 and 4, beautifully recorded,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1988
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 2 & 5
(Nicolaus) Esterházy Sinfonia | Béla Drahos
When SJ reviewed Bela Drahos’s Eroica last September, he discovered a “clarity of articulation” that came as a “welcome surprise”....
Reviewed in issue 6/1997
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 & 6
David Zinman | Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Beethoven ‘premieres’ are nowadays something of a common occurrence, what with new editions, newly recorded ‘first’ versions and various reconstructions....
Reviewed in issue 12/1997
Reicha/Beethoven Compositions for Wind
Beethoven's unfinished Quintet for the improbable combination of oboe, three horns and bassoon is not quite a stranger to the...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1993
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 4 and 5
Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä | Yevgeny Sudbin
With this release Yevgeny Sudbin and Osmo Vänskä launch their Beethoven concerto cycle in a novel and intriguing fashion. Going...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2011
Beethoven String Quartet & Quintet
Medici Quartet | Simon Rowland-Jones
Although the Beethoven string quartets are generously represented on CD and there is even a version of the transcription of...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1990
Beethoven Wind Chamber Works (transcriptions)
In the era long before recording, arrangements for wind band – Harmoniemusik – were popular, and though it is questionable...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2008
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Late Beethoven is not for young players, so we’re told; far better to wean yourself on the early works and...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 5/1996
Beethoven Stg Qts Nos 1-6; Eurovisions Project
First, some thoughts on the Brodsky's programming concept. It was an imaginative idea to commission six new 'reflections' on the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2000
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
A warm welcome for Nikolai Demidenko’s return to the studio after a long absence is qualified by too many reservations....
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2006
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