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BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9, 'Choral' (Ozawa)
Rehearsing for ad hoc projects in the coastal city north of Tokyo that lends the ensemble its name, the Mito...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2019
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Opp 109-111 (Steven Osborne)
I was much looking forward to getting my hands on this CD, having chosen Steven Osborne’s previous Beethoven sonata disc,...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2019
BEETHOVEN Overtures
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Bremen | Paavo Järvi
Out-and-out vibrato-less string tone from the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie accentuates how Beethoven begins nearly all his major overtures with a note...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2015
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9 'Choral'
Every culture gets the Beethoven Ninth it deserves. This is not the Ninth to pair with A Survivor from Warsaw,...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2015
BEETHOVEN String Quartets (Kuss Quartet)
These 2019 live performances originate from an annual event at Tokyo’s acoustically accommodating Suntory Hall which, as part of its...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2020
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Op 31 (Andreas Staier)
The greatest crisis of Beethoven’s life came in 1802, and was expressed in his heartfelt Heiligenstadt Testament. But he was...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2020
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 4, 5 & 8 (James Ehnes)
Andrew Armstrong | James Ehnes
I’ve said before that I don’t think James Ehnes is capable of making an unmusical sound, and the previous instalments...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2020
BEETHOVEN Bagatelles (Paul Lewis)
What exactly constitutes a Beethoven bagatelle is a moot point, as witness the varied add-ons to the standard published sets...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2020
BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1-5 (Savall)
(Le) Concert des Nations | Jordi Savall
We know a lot about how Beethoven composed at the keyboard, and right from the clipped, slashed and rolled tutti...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 5 GOSSEC Symphonie (Roth)
François-Xavier Roth | Les Siècles
Symphonist to the Revolution vs revolutionary symphonist: Les Siècles and their founder-maestro have put flesh on the bones of a...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20
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