BEETHOVEN Piano Trios (Smetana Trio; Trio Sōra)

Smetana Trio | Trio Sora

When Beethoven decided in 1795 to announce himself to his adopted Vienna as a published composer, it was not with...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2020

BEETHOVEN Complete Works for Cello & Piano (Coppey & Laul )

Beethoven’s solo cello music is enjoying a moment in the sun right now, with a series of excellent new recordings...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 08/2018

BEETHOVEN; SHOSTAKOVICH Symphonies No 5 (Sanderling)

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra | Michael Sanderling

Michael Sanderling leads a spick and span Beethoven Fifth. The long streams of quavers in the first movement line up...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2018

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas (Ogata; Osostowicz)

Daniel Tong | Ian Watson | Krysia Osostowicz | Susanna Ogata

Duncan Druce was troubled by ‘the lack of any really soft playing’ in the first volume of Susanna Ogata and...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2018

BEETHOVEN Complete String Quartets Vol 1 (Casals Quartet)

Cuarteto Casals

The Barcelona-based Cuarteto Casals have already made a very distinctive mark in quartets by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. Now, having...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2018

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas (Jan Bartoš)

Jan Bartoš

This is the Czech pianist Jan Bartoš’s second Supraphon release. Last year he recorded two Mozart concertos for the label...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2018

BEETHOVEN Missa Solemnis (Rhorer)

Audi Youth Choral Academy | Chen Reiss | Daniel Behle | Jérémie Rhorer | Le Cercle de l’Harmonie | Tareq Nazmi | Varduhi Abrahamyan

I found this live Missa solemnis both moving and uplifting. With an average age of around 20, the 70-strong Audi...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2025

Ehnes & Armstrong play Brahms & Schumann

Andrew Armstrong | James Ehnes

I’ve been eagerly waiting for James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong to record the three Brahms violin sonatas. They’ve already recorded...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2024

SCHUMANN Cello Concerto (Christian-Pierre La Marca. Kian Soltani)

Christian-Pierre La Marca | Gregory Ahss | Julien Quentin | Philharmonia Orchestra | Salzburg Camerata

Schumann’s Cello Concerto – or, if we’re being really accurate, his Konzertstück for cello with orchestral accompaniment – represents a...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2025

Strauss, R Burleske; Beethoven Symphony No 7

Friedrich Gulda | Karl Böhm | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Strauss’s youthful Burleske is a wonderful piece, scabrous, quick-witted, packed with invention and, like much of Strauss’s piano music...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2008