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Beethoven String Quartets, Op. 130 and 133 'Grosse Fuge'
Over the years‚ The Lindsays’ approach to Op 130 has remained remarkably consistent. The overall character of each movement‚ and...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2001
Beethoven Symphony No 9
In 50 years' time will anyone want to reissue any contemporary conductor's live Beethoven Ninth on record? (Will Beethoven's Ninth...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1985
Beethoven: Complete String Trios, Vol.1
The Mozart Trio, known before 1983 as the Ludwig Trio, embarked two years ago on their series of Beethoven trios:...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 9/1988
Beethoven: Choral Symphony
Menuhin's account of the Ninth Symphony begins impressively. Though the tempo is quite quick, with tension running high, there is...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1991
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 and 2
Okko Kamu | Stockholm Sinfonietta
There is a fierceness and keenness of articulation about these Swedish performances of Beethoven’s First and Second Symphonies that could...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/1996
Music Transfigured - Remembering Ferenc Fricsay
All three of these biopics are recommendable as introductions to those who know little or nothing about their subjects. With...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 8/2009
Beethoven Fidelio
On a musical level this is a worthy addition to Chandos’s Opera in English series. David Parry launches the reading...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/2005
Beethoven Symphony No 9, 'Choral'
Klaus Tennstedt’s expansive way with the Choral Symphony was definitely not what the doctor was regularly ordering in 1992. By...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2009
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
An excessively dry acoustic is always a challenge for a pianist, since it enables every tiniest detail to be scrutinized....
Reviewed in issue 1/1990
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
A gilels record was always a special event. In the first place it was gratifying to have a significant addition...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1985
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