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Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 & 7
Christoph von Dohnányi | Cleveland Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnanyi's readings of the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies are smoothly, perhaps at times too smoothly, executed. Phrasing is...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1988
Beethoven Symphonies
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Wolfgang Sawallisch
Once it is accepted that this is going to be—pardon the cliche—old-fashioned classical-romantic Beethoven, there's a lot to enjoy here....
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 12/1992
Beethoven/Weber Chamber Works
Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble
Beethoven's Septet has been played and recorded in various ways—as an eighteenth-century serenade, as an early nineteenth-century symphony writ small,...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1994
Beethoven Piano Sonatas No 26, 'Les Adieux', & No 29, 'Hammerklavier'
Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much. The subject is Beethoven’s speed indications for the Hammerklavier, especially that of the...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 8/2003
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 7 and 8
Bertrand de Billy | Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
A robust, spirited coupling, warm in texture overall and with a sensible approach to string vibrato: for example, de Billy...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2010
Beethoven Sonatas for Cello & Piano Nos 4 & 5
Hidemi Suzuki | Yoshiko Kojima
A short CD, but a memorable one! Hidemi Suzuki and Yoshiko Kojima should, we imagine, sound familiar. The ‘straight’ cello...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2004
Beethoven Late String Quartets
I should say straight away that this is a most impressive set and contains some of the most searching late...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1983
Beethoven Diabelli Variations, etc
This is, no doubt about it, an alternative view of the Diabelli Variations. It starts with what sounds like an...
Reviewed in issue 7/1999
Beethoven Symphonies
Günter Wand | North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
The idea that conductors get better as they get older, even unto extreme old age, is not one that withstands...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1994
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 30-32
Cédric Pescia, winner of the Gina Bachauer competition, has previously set his recording sights high with the Goldberg Variations. Now...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2009
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