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Beethoven Symphony No 9
A year after Pope Benedict XVI visited his native Bavaria in 2006, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus made...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2011
BRAHMS; SCHUBERT; FRANCK Works for Viola and Piano
Kirill Gerstein | Tabea Zimmermann
It is understandable that Tabea Zimmermann should be completely at home recording these works on the viola, for each one...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 04/2013
Beethoven Fidelio
Naxos seems to have an uncanny knack for choosing the right artists for its operatic ventures. On this occasion, perhaps...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1999
Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4
Northern Sinfonia | Richard Hickox
Listeners who, like me, start with the Fourth Symphony are in for a pleasant surprise: that long held pianissimo B...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1986
BEETHOVEN Woodwind Trios
Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Group
Not quite the surgery without anaesthetic as of later years. But WoO37 for flute, bassoon and piano from the teenage...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: AW2013
BEETHOVEN String Quartets Opp 127 & 59/2
Not perfunctory but not penetrating either. The Quartetto di Cremona are equal to technical demands but often wary of total...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2014
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonatas and Variations
Robert Levin | Steven Isserlis
A cellist who tends towards introversion; a fortepianist who tends the other way. Put them together and something magical happens...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 02/2014
BEETHOVEN Diabelli Variations (Gorini)
It is easy to hear why Filippo Gorini should have won the 2015 Telekom Beethoven Competition at the age of...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2017
BEETHOVEN Complete Violin Sonatas
Hannes Minnaar | Isabelle van Keulen | Martin Roscoe | Tasmin Little
Two brand-new Beethoven cycles from two major violinists, born little more than a year apart. Tasmin Little has a long-standing...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2016
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 5
As in Jonathan Biss’s first four Beethoven discs, Vol 5 offers a mix of works from various periods. It adds...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2016
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