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BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas 1, 5, 6, 10 (Antje Weithaas)
Between them violinist Antje Weithaas and pianist Dénes Várjon made me question the very basis of how I, as a...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2024
Beethoven Missa Solemnis; Schubert Symphony No 8; Wagner Faust Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Jascha Horenstein
This deeply considered recording of the Missa solemnis, impressively cast and carefully prepared, arrives 40 years too late. Had it...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2004
Elly Ney plays Beethoven
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Elly Ney | Max Fiedler
The resurrection and refurbishment on CD of many great performances from the past is surely among the chief musical joys...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1996
Beethoven; Mozart; Schubert Arias
Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Thomas Hampson | Vienna Concentus Musicus
Nothing very surprising about the list of composers but a second glance at the details of the programme will suggest...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2005
Grigory Sokolov plays Schubert & Beethoven
To call Sokolov’s Schubert heavy-laden would certainly be no exaggeration. However, to say, as the gushy booklet essay does of...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 03/2016
Beethoven Symphonies
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Wolfgang Sawallisch
It is always a pleasure to hear the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra play the classic repertoire; their performances are never less...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1994
Beethoven String Quartets 13 & Grosse Fuge
Robert Layton and I seem to be of one mind when it comes to recordings of the late Beethoven quartets....
Reviewed in issue 11/1989
Beethoven Violin Concerto; Romances
Andrew Davis | Oscar Shumsky | Philharmonia Orchestra
Oscar Shumsky's admirers will have been eagerly awaiting his recording of the Beethoven Concerto, and it will not disappoint them:...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1988
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas
The tone-quality of Andre Watts's instrument, a Yamaha, is mellow to the point of pluminess. It produces some extremely beautiful...
Reviewed in issue 9/1988
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
It is a pity that Richard Goode begins the C minor Sonata with such an excessively clipped statement of the...
Reviewed in issue 4/1992
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