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Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 - 9
It would be difficult to find an odder Beethoven cycle than this. A mish-mash of Berlin Philharmonic and Bavarian RSO...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/2003
Janet Baker - Lieder by Haydn, Schumann, Schubert, Wolf & R.Strauss
Geoffrey Parsons | Janet Baker | John Constable | Paul Hamburger
Although recorded on three separate occasions, and with different accompanists, this programme is fairly typical of the recitals that Dame...
Reviewed in issue 11/2000
Beethoven Folksong Arrangements
Alida Schat | Bart van Oort | Jaap ter Linden | Lynne Dawson
In 1809, after persistent persuasion from the Scottish publisher George Thomson, Beethoven finally agreed to his commission to write accompaniments...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2009
Beethoven Symphony 9
It was an intelligent move to launch this period-instrument Beethoven cycle with a coupling of the comparatively light-weight Second and...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1987
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 & 5
An excellent and often urgent Fifth, the opening forceful but unforced, pressing forwards rather in the manner of the Kleibers....
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2006
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4
Australian Chamber Orchestra | Dejan Lazic | Richard Tognetti
This disc showcases Dejan Lazic´ as a Beethovenian, with a live Fourth Concerto captured at the end of a 12-concert...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 5/2011
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 & 7
Benjamin Zander | Philharmonia Orchestra
The results are impressive. The music is taken consistently up to speed, driven strongly but by no means inflexibly along,...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2000
Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3
Chistian Gansch | Mikhail Pletnev | Russian National Orchestra
The conventional mingles with the unconventional. Christian Gansch represents the conventional. He is a well schooled conductor and helpful partner...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 5/2007
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 1-3 & 15
Listen to Stephen Kovacevich anywhere in these four sonatas and the authentic voice of Beethoven leaps out at you. The...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 13/1999
Beethoven Works for Cello & Piano
Hidemi Suzuki | Yoshiko Kojima
This music certainly benefits from being heard on original instruments. The sound of the Christopher Clarke copy of a 1795...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2000
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