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Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 & 5
Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti
Though one recalls with pleasure Bruno Walter's post-war Philadelphia recording of the Pastoral Symphony (Columbia LX963/7, 11/46—nla), the orchestra has...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1986
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3
Olli Mustonen | Tapiola Sinfonietta
He’s unconventional. But then he is Olli Mustonen. And he begins by conducting the opening phrase of the C minor...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2008
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1-9 etc
The generally welcome news that we would be having no more new Beethoven cycles this side of the millennium failed...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1996
Beethoven's Late Quartets
Adolf Busch | Busch Quartet | Rudolf Serkin
Up to a point the length of a review should denote importance—and were this the case, this notice ought to...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1985
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1
A new Beethoven sonata cycle is usually a major event, whether in performance or on record. Alfredo Perl is the...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 3/1997
Beethoven: Complete Symphonies, etc
First, some practical points. Such is the dramatic improvement in modern technology over the past ten years that this digitally...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1986
Beethoven Piano Trios
Trio Zingara's most widely heard recording to date has been a version of Beethoven's Triple Concerto, under the baton of...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 5/1990
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Not Beethoven's first ventures into the realm of the piano sonata, but the first three he thought worthy of publication....
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1993
Eleventh Van Cliburn International Competition - Olga Kern
Piano Competition winners come and go but the search for pianists who can sustain a convincing‚ longterm career remains intense...
Reviewed in issue 1/2002
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 4 and 6
Jan Willem de Vriend | Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Long before I acquired my first LP of a Beethoven symphony, I recall hearing the BBC Northern Orchestra under the...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 13/2010
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