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Beethoven Piano Sonatas
John O'Conor | Marios Papadopoulos
The discrepancy in timing looks drastic, but with one exception I shall mention it reflects nothing more than two equally...
Reviewed in issue 11/1992
Beethoven Piano Sonatas 1/3/32
I remember being astonished to read in Joachim Kaiser’s Great Pianists of Our Time (George Allen & Unwin: 1971) that...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2000
Beethoven Sym Nos 3 & 8
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Berlin State Opera Orchestra | Erich Kleiber | Hans Pfitzner
The opera Palestrina has given Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) a kind of musical immortality, but he was a conductor, too. For...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: /2000
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2
John O'Conor's Beethoven is intriguing. Its lean textures, absence of fuss, disinclination for extremes of tempo, dynamic or temperamental display,...
Reviewed in issue 5/1988
Beethoven Piano Sonatas, 'Moonlight', 'Pathétique' & 'Waldstein'
Martin Roscoe | Steven Osborne
Much as I admire Steven Osborne (he was even able to persuade me of the merits of Britten’s Piano Concerto),...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2010
Beethoven (The) Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol 4
This completes the Florestan Trio’s Beethoven series. I’ve been impressed throughout by their thoughtfulness, the way each passage is presented...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2004
Beethoven String Quartets, Vol.1
It seems that for many an image goes with the name Alban Berg Quartet: polish, finesse intellectual penetration … ''But...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1993
Beethoven Violin Sonatas
Marc Neikrug | Pinchas Zukerman
This is a selection from Zukerman's and Neikrug's four-disc set of the ten sonatas which I reviewed last year. The...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1994
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4
London Classical Players | Melvyn Tan | Roger Norrington
Authentic performing styles are one thing, authentic recordings quite another. For the Lubin/Hogwood versions, Decca have achieved a balance that...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1989
Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Cellist Li-Wei Qin, born in Shanghai and educated in Australia and the UK, offers a highly accomplished Beethoven sonata cycle...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2011
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