Corelli: Trio Sonatas

Charles Medlam | London Baroque | London Classical Players | London Schütz Choir | Melvyn Tan | Roger Norrington

Corelli is definitely in vogue. All the best early music violinists seem to be recording his sonatas and concertos, and...

Reviewed in issue 3/1988

Beethoven Orchestral Works

Frans Brüggen | Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century

Three of Beethoven's most revolutionary works receive here performances that suggest something of the eclat terrible of war. The ardour...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1992

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 4 & 5

Vienna Concentus Musicus

Such is the vitality of these performances recorded live in Vienna’s Musikverein in May 2015, it is difficult to believe...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 02/2016

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 14 and 23

Yundi

Pianist Yundi has made recordings over the past dozen years ranging from exciting and incisive (the Chopin Scherzos and the...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2013

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Nos 3 & 21

Alice Sara Ott, the 23-year-old German-Japanese pianist, seems to be a musician in a hurry; since signing to DG in...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW/2011

BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos

Arthur Schoonderwoerd | Cristofori

These six – yes, six – Beethoven piano concertos were recorded over a period of years and in different locations....

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2014

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4

Daniel Harding | Maria João Pires | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Even with a never-ending stream of Beethoven piano concerto recordings, whether from established masters (Kempff, Arrau, Gilels, etc) or work...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2014

Beethoven Orchestral & Theatre Works

Kurt Masur | New York Philharmonic Orchestra

In many respects this is an exceptional record from Masur and the New York PO. Well filled and intelligently planned,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1994

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 & 5

Bolzano and Trento Haydn Orchestra | Gustav Kuhn

“This is the end!…From outside, floating over the danger zone, it must be magnificent drama, like Hiroshima, Nagasaki, 9/11…No greater...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/2007

BEETHOVEN Piano and Violin Concertos

Isabelle van Keulen | Julian Steckel | Stefan Vladar | Vienna Chamber Orchestra

If you fancy a set of the Beethoven piano concertos that’s suitable for listening to at a single sitting, then...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2017