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BEETHOVEN Bagatelles. Diabelli Variations (Imogen Cooper)
Somehow it was a while since I had heard the Op 119 Bagatelles, and I’m grateful to Imogen Cooper for...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 04/2019
BEETHOVEN Piano Trios, Vol 1 (Sitkovetsky Trio)
Did any composer make a bigger splash with their Op 1 than Beethoven? Taking what had hitherto been a small-scale...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2020
Chen Reiss: Immortal Beloved - Beethoven Arias
Academy of Ancient Music | Chen Reiss | Richard Egarr
The programme alone whets the appetite. The Israeli soprano Chen Reiss and Richard Egarr have concocted an offbeat selection of...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 06/2020
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 1 & 4 (Martin Helmchen)
Andrew Manze | Berlin German Symphony Orchestra | Martin Helmchen
Having enjoyed the quietly confident artistry and musicianship of this team in the Second and Fifth Concertos (12/19), I looked...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 09/2020
BEETHOVEN Ghost Trio. Triple Concerto. Gassenhauer Trio. Symphony No 6(Beethoven Trio Bonn)
Following their lovely disc of the Op 70 No 2 Trio and their namesake composer’s own arrangement of the Second...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2020
Searching for Ludwig: Beethoven, Sollima & Ferré
Gidon Kremer | Kremerata Baltica | Mario Brunello
Unlike Leonard Bernstein’s famous recording of these same two late Beethoven quartets with the strings of the Vienna Philharmonic (DG,...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2020
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Opp 101, 109 & 111 (Nikolai Lugansky)
It has been a good few years since Nikolai Lugansky last released any Beethoven and he avoids the usual last...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2021
BEETHOVEN Leonore BEETHOVEN Fidelio (Brown; Honeck)
The difference in title is nominal, circumstantial and a little misleading: both of these versions of Beethoven’s only opera are...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 02/2021
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto. Trio Op 36 (arr of Symphony No 2)
My days of Beethoven Triple Concerto scepticism are now behind me, thanks to this breathtaking new recording by the powerhouse...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 04/2021
BEETHOVEN String Quartet Nos 15 & 16 (Ehnes Quartet)
I have a friend who cannot abide ‘late’ Beethoven and I’d hazard a guess that the five-movement Quartet in A...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2022
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