BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas, Vol 2 (Michael Foyle)

Maksim Štšura | Michael Foyle

The Scottish-Estonian duo of Michael Foyle and Maksim Štšura swiftly follow up their first volume of Beethoven’s violin sonatas (4/21)...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2021

BEETHOVEN Complete Symphonies (WDR Symphony/Saraste)

From the early days of its work with Klemperer, Wand and Rosbaud, and then the ’60s tenure of Christoph von...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 06/2019

BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9 (Runnicles)

Annika Schlicht | Attilio Glaser | Bayerischer Landesjugendchor | Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Members of) | Donald Runnicles | Erin Wall | René Pape | World Orchestra for Peace | Würth Philharmonic Orchestra

A late and grand maestro sat in his dressing room, the story goes, after giving his all to another Ninth....

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2019

BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas Vol 9 (Jonathan Biss)

Jonathan Biss

Amid the veritable blizzard of Beethoven recordings that has already begun in anticipation of the 250th anniversary of his birth...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 12/2019

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3 (James Ehnes)

Andrew Armstrong | James Ehnes

With some discs, you can just tell that everything’s going to go like a dream. And it’s not just that...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2019

BEETHOVEN Egmont. The Creatures of Prometheus (Segerstam. Lee)

Kaisa Ranta | Matti Salminen | Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

The ‘Beethoven 2020’ compilers at DG have made a left-field choice in their inclusion of the Egmont music from Claudio...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 01/2020

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas (Hanslip)

Chloë Hanslip | Danny Driver

I’d looked forward to this disc. Chloë Hanslip and Danny Driver are both engaging and extremely accomplished artists, and this release,...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2017

BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto. Piano Concerto No 3

Christian Tetzlaff | Lars Vogt | Royal Northern Sinfonia | Tanja Tetzlaff

It is rare for us to be offered the C minor Piano Concerto and the Triple Concerto on the same disc....

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2017

BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 2 and 7 (Tessa Uys, Ben Schoeman)

Ben Schoeman | Tessa Uys

Scharwenka’s ingenious four-hand versions of the Beethoven symphonies are not easy to carry off. They may have been intended for...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 06/2023

BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos (Alexander Lonquich)

Alexander Lonquich | Munich Chamber Orchestra

In his booklet note, pianist and conductor Alexander Lonquich writes that this recording grew out of his long and cordial...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2025