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A Window in Time - Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov
The day I believe in these recordings will be the day when someone discovers Rachmaninov diary fragments that chronicle a...
Reviewed in issue 1/1999
Beethoven (The) String Quartets
It all began in 1916. That’s when the then 108-year-old Gewandhaus Quartet entered the annals of recording history with a...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 6/2007
Beethoven Piano Concertos
Krystian Zimerman | Leonard Bernstein | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein didn't live to complete this cycle of the Beethoven piano concertos with Krystian Zimerman. It might have been...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1992
Beethoven Violin Concerto and Romances
Jan Willem de Vriend | Liza Ferschtman | Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
These are fine, thoughtful performances, noteworthy in several respects. The balance between orchestra and violin is very natural, giving the...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2011
Beethoven Edition, Vol. 5 - Piano Sonatas
In 1970, when DG issued their bicentenary Beethoven Edition, Wilhelm Kempff’s cycle of the piano sonatas, completed only five years...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/1997
Beethoven/Thuille Chamber Works
Ensemble Wien-Berlin | Stefan Vladar
Even the doughtiest music lover could go through life without hearing a note – or even the name – of...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1999
(A) Romantic Songbook
Justus Zeyen | Thomas Quasthoff
On this generous offering, Thomas Quasthoff presents his many admirers with a cornucopia of pleasurable, intelligent music-making in a judiciously...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/2004
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 and 8
Philippe Herreweghe | Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra
Good, vigorous, intelligent Beethoven interpretation, and a workable compromise between mostly modern-instrument sonorities (Philippe Herreweghe opts for natural trumpets and...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2008
Bethoven Piano Concertos 2 & 5
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Malcolm Sargent | Myra Hess | Nigel Hess
There is marvellous footage of Myra Hess playing Beethoven on Warner Vision's fascinating recent documentary The Art of Piano (see...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/2000
Beethoven Piano Trios
Czech Piano Trio | Vladimir Riha
Like the Ashkenazy/Perlman/Harrell trio in their (now regrettably deleted) excellent EMI set (3/87), the Czech Trio fit Beethoven's complete works...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1992
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