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Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas
Cascavelle has reissued Aldo Ciccolini’s 1995‑99 Beethoven cycle for the Italian Bongiovanni label (it also appeared on Nuova Era) as...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 4/2007
Beethoven Fidelio
Fidelio, so difficult to bring off in the theatre, is an ideal opera for listening to at home. In this...
Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 7/2009
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Beethoven's Triple Concerto is a work for which I have a particular affection; not because, as experts tell us, it...
Reviewed in issue 5/1986
Serenade
Several great romantic composers were fulsome in their praise of the guitar but sadly failed to write anything of substance...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1994
Beethoven Prometheus Ballet
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Michael Halász
The scenario for Beethoven’s ballet has long since vanished, though the general outline can be deduced. The subject meant much...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1998
Beethoven Complete Violin Sonatas
Alexander Melnikov | Isabelle Faust
The musical sleight of hand used by these expert players to focus the very different character of each sonata is...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2010
Beethoven Music for Wind Instruments
Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wind Soloists
Beethoven's two substantial pieces for wind ensemble, the Op. 71 Sextet and the Op. 103 Octet (early in spite of...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1987
Beethoven Violin Concerto
Erich Gruenberg | Jascha Horenstein | Philharmonia Orchestra
By a quirk of the record industry this outstanding version of Beethoven's Violin Concerto has only previously been available through...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1985
Rubinstein Piano Concerto No. 4, etc
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Shura Cherkassky | Vladimir Ashkenazy
This recording complements Cherkassky’s 1994 studio performance of Rubinstein’s Fourth Piano Concerto (made when he was 85) with a selection...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1996
Beethoven: Early String Quartets
In reviewing this set on its first appearance I registered admiration rather than unqualified pleasure. This superb ensemble has all...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1986
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