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Schubert 'Arpeggione' Sonata; Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme
Maxim Rysanov | Muhai Tang | Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Maxim Rysanov commissioned the present arrangement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata from the Plovdiv-born, London-based composer Dobrinka Tabakova (b1980). Tastefully laid...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2011
Beethoven String Quartets, Vol 2
At a slower tempo than usual, the first movement of Op 59 No 2 takes on an elegiac tone. In...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2004
Beethoven Symphonies
It's been two decades since the first period-instrument Beethoven symphony cycles appeared on disc. The pioneers were Monica Huggett and...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 6/2008
Beethoven Christus
This performance and recording, while not ideal, go a good way towards confirming my view that Christus am Oelberge, has...
Reviewed in issue 6/1987
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Recordings of the Missa solemnis have previously been categorised as the very few we might call ‘great’ and the others...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2004
Beethoven Triple Concerto
Alexander Gibson | English Chamber Orchestra | Jaime Laredo | Joseph Kalichstein | Sharon Robinson
It is good to see that there are now a reasonable number of versions of the Triple Concerto available for,...
Reviewed in issue 6/1986
Beethoven Symphonies
Carlo Maria Giulini | Milan La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra
Like the previous issue in Giulini's projected Beethoven cycle (11/92), this one offers predictably spacious readings of both symphonies. Anyone...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1994
Beethoven Piano Sonatas etc
Variations and fine trifles would seem to be the idea that binds together this somewhat heterogeneous collection of pieces, the...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1996
Beethoven (The) Complete Violin & Piano Sonatas
Since the pioneering set by Jos van Immerseel and Jaap Schröder, the Beethoven piano-and-violin sonatas haven’t received a lot of...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2005
Solomon plays Beethoven
Solomon's 1952 recording of the Hammerklavier Sonata is one of the great recordings of the century. Truth to tell, few...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/1993
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