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BEETHOVEN String Quartets Op 127 No 12; Op 131 No 14
A coupling of Op 127, the most approachable of Beethoven’s late quartets, with Op 131, the most strikingly radical, could...
Reviewed in issue 03/2012
Mozart Sonata in D for Two Pianos K448; Schubert Fantay in F minor D940
Katia Labèque | Marielle Labèque
The Labèque sisters offer a truly superlative account of the great F minor Fantasy in rich, warm-blooded sound. Rarely has...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2008
Beethoven String Quartets, Vol.1
The New Budapest Quartet were formed in 1971 and it was not long before they had collected a number of...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1990
Beethoven String Quartets Op.59/2 and Op.18/4
Artemis Quartet | David Adams | Endellion Quartet
The Endellion Quartet’s experience tells impressively in this collected edition not just of the regular Beethoven string quartets but also...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/2009
Beethoven Pastoral Symphony; Leonore Overture No. 3
Christoph von Dohnányi | Cleveland Orchestra
So far, Christoph von Dohnanyi's Beethoven symphonies don't appear to have generated much enthusiasm in these pages. After one hearing...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1987
Beethoven Fidelio
Assuredly, the vogue for setting classics in modern-day dress and settings will soon run its dismal course. This Met production,...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2004
Beethoven Late String Quartets
These celebrated recordings by the Hollywood Quartet first appeared in 1958 and had to wait for almost a quarter of...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1997
Liszt/Schubert Piano Works
These performances date from 1963, yet such is Sir Clifford Curzon’s alchemy that they seem timeless, as vital and poetic...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1997
Beethoven (The) Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol 3
The Florestan Trio seems determined to extract every last ounce of energy, wit and spirit from these early works. Op...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 6/2004
Beethoven Late Quartets
Virtuosity serving profundity? An unlikely concept perhaps but it happens here. Sample the fifth movement, Presto, of Op 131 and...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 11/2010
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