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Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 & 5
Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti
There have been few recent Beethoven issues so exciting as this—the first disc in Muti's new cycle. The excitement is,...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1986
Beethoven: Chamber Works for Flute
James Galway | Joseph Swensen | Paul Neubauer | Philip Moll
Galway is certainly engagingly whimsical in the bright, rhythmic outer movements of the Op. 25 Serenade, and if his strong...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1990
Beethoven Complete Symphonies, etc
Haitink's second Beethoven cycle was greeted warmly by RO when it first appeared (6/88), reservations about the Second Symphony (''curiously...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 9/1994
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 7 & 8
David Zinman | Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
No one who relates to Toscanini’s Beethoven on the one hand or Gardiner’s on the other will take issue with...
Reviewed in issue 7/1998
Beethoven Diabelli Variations
This is the most intelligent, searching and sheerly delightful account of the Diabelli Variations to have reached us since Alfred...
Reviewed in issue 8/2001
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 8, 19 and 29
François-Frédéric Guy's new recording of Beethoven's mighty Hammerklavier Sonata makes for fascinating comparison with his 1997 traversal on Harmonia Mundi...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2006
Beethoven Septet, Op 20; Hindemith Octet
The impeccable ensemble and superb soloist skills of the Vienna Chamber Ensemble magnificently highlight the elegance of Beethoven’s musical discourse...
Reviewed in issue 4/1996
Brahms & Smetana Piano Trios
Founded in 1991, the Vienna Mozart Trio make up in enthusiasm and attack what they as yet lack in technical...
Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 10/1998
Beethoven String Quartets 4 & 14
Like the Juilliard and Emerson Quartets, the Hagen has a healthy habit of 'making it new', visiting standard repertoire with...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2000
Beethoven; Gershwin Piano Concertos
Both concertos are new to the Cherkassky discography, doubly welcome as they are live performances, the environ in which this...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2008
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