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BEETHOVEN Complete works for piano trio, Vol 5 (Van Baerle Trio)
Jan Willem de Vriend | Residentie Orkest | Van Baerle Trio
The Van Baerle Trio have reached the end of their Beethoven cycle with what one might perhaps call a ‘bonus...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 09/2020
BEETHOVEN Die Ruinen von Athen. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
In the right hands, ‘incidental’ and ‘occasional’ Beethoven, even from the often-overlooked and underrated period of the early 1810s, turns...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 10/2020
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 4. Overtures (Kristian Bezuidenhout)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra | Kristian Bezuidenhout | Pablo Heras-Casado
Here we are: instalment three of a series that so far has been one of the finest ornaments of Beethoven’s...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2020
BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos (Bavouzet)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet first crossed my radar in 2005 with a striking Liszt recital on MDG that contained, among other gems,...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW20
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Nos 1-4 (Frank Peter Zimmermann)
Frank Peter Zimmermann | Martin Helmchen
A special joy of this Beethoven anniversary year has been the opportunity to hear performers of immense intelligence and experience...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 11/2020
BEETHOVEN Christus am Ölberge
Cathedralis Aboensis Choir | Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam has become notorious in recent years for giving performances of standard repertoire that rival Celibidache in their pseudo-mystical...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 09/2019
BEETHOVEN Complete Piano Concertos (Lisiecki)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Jan Lisiecki
The Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki has been accorded a distinct honour by DG, the company for whom he has recorded...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2019
BEETHOVEN Symphony No 9 (Jordan)
This is the final instalment of Philippe Jordan’s Beethoven cycle recorded live with the Vienna Symphony in the spring of...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2019
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas, Opp 106 & 111 (Filiippo Gorini)
Two years ago it was the Diabelli Variations; now 24-year-old Filippo Gorini is scaling scarcely less Himalayan peaks. And I...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 04/2020
BEETHOVEN Violin Sonatas Vol 2 (Frank Peter Zimmermann)
Frank Peter Zimmermann | Martin Helmchen
If you’ve yet to be persuaded of the merits of the Chris Maene Straight Strung Concert Grand Piano, this bright-eyed...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 07/2021
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