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Beethoven Chamber Works
Ian Brown | Levon Chilingirian | Louise Williams | Sergio Azzolini | Susan Milan
Mozart was without doubt the greatest composer of music for wind instruments, either as soloists or as members of an...
Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 4/1993
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Rarely have I heard a distinguished pianist make Beethoven sound like some latter-day Viennese Scarlatti, the tone dry, the accentuation...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1992
Beethoven Septet; Serenade
The Septet is one of Beethoven’s sunniest works, and Ensemble 360 promote the happy mood with playing that emphasises bright,...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2009
Brahms Piano Sonata No 3; Schubert Piano Sonata, D960
It took wild horses to drag Curzon into the studio, at least in his last years, and he was an...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 7/1996
Wilhelm Kempff plays Beethoven
Franz-Paul Decker | Montreal Symphony Orchestra | Seiji Ozawa | Wilhelm Kempff
Having begun the valuable recording of all C. P. E. Bach’s keyboard concertos in a Budapest church, I suppose it...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1997
Beethoven Symphonies
Herbert Blomstedt | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
While neither of these performances looks set to challenge currently prevailing ideas or to point out new paths, they're certainly...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 12/1991
Mozart Vesperae solennes de Confessore; Schubert E flat Mass
Ever an inspiriting Mozartian, Mackerras directs an energetic, exultant performance of the Solemn Vespers, slightly compromised by the notoriously swimmy...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/2009
Beethoven Choral Symphony
Though the audience are pretty well inaudible until the final enthusiastic applause, this Haitink/Concertgebouw Choral Symphony was recorded at a...
Reviewed in issue 11/1984
Beethoven String Quartets, Volume 3
The Kodaly Quartet show here their usual fine technical control, together with near-perfect balance and blend. This account of these...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/1996
Beethoven Piano Sonatas
The highlight (by some margin) of the Beethoven Day at London’s South Bank Centre last May was Charles Rosen’s leisurely...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1997
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