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Beethoven Symphonies
New recordings of the Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Symphonies complete what must be regarded as an historic set of performances,...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1989
Beethoven String Quintets
These two quintets, rearrangements by Beethoven himself, are both very unfamiliar. He recast the fine Piano Trio, Op. 1 No....
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/1999
Schubert Symphonies Nos 5 & 8
Georg Solti | Otto Klemperer | Philharmonia Orchestra | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The Walter record (CBS) was made in 1961 and comparison with latest record from Solti of the same coupling shows...
Reviewed in issue 9/1985
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5; Choral Fantasia
David Zinman | Swiss Chamber Choir | Yefim Bronfman | Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra
Rather than opt for superficial barnstorming, Yefim Bronfman and David Zinman offer us a discreet, subtly voiced and above all...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 13/2006
Beethoven Violin Concerto; Romances
Carlo Maria Giulini | Milan La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra | Salvatore Accardo
Here we have a challenging partnership between two of Italy's most distinguished musicians, both of them remarkable for thoughtfulness and...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1995
Beethoven (ed Cooper) Piano Concertos 2 & 4
Charles Mackerras | English Chamber Orchestra | Mikhail Kazakevich
What are being offered here are Beethoven's Second and Fourth Piano Concertos as we have never quite heard them before....
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1994
Beethoven Chamber Works
Beethoven's Septet has always been popular––to his considerable irritation when it was compared favourably with later, greater works––but the C...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1993
Beethoven Symphony No 9 'Choral'; Consecration of the House
Simax’s valuable complete-Beethoven- orchestral- works set amounts to a Beethoven refresher course, which means the fruits of modern scholarship gainfully...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2009
Beethoven String Quartets
The Brandis Quartet recorded a number of Beethoven quartets in the mid-1980s including the E minor Rasumovsky, Op. 59 No....
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1994
Beethoven String Quartets, Op 18 Nos 1, 4 and 5
Both these discs are first instalments of complete Beethoven sets, and both offer technically secure performances with plenty of character....
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2004
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