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Belcea Quartet launch their Beethoven cycle
19th Nov 2012
Excellent ensemble and complete sympathy and understanding between the players are the hallmarks of this projected complete cycle by the former BBC New Generation Artists, who have been winning plaudits galore for their live performances of these works over the past few years.
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Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1
Belcea Quartet
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Beethoven Symphonies from Thielemann and Chailly
23rd Jan 2012
Thielemann offers a cycle in the grand Germanic tradition with the Wiener Philharmoniker, whilst Chailly’s interpretations with Gewandhausorchester Leipzig emphasise lightness and freshness without ever sounding too hard-driven or breathless. James puts the case for each approach.
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Beethoven’s Fidelio from Abbado and Kaufmann
20th Jun 2011
The German tenor is mesmerising from his very first note, whilst Nina Stemme is scarcely less compelling as his heroic wife Leonore in this exhilarating live concert recording from last year’s Lucerne Festival.
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Beethoven's Diabelli Variations from Paul Lewis
30th May 2011
Following his masterly traversals of the complete piano concertos and sonatas, the British pianist imbues the Diabelli Variations with humour, exuberance and poetic beauty in a recording which stands comparison with his mentor Alfred Brendel.
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Paul Lewis (piano)
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Fliter and Ibragimova excel in Beethoven
25th Apr 2011
Ingrid Fliter records the Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 17 and 23 on Warner Classics, and Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien continue their excellent series of the violin sonatas on Wigmore Hall Live.
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Beethoven and Period Instruments
28th Apr 2008
Belgian conductor Jos van Immerseel and his Amsterdam-based group Anima Eterna impress in an historically-informed cycle of the complete Beethoven symphonies, which will be an Editor’s Choice in the next issue of Gramophone…
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Nigel Kennedy
14th Apr 2008
The maverick violinist impresses in ‘rhythmically driven and playful’ Beethoven, but fails to convince in a Mozart concerto which sees him take up an electric violin for the cadenza…
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Paul Lewis's Beethoven
7th Apr 2008
Ahead of the release of the final instalment of his acclaimed cycle on Harmonia Mundi, Chris offers an overview of the Liverpool-born pianist’s ‘utterly compelling’ traversal of the complete sonatas.
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Beethoven - Piano Sonatas Volume 4
Paul Lewis (piano)
