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Chamber, Sextets, Beethoven (composer)
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Special offer. Les Vents Français: Winds & Piano
RecommendedLes Vents Français, Eric le Sage (piano)
The playing sparkles. None of these pieces will challenge the intellect, but each in turn tickles the senses. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended - K452
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 8
Augustin Dumay (violin, conductor), Augustin Dumay, Miguela da Silva, Svetlin Roussev, Henri Demarquette, Marie Chilemme, Aurelien Pascal (sextet)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Kansai Philharmonic
The familiar warmth is still there, but now there's a much firmer sense of disciplined purposefulness, and barely a rubato in sight. Whatever your opinions on the morality of style, there's... —
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Beethoven: Egmont, Wellington's Victory & Military Marches
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan
I won't claim that Wellington's Victory is Beethoven's greatest composition ever, but Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic give the piece just the right amount of knowing tongue-in-cheek,... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Réédition
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One of a batch of reissues celebrating the COE's 25th anniversary, this delectable disc presents the orchestra's superb wind section in Beethoven's fine, underrated Octet and some lighter pieces,... —
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Auf der Jagd Nach Romantik
Freiburger Barockorchester, Gottfried von der Goltz, Bart Aerbeydt, Gijs Laceulle
What a joy to hear the two natural horns running through their entire repertoire of sounds and effects, singing, braying, leaping, grumbling, wheedling and snarling...for the full range and... —
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Special offer. Dennis Brain: The Horn Player
RecommendedDennis Brain (horn), Colin Horsley (piano), Manoug Parikian (violin), Neill Sanders (horn), Dennis Brain Ensemble, Gerald Moore (piano), Denis Matthews (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, Morley College Symphony Orchestra, London Baroque Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan,...
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Building a Library, December 2020, Recommended Historical Recording
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Discover Chamber Music
Includes music by Gabrieli, Corelli, J.S. Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Stravinsky, Bartók, Crumb and others
François Fernandez (baroque violin), Glen Wilson (harpsichord), Jenö Keveházi (horn), István Tóth (double bass), Jenö Jandó (piano), Takako Nishizaki (violin), Ildikó Hegyi (violin), Christian Kohn (piano), Silke-Thora Matthies (piano), Rolf Schulte (violin), William Blount (clarinet), Christopher...
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Karajan A-Z: Beethoven
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (contralto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Walter Berry (bass (vocal), bass-baritone), Reinhold Schmidt (chorus master, chorus director), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano, contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor), José van Dam (bass (vocal)),...
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