Browse: Beethoven - Andante Favori in F, WoO 57

Ney and her husband, the conductor Willen van Hoogstraten, display great chamber-like rapport in Mozart’s K450, notwithstanding stylistically antediluvian phrase-tapering and swoopy portamentos.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

What a pleasure to encounter the full extent of Iturbi’s superb piano playing and elegant musicianship...Beethoven’s Andante favori is a model of tenderness and poise. It also prominently displays... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2016 More…

The crowning glory in this fifth volume of András Schiff's resonantly recorded, chronological survey of the Beethoven sonatas is his urgently propelled Waldstein Sonata. Schiff clearly views... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

You won’t be surprised to learn there’s nothing musically flashy or flippant here; no bumble bees flying, for instance. Instead Schiff has put each of his sonata programmes under the microscope... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This invaluable reissue of discs dating from 1952-53 is a reminder of Jorge Bolet's early stature. The first-ever recording of Prokofiev's malignant, ferociously demanding Second Concerto is... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 More…

I found his playing involving and engaged. One aspect of his playing that caught my ear early on was the strength of his left hand. I can imagine that some listeners might even find some of the... — MusicWeb International, 3rd March 2014 More…

he plays a rich-sounding modern instrument, and Chandos supplies its usual feather-bed acoustic. Yet whenever there's a chance to be abrasive, Bavouzet seizes it, and he relishes the opportunities... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

an experience that is somehow much more than the sum of its diverse parts. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2022 More…