Browse: Beethoven - The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 & Overtures
RecommendedKaterina Beranova (soprano), Lilli Paasikivi (alto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor) & Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, GewandhausChor, GewandhausKinderchor & MDF Rundfunkchor, Riccardo Chailly
Readings focused entirely on the composer, not on debating how things ‘should’ sound...The playing is responsive and immaculate throughout, forming the backbone of Chailly’s brilliantly authentic... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 23rd January 2012
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Orchestral
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 & 2 Overtures
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano), Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado
I have never heard this concerto sound so interesting and surprising. It is, of course, known as Beethoven’s most introspective. Here it fascinates anew for the sheer sounds it makes and for... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Overtures, & Grosse Fuge Joan Sutherland (soprano), Norma Procter (contralto), Anton Dermota (tenor), Arnold van Mill (bass)
L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Choeur du Brassus, Choeur des Jeunes de l’Église National de Vandoise, Ernest Ansermet
...the depth and concentration of Ansermet shines decisively out... Ansermet's reading is taut and imposing... In fine, Ansermet's is a performance which can be commended to any Beethoven collector... — More…
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Harnoncourt - Beethoven
RecommendedGidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Another absorbing set, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt bringing his impeccable, historically-informed sensibilities to the modern instruments of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. The Eroica is mightily... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
14 CDs
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Beethoven - Complete Symphonies
RecommendedAnna-Kristina Kaappola (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Thomas E. Bauer (baritone)
Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel
Indeed, from the first bristling chords, Anima Eterna's playing held me on the edge of my seat. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th April 2008
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2008, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven - Complete Symphonies & 6 Overtures
RecommendedAnna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, José van Dam
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Sets new standards of orchestral playing — More…
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Grammy Awards, 21st Awards (1978), Best Orchestral Performance
6 CDs
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Conductor Leif Segerstam captures the essence of this score effectively, conveying its colourful character, its wit and subtleties... this Prometheus is very well played and interpreted. Thus,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 & 5 Overtures
Gwyneth Jones, Tatiana Troyanos, Jess Thomas, Karl Ridderbusch
Wiener Philharmoniker, with Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Dresden Staatskapelle, Karl Böhm
6 CDs
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With some pretty fast tempos throughout, Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhausorchester certainly don't hang about, but there's never any question of the music sounding rushed, and the last movements... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2020, Recommended Recording
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