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Anton Kuerti’s 1974-75 Beethoven cycle originally was released on the Canadian Aquitaine label, and later in the United States on CBS Odyssey (now Sony). My
This SACD transfer of Anne-Sophie Mutter’s Beethoven violin sonatas, taken from a series of live recordings from 1998, does not transcend the questionable interpretations. In
APR’s second volume devoted to pianist Benno Moiseiwitsch’s Beethoven features the pianist’s previously unissued recording of the Kreutzer sonata with violinist Jascha Heifetz. Little interpretive
Roger Norrington’s rapidly evolving second Beethoven cycle continues to reveal that in most respects the conductor has finally learned how to perform this music, at
The excellence of these two famous performances hasn’t diminished a bit over time. George Szell’s Beethoven Fifth exists in three versions: this one; another with
Volume 3 of the Naxos/Schnabel Beethoven sonata cycle from the 1930s begins with the great Op. 10 No. 3, where the pianist’s fiery, headlong traversals
The Prazák Quartet is nothing if not consistent, and this new entry in its continuing Beethoven Quartet series more than lives up to its predecessors.
Although EMI has two “superstar” Beethoven Triple Concerto recordings to its credit (Oistrakh/Rostropovich/Richter and Perlman/Ma/Barenboim), I don’t necessarily prefer them to the label’s less-celebrated (and
The Paizo Quartet brings a wonderfully heartfelt and deeply expressive quality to Beethoven’s Op. 131. The barely discernible accent on the opening melody’s fourth note
(Sung to the opening measures of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony): “Avoid this disc! Don’t take the risk! These two performances have been released before In better
