Lise Davidsen takes on the role of Leonore in Beethoven’s Fidelio, with Dresdner Philharmonie under Marek Janowski.
Tag: Beethoven
Review: Beethoven – “Hammerklavier” Sonata, Eroica Variations – Aimard
Pierre-Laurent Aimard combines Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”) with the Eroica Variations, Op. 35.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: “Reimagine: Beethoven and Ravel” – Inna Faliks, Piano
Pianist Inna Faliks combines Beethoven’s Op. 126 Bagatelles with nine new contemporary pieces, some influenced by Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Cello Sonatas – Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Yo Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax return to Beethoven’s complete Cello and Piano music, 40 years after their first recording.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) – Les Siècles, Roth
François-Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles in Beethoven’s Third Symphony and an overture by Étienne-Nicolas Méhul.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, May 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Beethoven – The Last Three Piano Sonatas – Sunwook Kim
Sunwook Kim returns to Beethoven, with the last three Piano Sonatas, Op. 109-111.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony 5, 7 – musicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
Teodor Currentzis conducts the period instruments group musicAeterna in Beethoven’s Symphonies 5 and 7. A review of both albums.
Review: The Juilliard String Quartet Plays Beethoven, Bartók, Dvořák
The Juilliard String Quartet, with a new first violinist, perform Beethoven second “Razumovsky” quartet, Bartók’s String Quartet No. 3, and Dvořák’s “American Quartet.
