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Review: Beethoven – Songs – Matthias Goerne, Jan Lisiecki
Baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Jan Lisiecki perform Beethoven songs.
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Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and its Concertmaster Bernhard Forck present two orchestral pieces which depicts nature - Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony and Knecht's "Le portrait musical de…
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Review: Beethoven – Piano Trios – Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Frank Braley
Renaud and Gautier Capuçon with pianist Frank Braley perform Beethoven's "Ghost" and "Archduke" piano trios. (Erato, 2020).
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Review: Beethoven – The Last Three Sonatas – Pollini (2020)
40 years after his original recordings of Beethoven's late Piano Sonatas, Maurizio Pollini return to the last three sonatas in a new live recording for DG.
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Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2 and 5 – Bezuidenhout, Heras-Casado
Kristian Bezuidenhout begins a new cycle of Beethoven's Piano Concerto, with the Freiburger Barockorchestrer under Pablo Heras-Casado.
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Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Sonatas – Fazil Say
Fazil Say presents Beethoven's 32 Piano Sonatas for Warner Classics (2020).
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Review: Beethoven – Symphonies No. 5 and 7 – NDR Radiophilharmonie, Andrew Manze
NDR Radiophilharmonie and Andrew Manze in Beethoven's famous fifth's and Seventh Symphonies.
Beginners Guides
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 – A Beginners Guide
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 is one of the most well-known pieces of western music. This guide gives background, musical analysis and recommends the best recording.
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Review: Beethoven – Late String Quartets – Brodsky Quartet
The Brodsky Quartet perform Beethoven's late String Quartets, No. 11-16 and the Große Fuge.
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Year in Review – The Top 10 Most Popular Classical Music Reviews of 2019
For our last post in 2019, we went back and checked our statistics, finding out which reviews were most popular this year.