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8.505251 [5-Disc Boxed Set]
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‘The players of the Danish Chamber Orchestra excel. They have worked with Fischer for a long time on interpretations like this, and they respond to him with a praiseworthy level of detail.’
– AllMusic.com ★★★★
– AllMusic.com ★★★★
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‘Giltburg plays both works with the youthful panache that they require – the kind that makes [you] revel in the virtuoso passagework and good tunes.’
– ClassicsToday.com
– ClassicsToday.com
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Arrangements of two of the Beethoven’s great mid-period chamber masterpieces for soloist and string ensemble the – Violin Sonata No. 9, ‘Kreutzer’ and Cello Sonata No. 3.
8.574020
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‘A string of performances so vital and fresh that [Beethoven’s] music appears newly minted… this outrageous but still loving remix certainly worked.’
– The Times (London)
– The Times (London)
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8.501901 [19-Disc Boxed Set]
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‘The performances here truly represent a lifetime of musical thinking and are essential for serious Beethovenians.’
– All Music Guide
– All Music Guide
ODE1359-2T [3-Disc Boxed Set]
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‘Mustonen’s imaginative readings nonetheless deliver bags of illuminating detail. The recordings are superbly engineered.’
– Gramophone
– Gramophone
C999201
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‘What impresses most [is] Gielen’s grasp of the work’s overall architecture… The soloists are well matched and the Wiener Singverein are clearly well-disciplined and up to the task in hand.’
– Choir & Organ
– Choir & Organ
★★★★
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SWR19090CD [9-Disc Boxed Set]
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‘Gielen makes a great effort to use orchestral colours… In these recordings Beethoven’s music seems good-natured and full of life.
– Pizzicato
– Pizzicato
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Opera Lafayette’s 2020 production of Beethoven’s Leonore (1805 version), which includes the world premiere of Florestan’s lost original Act III aria reconstructed by the musicologist Will Crutchfield.
BVE08041
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‘The solo quartet is excellent (especially tenor Christian Bauer); the orchestra and chorus play and sing quite well.’
– Fanfare
– Fanfare
OA1023D
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‘Magnificent quality, musically as well as technically… Haitink is on his best form. His leadership is manifest in the tempos in the overtures as well as the drama proper.’
– American Record Guide
– American Record Guide
