All Beethoven articles – Page 5
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ReviewFrank Peter Zimmerman: Beethoven
Stylish yet sincere and focused playing in third volume from this duo
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ReviewChristian Tetzlaff: Beethoven
A duo in perfect harmony and with a shared sense of mercurial mischief
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Han–Setzer–Finckel Trio
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance from the Shalin Liu Performance Center, as part of the 2021 Rockport Chamber Music Festival
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ReviewConcert review: Esther Yoo (violin) Yekwon Sunwoo (piano)
Tim Homfray reports on the recital performance at London’s Wigmore Hall on 20 September 2021
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ReviewBook and sheet music review: Beethoven String Quartet op.131
Robin Stowell reviews both a new Bärenreiter urtext edition of the work, and a book-length commentary on the piece by Nancy November
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FocusJames Ehnes: ‘You should never be scared of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto’
Beethoven’s Violin Concerto has been a mainstay of the Canadian violinist’s repertoire since his teenage years, but it retains its ability to inspire
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ReviewEliot Quartet: Thème Russe
Quartet celebrates folk connections with luminous finesse and a spicy kick
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ReviewReview round-up: Edinburgh International Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe
David Kettle samples the best of the Scottish festivals’ strings-based programmes in August 2021, imaginatively refreshed and distilled for post-pandemic times
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ReviewConcert review: Nicola Benedetti (violin) Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon
Peer Quantrill hears the performance at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 4 July 2021
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ReviewVadim Gluzman: Beethoven, Schnittke
Vadim Gluzman: Beethoven, Schnittke The Strad Issue: September 2021 Description: Poised performances threaded through with a sense of Russian melancholy Musicians: Vadim Gluzman (violin) Lucerne Symphony Orchestra/James Gaffigan Works: Beethoven: Violin Concerto. Schnittke: Violin Concerto no.3 Catalogue number: BIS BIS-2392 (hybrid SACD) Alfred Schnittke wrote cadenzas for ...
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ReviewAris Quartet: Beethoven, Resch
An intense, tightly wound Rasumovsky plus expressive contemporary response
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Yevgeny Kutik (violin) Boston Civic Symphony/Francisco Noya
Dennis Rooney hears a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto from the First Church in Cambridge, MA, 13 June 2021
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ReviewEhnes Quartet: Beethoven
Beautifully balanced performances that wear the music’s intensity lightly
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ReviewYo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Hope Amid Tears
A sense of quiet magnificence radiates from two master musicians
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ReviewAris Quartet: Beethoven, Resch
An intense, tightly wound ‘Rasumovsky’ plus expressive contemporary response
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ReviewJuilliard Quartet: Beethoven, Bartók, Dvořák
Classic quartet programme to celebrate the birthday of a refined ensemble
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VideoEffortless Beethoven from Maxim Vengerov
A performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto from the 2011 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, of which Vengerov was jury chairman
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ReviewViktoria Mullova: Beethoven
A bright, fresh ‘Spring’ characterises violinist’s second Beethoven outing
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ReviewLive-streamed conert review: Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (violin/director)
Edward Bhesania watches the show at Sydney Town Hall, Australia, on 17 February 2021