All Beethoven articles – Page 9
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Review
Book review: Beethoven’s String Quartet in B Flat Major op.130: Four Lectures
Robin Stowell reviews a book bringing together four lectures by musicologist Hans Keller
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Concert review: Belcea Quartet
Tim Homfray visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 18 and 20 December 2019 for two all-Beethoven recitals
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Dmitry Sitkovetsky: Hommage To Fritz Kreisler And Sergei Rachmaninoff
An endless song of praise to two master musicians
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Premium ❘ Feature
Session report: zooming in on Beethoven
Trio con Brio Copenhagen is marking its 20th anniversary by recording the complete Beethoven piano trios. Andrew Mellor attends a session for the group’s third volume, including the monumental ‘Archduke’
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Quatuor Sine Nomine: Beethoven
Measured and thoughtful playing gives the music its full voice
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James Ehnes, Andrew Armstrong: Beethoven
Clean and highly musical performances that want a little for character
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Hagai Shaham, Raphael Wallfisch, Arnon Erez: Beethoven
Three composers seen through a glittering Nordic prism
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Video
Christian Tetzlaff on recording Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
‘It’s a big process that’s being portrayed, and it takes me with it, and touches me again and again - even after playing it over 330 times.’ So says Christian Tetzlaff on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, which he has recorded with conductor Robin Ticciati.
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Christian Tetzlaff: Beethoven
Performances of two cornerstone concertos that may divide audiences
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News
Deutsche Grammophon unveils Beethoven 2020 campaign
The yellow label has revealed plans for its campaign to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth
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Review
Eybler Quartet: Beethoven
Perfectly capturing the astringency of Beethoven’s first-period quartets
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Review
Trio con Brio Copenhagen: Beethoven
The Strad Issue: September 2019 Description: Beethoven the Romantic strains at the leash in these spacious performances Musicians: Trio con Brio Copenhagen Works: BEETHOVEN Piano Trios: in C minor op.1 no.3, in B flat major op.97 ‘Archduke’ Catalogue Number: Orchid Classics ORC 100101 Recorded as if ...
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Benyounes Quartet: Innovators: Bartók, Beethoven, Debussy
Quartet’s tenth-anniversary disc is something to celebrate
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Gallery
Ottmar Hörl and his smiling Beethovens
The German conceptual artist Ottmar Hörl poses next to some of his smiling sculptures representing the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven at Münsterplatz Square in Bonn, western Germany. Around 700 sculptures by the artist are displayed in the city until 2 June as part of the festivities to mark the ...
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Video
Beethoven's viola played in Los Angeles
LA Phil principal violist Teng Li plays the viola Beethoven used between the ages of about 16 and 22 when he was in the court orchestra in Bonn before his move to Vienna. The instrument, on a Stainer model, is thought to have been made in Vienna by Sebastian Dallinger ...
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News
700 smiling Beethovens to festoon Bonn for 2020 anniversary
The statues, designed by Ottmar Hörl, will be installed in the composer’s birth city this spring
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Review
Chloë Hanslip; Danny Driver: Beethoven
A conclusion to a Beethoven violin sonata cycle that strikingly points up the composer’s musical journey
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