There’s such freshness and vigour here to challenge more familiar, pedestrian readings of Beethoven’s overtures, plus the real benefit of rarities such as Zur Namensfeier making this a must-have ...

Prometheus Overture - Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 - Beethoven Symphony No 6 (Pastoral) - Beethoven All-Beethoven programmes that include a popular concerto and symphony are among the greatest ...

During 1809 and 1810, Beethoven composed both the overture and the incidental music to Goethe’s play Egmont, depicting the life of the count of Egmont, a Flemish nobleman who was executed as part of a ...

We don’t usually feature BBC Music recordings in this slot because the BBC does a grand job of marketing its own products. But this disc, Vol 24 no 2, which comes with the BBC Music Magazine, has many ...

AN unheard Beethoven overture, which has been reconstructed by a Dutch composer using a computer program, will have its world premiere by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington next month. In ...

(Toscanini, NBC Symphony; RCA Victrola VIC-8000). Lots of the young bloods tend to pooh-pooh Toscanini’s taut, no-nonsense approach. but anyone knowing of a more intense and exciting Beethoven package ...