Browse: Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedTwyla Robinson (soprano), Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano), John Mac Master (tenor) & Gerald Finley (bass), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello) & Lars Vogt (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Bernard Haitink
a blazing performance of the Seventh Symphony that reaches a superbly disciplined and frenzied conclusion — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Harnoncourt - Beethoven
RecommendedGidon Kremer & Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Another absorbing set, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt bringing his impeccable, historically-informed sensibilities to the modern instruments of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. The Eroica is mightily... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Recording of the Year
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2020, Also Recommended
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Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Triple Concerto
Maria João Pires (piano), Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Tim Hugh (cello), Lars Vogt (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Pires plays with the lightness, clarity and impeccable phrasing that have made her career...Haitink keeps the orchestra firmly in classical territory, helped by reduced instrumentation. Pires... — More…
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (Leonore), Jon Vickers (Florestan), Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), Gottlob Frick (Rocco), Ingeborg Hallstein (Marzelline), Gerhard Unger (Jaquino), Franz Crass (Don Fernando)
Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Whilst I love the dramatic energy of Karajan’s (thrilling but rough-round-the-edges) 1962 Fidelio, Ludwig sounds more secure in terms of diction and intonation on this studio recording from the... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
2 CDs
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Wilhelm Furtwängler
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Building a Library, December 2007, First Choice
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Building a Library, April 2018, Recommended Recording
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Beethoven: Overtures and Incidental Music
Bach Society Minnesota
Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
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Beethoven: Complete Symphonies & Selected Overtures
RecommendedFrom the legendary Oct-Dec 1939 cycle: new 2013 digital transfers
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
a remarkable testament to Toscanini — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Warner Classics has reissued a complete set of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s studio recordings, reuniting for the first time Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, HMV, Decca and Telefunken in one release. This... — More…
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Réédition
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Winner - Historical
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A period-informed, modern-instrument band going full tilt at this music with the flair and dynamism of Harnoncourt and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. — More…
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Concert of the Century
RecommendedIsaac Stern (violin), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Vladimir Horowitz (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), The Oratorio Society
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein, Lyndon Woodside
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Grammy Awards, 20th Awards (1977), Classical Album of the Year
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