Browse: Haitink Complete Beethoven Symphonies (series)

a complete confidence exists between the LSO, in magnificent form, and its conductor.This disc is a climax to the series — BBC Music Magazine, January 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

a blazing performance of the Seventh Symphony that reaches a superbly disciplined and frenzied conclusion — BBC Music Magazine More…

The orchestra plays superbly, and there are plenty of indications that the conductor has taken note of recent changes in attitude to Beethoven performance, such as giving prominence to the woodwind... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Fifth Symphony represents the challenge of being the best-known work in the repertoire, but without being quirky Haitink presents it in a way that feels utterly fresh. The First Symphony... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

…the slow third movement… moves along at a pace few conductors would have employed fifty years ago. Yet it never sounds hurried, and the dramatic brass interruptions towards its close have an... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

For anyone who wants first-rate stereo sound and a broadly traditional reading, it is hard to imagine more profoundly satisfying accounts than these. The playing of the LSO is nowadays quite... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…