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Beethoven: Bagatelles – review

4605 days ago
Guardian MusicSteven Osborne (piano) (Hyperion)Beethoven wrote his Op 119 Bagatelles – 11 short pieces each lasting no more than a minute or two – when he was working on two of his biggest works: the Missa Solemnis and the Ninth Symphony. His Leipzig publisher... more info

Pianist Ronald Brautigam tries to re-create Beethoven's own keyboard sound

4607 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaAt an April 20 program in San Jose, the Dutch pianist will play an 1823 Broadwood fortepiano that is similar to the Broadwood fortepiano owned by Beethoven in his later years. more info

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis – review

4607 days ago
Guardian MusicSchwanewilms/Jahns/LPO and Choir/Eschenbach etc(LPO)The latest issue from the London Philharmonic's own label is this idiosyncratic Missa Solemnis from 2008. The conductor is Christoph Eschenbach, and the performance has his trademark fondness for so... more info

Mark Swartzentruber – review

4609 days ago
Guardian MusicWigmore Hall, LondonThe American-born, London-based Mark Swartzentruber is a well-known teacher as well as a pianist, whose intellectual rigour and sense of thoroughness define him as a performer. A fine technician, he can be a dispassionate player, ... more info

Britten-Pears Orchestra/Manacorda – review

4611 days ago
Guardian MusicSnape Maltings, AldeburghBenjamin Britten and Peter Pears established their young artists' programme at Snape exactly 40 years ago, and it has gone on to become even more wide-ranging in scope and international in its embrace. Choosing to mark the an... more info

Maxim Vengerov/Itamar Golan – review

4611 days ago
Guardian MusicWigmore Hall, LondonMaxim Vengerov's recital was originally planned to mark his return to the UK as a violinist after taking time out to train as a conductor. Things didn't quite work out as intended, however, thanks to his decision to take over the ... more info

Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Bell – review

4613 days ago
Guardian MusicCadogan Hall, LondonIt is three decades since Joshua Bell began performing on the world's stages, but his playing still has something alluringly boyish about it, an impression reinforced by the pudding-basin haircut he has sported unchanged since his... more info

Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Overture to Beatrice and Benedict – review

4614 days ago
Guardian MusicScottish CO/Ticciati(Linn)Robin Ticciati's first disc with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is devoted to the composer who has featured prominently in his programmes since he became their principal conductor in 2009. Few previous recordings of the Symp... more info

This week's cultural highlights: Into the Abyss and Madonna

4618 days ago
Guardian MusicOur critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book now• Which cultural events are in your diary this week? Tell us in the comments belowOpening this weekTheatreIn a GardenThe Ustinov's ambitious season of mode... more info

Review: George Cleve leads Symphony Silicon Valley in uplifting favorites by Beethoven and Bach

4619 days ago
Mercury News, CaliforniaThe 90-plus voice symphony chorus and four star soloists, formerly with Opera San Jose, brought power and polish to Beethoven's Ninth. more info

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