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BSO/Alsop – review

4675 days ago
Guardian MusicColston Hall, BristolDuring her six-year tenure as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor, Marin Alsop built up a strong fanbase in Bristol. So she got a warm welcome on this return to the Colston Hall, in appreciation of her role i... more info

Hebrides Ensemble – review

4679 days ago
Guardian MusicPerth Concert HallAlexander von Humboldt, German scientist and explorer, travelled the new world at the turn of the 19th century and wrote his reports in quasi-Romantic prose. His Personal Narrative of a Journey is an odd mix of scientific fact, glum... more info

Why do so many musicians avoid their own recordings?

4679 days ago
Guardian MusicAlmost every performer or composer I've met cannot stomach hearing their own recordings - even when they're the best you could ever hope to hear. Why not?Talking to pianist Richard Goode for this week's Music Matters, he said something to me that see... more info

British radio's 'Desert Island Discs' turns 70

4682 days ago
TopixMargaret Thatcher chose Beethoven, Michael Caine picked Frank Sinatra and boxer George Foreman selected The Beatles' "All You Need is Love." They are among almost 3,000 guests who have appeared on the radio program "Desert Island Discs," a British br... more info

Philharmonia/Salonen – review

4682 days ago
Guardian MusicRoyal Festival Hall, LondonAmnesty International was founded just over 50 years ago, an anniversary marked by Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia with performances of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Dallapiccola's one-act opera Il Prigioniero (The ... more info

Beethoven: String Trios Op 9 – review

4689 days ago
Guardian MusicTrio Zimmermann(Bis)These three Opus 9 trios present a fascinating picture of the young Ludwig, bursting with ideas and an impatient desire to take a musical form born as the baroque trio sonata and breathe bold new Beethovian life into it. But as st... more info

Hallé/Elder – review

4691 days ago
Guardian MusicBridgewater Hall, ManchesterThe Sixth is possibly the simplest of Beethoven's symphonies to listen to, yet the most challenging to present. By interpolating a storm into an unusual five-movement structure, Beethoven effectively created the first c... more info

Beethoven: The Symphonies – review

4692 days ago
Guardian MusicDasch/Fujimura/Beczala/Zeppenfeld/Wiener Singverein/Wiener Philharmoniker/ThielemannSony Classical, six CDs"The Beethoven cycle of the 21st century" proclaims a sticker on these recordings, which were taken from concerts Christian Thielemann conducte... more info

Jonathan Biss – review

4693 days ago
Guardian MusicQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonJonathan Biss opened and closed his recital with two of the Beethoven sonatas – No 5 in C Minor, Op 10 No 1 and No 26 in E Flat "Les Adieux" – that feature on his latest album, the first volume of a full cycle, schedul... more info

The Seasons – review

4694 days ago
Guardian MusicBarbican, LondonFirst performed in 1801, The Seasons was Haydn's last oratorio and has a reputation for being something of a problem piece. Its depiction of a divinely appointed, rationally ordered natural universe, populated solely by a cheerful rur... more info

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