Beethoven: The Symphonies – review

Dasch/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 conducted in the Vienna Musikverein between December 2008 and April 2010, and which have already appeared on DVD. Though they were indeed recorded in the present century, the performances seem to hark back unapologetically to a previous era. Thielemann's big...

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