Beethoven: The Symphonies – review

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century/Brüggen(Glossa, five CDs)Frans Brüggen and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, the period-instrument band he founded in 1981, used to be regular visitors to Britain. They've not given a concert here for some years, so this new set of the Beethoven symphonies, taken from concerts in Rotterdam last year, is a welcome reminder of what we've been missing. Other period-instrument orchestras may have become more svelte and suave over the last two decades, gr...

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