Symphonic Connections

I've often felt that Mahler's symphonies refer to their numbered Beethovenian counterpart.  Mahler's Fifth, for instance, nods t...

Bubbling Theatricality

After a disappointingly slow-burn all-Beethoven concert on Tuesday , Maria João Pires and Orchestra Mozart returned to the Southbank Centre ...

Last-minute Heroics

Bernard Haitink and Maria João Pires have a long-standing working relationship and one that has paid great musical dividends. So it was good...

Face the Modern

From 9 October to 12 January, the Viennese fin de siècle will be much in evidence in Trafalgar Square.  Facing the Modern: The Portrait in ...

Beethoven - Missa Solemnis - Orquestre de Champs Élysées, Collegium Vocale Gent, La Chapelle Royale, Philippe Herreweghe

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Beethoven - Piano Concertos nrs. 1 & 3 - Gerhard Oppitz, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Marek Janowski

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