Chamber, Quintets, Piano Quintets, Beethoven (composer)
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Beethoven & Mozart: Quintets for Piano and Wind
RecommendedWalter Gieseking, Dennis Brain
Philharmonia Wind Quartet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
There have never been any doubts about these performances. The horn playing in the Sinfoniaconcertante is unsurpassable and in the quintets Gieseking's lightness and his clarity and sense of... —
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Building a Library, April 2007, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The playing sparkles. None of these pieces will challenge the intellect, but each in turn tickles the senses. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended - K452
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Mozart & Beethoven - Quintets for Piano & Winds
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
The combination of Stephen Hough and wind players from the BPO makes for sparkling performances of these two quintets… It is noticeable that the Berlin horn is less plummy than the Viennese,... —
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Building a Library, April 2007, Single Disc Choice
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Beethoven: Piano Concertos
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Karin Egardt (oboe), Kevin Spagnolo (clarinet), Mikael Lindström (bassoon), Terése Larsson (horn), Swedish Chamber Orchestra
This latest set in a year that threatens a surfeit of Beethoven piano concerto releases gets better as it goes along...in the grandeur, sweep and spontaneity he brings to the opening movement... —
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Mozart: Quintet K. 452 & Beethoven: Quintet Op. 16
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano), Anthony Halstead (horn), Thea King (clarinet), Neil Black (oboe), Graham Sheen (bassoon)
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended - K452
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Ensemble Dialoghi perform K452 on period instruments, which provide a wonderful, juicy sound right from the opening E flat chord. The piano initially comes as a disappointment…Get past the slow... —
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Special offer. Boundless: Beethoven Complete Works For Piano Four Hands
Artur Pizarro & Rinaldo Zhok (piano)
Artur Pizarro and Rinaldo Zhok are a fine partnership, bouncing ideas to and fro with zeal. —
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Cantante e tranquillo
András Keller, Zsófia Környei (violin), Zoltán Gál (viola), Judit Szabó (cello), János Pilz (violin - 3, 5, 6, 7, 8), Ottó Kertész (cello - 3, 7), Alexei Lubimov (piano - track 5)
Keller Quartett
it's all expertly played, even if the Bach is more Romantic in its use of vibrato than might be expected nowadays. —
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