Instrumental, Piano Solos, Bagatelles, Beethoven (composer)
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Cooper describes [the Diabellis] as ‘a wonderful journey…I am instantly in a good mood when practising or performing this piece.’ And that is what overwhelmingly comes over in her superb recording…Cooper... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Instrumental Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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This disc serves to remind us how much marvellous music Beethoven wrote where there isn’t a scowl in sight…Throughout, Paul Lewis plays with the most natural, relaxed but concentrated enjoyment,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th July 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2020, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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If the programme sounds familiar, the reality is anything but. The first movement of Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 emerges spacious and unhurried…The Op. 119 Bagatelles are an even greater... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th May 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Unexpected tempos, but the atmosphere is unmistakable. Kolesnikov finds nocturnal quietude in the Moonlight Sonata, and his lucid, thoughtful approach pays off elsewhere too. —
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His playing is immaculately polished, but here he misses something of the arresting brusqueness, heartfelt lyricism, madcap zaniness, and tender melancholy...Osborne's most expressive playing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2012, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven
Royal Festival Hall, 18 June 1975
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
This is an astounding disc. It contains some of the greatest piano playing I have ever heard, and the most profound interpretation of what is, for me, Beethoven's greatest piano work, the Hammerklavier... —
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Alice Sara Ott - Beethoven
Alice Sara Ott (piano), Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis
The clarity and realism of the recording in the concerto are what first impress...Of course, such an achievement would be meaningless if the performance was not at the same level, but the orchestral... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Concerto Choice
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His readings have the easy authority of one who has no difficulty in tracing the composer's most casual thoughts, even if he does not always follow his instructions to the letter. Brendel shows... —
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Building a Library, September 2004, First Choice
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Building a Library, September 2004, Highly Recommended
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Beethoven: Lieder & Bagatellen
Christoph Berner (fortepiano J. B. Streicher, 1847), Werner Güra (tenor)
Güra's noble and beautifully enunciated tenor recreates the sheer energy and spiritual struggle within the microcosm of Beethoven's songs…Berner's 1847 Streicher fortepiano captures well the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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