Chamber, Sextets, Beethoven (composer)
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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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One wouldn’t normally expect late-18th-century aristocratic entertainment music to survive the test of time, but this really does speak across the ages…The horn writing is especially ear-catching:... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Winner - Innovative Listening Experience of the Year
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Beethoven: Egmont, Wellington's Victory & Military Marches
RecommendedBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan
I won't claim that Wellington's Victory is Beethoven's greatest composition ever, but Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic give the piece just the right amount of knowing tongue-in-cheek,... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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One of a batch of reissues celebrating the COE's 25th anniversary, this delectable disc presents the orchestra's superb wind section in Beethoven's fine, underrated Octet and some lighter pieces,... —
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Dennis Brain: The Horn Player
RecommendedDennis Brain (horn), Colin Horsley (piano), Manoug Parikian (violin), Neill Sanders (horn), Dennis Brain Ensemble, Gerald Moore (piano), Denis Matthews (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, Morley College Symphony Orchestra, London Baroque Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan,...
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Building a Library, December 2020, Recommended Historical Recording
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Beethoven: Violin Concerto & Symphony No. 8
Augustin Dumay (violin, conductor), Augustin Dumay, Miguela da Silva, Svetlin Roussev, Henri Demarquette, Marie Chilemme, Aurelien Pascal (sextet)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Kansai Philharmonic
The familiar warmth is still there, but now there's a much firmer sense of disciplined purposefulness, and barely a rubato in sight. Whatever your opinions on the morality of style, there's... —
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Auf der Jagd Nach Romantik
Bart Aerbeydt, Gijs Laceulle, Freiburger Barockorchester (early music ensemble), Gottfried von der Goltz
What a joy to hear the two natural horns running through their entire repertoire of sounds and effects, singing, braying, leaping, grumbling, wheedling and snarling...for the full range and... —
