Sir Simon Rattle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in the complete Beethoven Symphonies, recorded in Frankfurt. This cycle of Beethoven Symphonies and Overtures was recorded in ...

Yet another set of Beethoven symphonies – meaning yet another set of contentious theories about performance style in general and Beethoven’s metronome markings in particular? Fortunately, the level of ...

(Toscanini, NBC Symphony; RCA Victrola VIC-8000). Lots of the young bloods tend to pooh-pooh Toscanini’s taut, no-nonsense approach. but anyone knowing of a more intense and exciting Beethoven package ...

We're overrun with decent, historically informed Beethoven cycles, and one of the very best remains criminally undervalued in the UK. I'm referring to RCA's recent set with Paavo Järvi and the ...