There’s such freshness and vigour here to challenge more familiar, pedestrian readings of Beethoven’s overtures, plus the real benefit of rarities such as Zur Namensfeier making this a must-have ...

During 1809 and 1810, Beethoven composed both the overture and the incidental music to Goethe’s play Egmont, depicting the life of the count of Egmont, a Flemish nobleman who was executed as part of a ...

We don’t usually feature BBC Music recordings in this slot because the BBC does a grand job of marketing its own products. But this disc, Vol 24 no 2, which comes with the BBC Music Magazine, has many ...

(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 ...