The French record label Naïve has released a new Beethoven Symphony cycle as a single 5-CD unit, forgoing individual releases of the symphonies, which have typically come out two to a disc, with the ...
It’s a brave orchestra, and a brave conductor, who add yet another complete Beethoven symphony cycle to the catalogue. Until recently it was the so-called “period” orchestras, i.e. those using old ...
The Complete Beethoven Symphonies in SACD As aural technological development reaches light speed, hurling toward audio DVD, the ship slowed down long enough to produce several super audio compact disc ...
In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews a new box set of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies. The fourth ...