The Doric are perhaps the foremost British string quartet at the moment, so their turn to Beethoven in their 25th-anniversary year is an important one. They choose not to proceed set by set through ...

Two decades ago Cédric Tiberghien recorded a disc of Beethoven variations (4/03) that included the three major sets here (Opp 34, 35 and 76). It’s been long discontinued but he’s now returned to that ...

Piano Trio in D Major, Op.70 No.1: 1. Allegro vivace e con brio Piano Trio in D Major, Op.70 No.1: 2. Largo assai ed espressivo Piano Trio in D Major, Op.70 No.1: 3. Presto String Quartet No.10, Op.74 ...

The Music: Rather than ploughing through the 32 Beethoven sonatas in chronological order, Jonathan Biss has picked four sonatas to launch his set that includes three distinctly un-obvious works.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: I. Allegro con brio Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo ...

In the Op.18/2 Quartet one can still sense Haydn and Mozart coursing through Beethoven’s veins, but just 10 years later Op.95’s no-compromise, firebrand originality fearlessly throws off the shackles ...