Review: Beethoven’s Ghost (Selby & Friends)
Kathryn Selby and friends offer a delightful, intimate Beethoven celebration in an empty City Recital Hall.
July 6, 2020
Review: Music in Vienna 1700, 1800, 1900 (David Wyn Jones)
A rich, entertaining “slice history” of musical Vienna.
July 6, 2020
Review: Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (Jayson Gillham)
All-Australian Beethoven concerti cycle brings zip and zing to favourites.
July 1, 2020
Review: Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas (Maurizio Pollini)
Pollini rushes Beethoven’s final fence in an otherwise superb disc.
June 15, 2020
All Beethoven, all weekend for Classic 100
In the composer's 250th anniversary year, ABC Classic will count down his top 100 works as voted on by audiences.
June 4, 2020
Review: Beethoven: The Complete Piano Concertos (Stewart Goodyear)
Love affair with Ludwig started with Mickey Mouse record player.
June 1, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 5 (Kristian Bezuidenhout)
Birthday surprise: Bezuidenhout delivers vivid period performances.
June 1, 2020
Review: Beethoven: The Piano Concertos (Ronald Brautigam)
Second thoughts: Brautigam sets the record straight on fortepiano.
April 30, 2020
Rogues’ Gallery: Twenty composers who did things they shouldn’t
A candid assessment of those who went down and those who got off scot free.
April 30, 2020
Review: Beethoven: Leonore, 1805 (René Jacobs)
Fidelio take one: Jacobs makes a case for Beethoven’s first thoughts.
April 20, 2020
Five Great Recordings to Revisit in Self-Isolation
Limelight critic Phillip Scott looks at recordings that were the talk of the town on their first appearance, and that have continued to impress pundits and public ever since.
March 23, 2020
Review: Beethoven 2020: Plenty of Bang for the Bucks
The new Beethoven 2020 Complete Edition set really does set a new benchmark, and includes many of the greatest Beethoven recordings of all time, says Clive Paget.
March 18, 2020
Review: The Impresario (Australian Romantic & Classical Orchestra)
Exciting period performances of well-known classics alongside a 19th-century rarity.
March 9, 2020