Beethoven

Jacob Lateiner (piano) Lost Art Of (Parnassus)

More live Lateiner; a pianist of probity, directness and high gifts [JW]

Bachauer mercury 4844358

Gina Bachauer: Mercury Masters (Eloquence)

Gina Bachauer’s powerful Mercury legacy, collated in its entirety for the first time in a single box [JW]

Casals Philips Legacy Eloquence ELQ4842348

Pablo Casals: Philips Legacy (Eloquence)

Late Casals in imperfect recordings, attractively remastered and presented [JW]

Pruwer forgotten maestro Pristine PASC674

Julius Prüwer (conductor) Forgotten maestro (Pristine)

A welcome to a neglected conductor from the early electrical recording period in Berlin [GT]

Aaron Rosand (violin) The First Recordings (Biddulph)

Rosand’s first Vox recordings are restored for a new generation [JW]

Beethoven & Mozart: Piano Transcriptions (BIS)

Sensational pianism, inspiration, and exuberant pianism in every track [MM]

Heifetz New York RH025

Jascha Heifetz (violin) New York Concerts (Rhine Classics)

Heifetz fans, of which I’m one, shouldn’t hesitate [SG]

Gieseking graphophone 902962455

Walter Gieseking (piano) His Columbia Graphophone Recordings (Warner Classics)

A splendid collection [SG]

Beethoven concertos BIS2581

Beethoven: Piano Concertos (BIS)

Astonishing virtuoso playing in a highly empathic partnership – the best modern accounts I know [RMo]

Beethoven quartets CDR90000215

Beethoven: String Quartets Vol. 3 (Cedille)

Serene accounts characterised by beauty of tone and homogeneity of phrasing [RMo]