Reviewing Claudio Abbado’s original Berlin set of the nine (DG, 1/01 – nla ... yet at the same time properly autochthonous Beethoven manner. Where the Berlin set lacked emotional intensity and sonic ...

The fact that the classic impulse vies with the Romantic throughout Beethoven’s nine symphonies presents a perennial problem to would-be interpreters. Klemperer came as close as any conductor to ...

Between now and May, music director Nathalie Stutzmann leads the ensemble in eight of Beethoven’s nine symphonies plus the composer’s triple concerto and the “Missa Solemnis,” featuring ...