HEROISM AND POETRY IN ARTFUL HARMONY

www.audaud.com reviews Volume III of the Beethoven Journey: “The conclusion of Andsnes’ Beethoven Journey presents us heroism and poetry in artful harmony, well-recorded … The combination of fluent virtuosity and luxurious poetry that progress to a sense...

LEIF OVE RETURNS TO LA PHILHARMONIC WITH GUSTAVO DUDAMEL

After launching his 2014-15 season with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas (Sep 10–13), the pianist returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Hall, where he and Gustavo Dudamel bring their three-season Beethoven cycle to a climactic...

“AUFREGENDE BEETHOVEN-REISE”

The Kieler Nachrichten reviews Leif Ove and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s opening concert in Hamburg: “Andsnes confirmed, and even surpassed, his reputation as one of the most distinguished Beethoven interpreters of our time.” Source:...

BEETHOVEN WITH “BOTH FEET ON THE GROUND”

The Hamburger Abendblatt reviews Leif Ove and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra’s opening concert in Hamburg: “In the first movement of his Second Piano Concerto, Beethoven interrupts the lively giddy mood for a few bars to pause briefly with a dreamy melody....

UNDERSTANDING WHAT GOETHE MEANT

Bayerische Rundfunk reviews Volume III of the Beethoven Journey “A magical sound, transparency and always a bit of understatement …  elegant, slim, springy … Its hard to believe that this is music which was thrown down on paper to the sound of canon fire … and...