Rob Cowan presents CD Masters and the Cowan Collection. He recommends some of his favourite Beethoven recordings.
Symphonies
Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra/ Zinman
Arte Nova 74321 65410-2
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Wand
RCA 74321 89109-2
Overtures
Chamber Orchestra of Europe/ Harnoncourt
Warner 2564 61779-2
Piano Concertos
Wilhelm Kempff/ Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/ van Kempen
DG 474024 2G0M5 (Complete 1950s Concerto recordings)
Pierre Laurent Aimard/ Chamber Orchestra of Europe/ Harnoncourt
Teldec 0927 47334-2
Violin Concerto
Thomas Zehetmair/ Eighteenth Century Orchestra/ Bruggen
Philips 462 123-2PH
Jascha Heifetz/ Boston SO/ Munch
RCA 09026 61779-2
Bronislav Huberman/ Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Szell
Magic Talent CD48023
Ìý
String Quartets
Guarneri Quartet
RCA 82876 55704-2
Talich Quartet
Calliope (Harmonia Mundi) CAL9633/9
String Trios
Trio Italiano d'Archi
DG 459 466-2GTA-2
Heifetz/ Primrose/ Piatigorsky
RCA 09026 61741-2 and RCA 09026 61773-2
Septet
Vienna Octet
Decca 421 093-2DM
Toscanini Orchestral version
NBC SO/ Toscanini
Naxos 8110814
Piano Sonatas
No.s 8, 14 & 23: Daniel Barenboim
EMI 566976-2
Richard Goode
Nonesuch (TEN) 7559-79328-2
Artur Schnabel (historical)
EMI 763765-2
Wilhelm Kempff
DG 447 966 2G08
Violin Sonatas
Pamela and Claude Frank
Music and Arts 67106-2 and 67087-2
Itzhak Perlman/ Vladimir Ashkenazy
Decca 421 453-2DM4
Jascha Heifetz
RCA GD 87704; GD 87705; GD 87706
No.s 2,4,5 & 8: Arthur Grumiaux/ Clara Haskill
Philips 442-651-2PM
Cello Sonatas
Pierre Fournier/ Friedrich Gulda
DG 437 352-2GD02
Pablo Casals/ Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Naxos 8 110949/50
Janos Starker
Teldec 0630 17368-2
Missa Solemnis
NBC Symphony Orchestra/ Robert Shaw Choral/ soloists/ Toscanini
RCA 74321 55837-2
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Hilversum Radio Chorus/ Bernstein
DG 469 546 2GGA
English Baroque Soloists/ Monteverdi Choir/ Gardiner
Archiv 429 779-2AH
Fidelio
Philharmonia Orchestra/ Philharmonia Choir/ Klemperer
EMI 567364-2
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vienna State Opera Choir/Ìý Bernstein
DG 474 420-2GOR2
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/ Vienna State Opera Choir/ Furtwangler
EMI 764901-2
Folksongs
Ann Murray
DG 753 786-2GCB7
Lieder
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
DG 453 782-2GCB3
