Reviews: Ludwig van Beethoven: Wind Music
Charles Shere, The Tribune Calendar (August 2, 1987)
The MHS Review 392 Vol. 11 No. 14 1987
Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 103;
Sextet in E-flat Major, Op. 71.
Classical Winds: Paul Goodwin, Clare Shanks, Oboes; Colin Lawson, Margaret Archibald, Clarinets;John Hadden, Mary Knepper, Horns; Frances Eustace, Andrew Watts, Bassoons.
Here's a great pleasure: Beethoven's early, graceful, delightful wind chamber music played with care, thoughtfulness, wonderful expression, and subtle virtuosity on the instruments for which it was conceived. The result is uncannily vocal, well-bred, and pleasurable, like an interesting, intimate conversation on a summer evening.
Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 103;
Sextet in E-flat Major, Op. 71.
Classical Winds: Paul Goodwin, Clare Shanks, Oboes; Colin Lawson, Margaret Archibald, Clarinets;John Hadden, Mary Knepper, Horns; Frances Eustace, Andrew Watts, Bassoons.
Here's a great pleasure: Beethoven's early, graceful, delightful wind chamber music played with care, thoughtfulness, wonderful expression, and subtle virtuosity on the instruments for which it was conceived. The result is uncannily vocal, well-bred, and pleasurable, like an interesting, intimate conversation on a summer evening.