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THE MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY
Reviews: Ludwig van Beethoven: Wind Music
The MHS Review 392 Vol. 11 No. 14 1987
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Charles Shere, The Tribune Calendar (August 2, 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 ArÂchibald, 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 expresÂsion, and subtle virtuosity on the inÂstruments for which it was conceivÂed. The result is uncannily vocal, well-bred, and pleasurable, like an inÂteresting, intimate conversation on a summer evening.
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