Schumann: Symphony No.1 in B♭ major, op.38

Schumann, Symphony No.1 in B♭ major, op.38 — comparing 5 recordings: Bernstein / Vienna Philharmonics (1984); Harnoncourt / Chamber Orchestra of Europe (1996); Gardiner / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (1997); Zinman / Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (2004); Dausgaard / Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro (2007)

Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A major, op.92 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Bernstein/New York Philharmonic (1964), Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic (1978), Böhm (1972), Dausgaard (2001), Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic (1954), Hogwood (1989), Kleiber/Concertgebouw (1950), Klemperer (1955), Norrington/RSO Stuttgart (2002), Toscanini (1951), Walter/New York Philharmonic (1951), Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1958), Zinman (1997)

Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, «Eroica»

Beethoven: Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, “Eroica” — comparing recordings with the following artists: Bernstein/New York Philharmonic (1964), Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic (1978), Böhm (1972), Dausgaard (2006), Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic (1948), Furtwängler/Berlin Philharmonic (1952), Hogwood (1985), Kleiber/Concertgebouw (1950), Klemperer (1959), Norrington/RSO Stuttgart (2002), Toscanini (1953), Walter/New York Philharmonic (1941 & 1949), Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1961), Zinman (1998)

Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B♭ major, op.60

Beethoven: Symphony No.4 in B♭ major, op.60 — comparing recordings with the following artists: Bernstein/New York Philharmonic (1962), Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic (1978), Böhm (1972), Dausgaard (2000), Furtwängler/Vienna Philharmonic (1953), Hogwood (1986), Klemperer (1957), Norrington/RSO Stuttgart (2002), Toscanini (1951), Walter/New York Philharmonic (1952), Walter/Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1961), Zinman (1998)

Beethoven, Schubert (Diary 2012-07-28)

Beethoven: 6 Bagatelles, op.126 — Ashkenazy (1984), Brautigam (2010), Brendel (1964 & 1985), Gould (1974), Schnabel (1937); Beethoven: 24 Variations on the Arietta “Venni Amore” by Vincenzo Righini, WoO 65 — Pletnev (1997), Brautigam (2012); Schubert: Symphony in B minor, D.759 (“Unfinished”) / Symphony in C major, D.944 (“Great C major”) — Furtwängler (1952), Harnoncourt (1992), Dausgaard (2006)