Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Beethoven's Symphonies Not 1 & 7

The chief surprise of these Salzburg performances is how unsurprising they are, almost free of Harnoncourt’s usual idiosyncrasies or perversities. Really rather dull.

Michael Tanner

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3

Michael Tanner

Published: March 9, 2018 at 9:51 am

COMPOSERS: Beethoven
LABELS: Orfeo
ALBUM TITLE: Beethoven
WORKS: Symphonies Nos 1 & 7
PERFORMER: Vienna Philharmonic/Nikolaus Harnoncourt
CATALOGUE NO: 924 161 B (2003)

The chief surprise of these Salzburg performances is how unsurprising they are, almost free of Harnoncourt’s usual idiosyncrasies or perversities. Really rather dull.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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