Tag: NDR Philharmonie

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  25th January 2020

  Beethoven 5 and 7 from Andrew Manze and the NDR Philharmonie

  Beethoven isn’t my go-to composer. Never has been. There’s nothing wrong per se about the man’s music. There is melody. There’s drama. In his symphonic works especially the textures in his orchestral writing are highly satisfying. The problem is (or maybe it’s not a problem) I admire the creative achievement in the same way I…