Silver survivor

摘要

If you've listened to Radio 3 even for five minutes recently, you won't need reminding that 2020 is the Beethoven 250th anniversary year. He wasn't born until December 1770, but the BBC's week-in, week-out celebration has been going on since January. If you'd rather immerse yourself in the music without all the chit-chat, you can invest in the various CD editions [see Classical Companion, HFN Apr '20]. But of course, there's plenty of Beethoven to be had in every music format, even Super Audio CD. SACD has sometimes been written off as defunct but, as Mark Twain might have said, reports of its death were greatly exaggerated.