CLASSICAL

摘要

The two early Beethoven Symphonies here are each prefaced by short three-movement ones by CPE Bach, which prove far less conventional and extremely adventurous (for which they were disliked by Frederick the Great, to whom Bach's son was in service). Beautifully balanced by the engineers in this Sept '18 Teldex Studio production, Forck's measured accounts of the Beethoven place them firmly in 'classical' territory, ie, they don't suggest a new musical force emerging, but they are wholly engaging and satisfying and utterly free of eccentricities. CB