"American violinist Stephanie Chase's London recording on the little-known Cala label with Roy Goodman and the Hanover Band (is) the first ever period-performance recording of these works, and it has a number of excellent qualities: careful research, beautiful violin playing, ideal balance and, last but not least, some fascinating English-language notes explaining why Ms. Chase has played the way she does. The tempi are moderate, not achieving the excitement to be heard on some non-period performances, but that is obviously a deliberate decision based on the sources. Also, the choice of instruments and of a bow and the way to use it are all based on musicological research and are used to recreate the concerto as nearly as possible to what Beethoven himself might have had in mind. Stephanie Chase has also composed her own lovely cadenzas and an introduction to the third movement of the Concerto based on the revisions that Beethoven himself made when re-writing the piece for piano. Does this sound dry? Well, it isn't, not when played so beautifully and recorded so clearly as this is, I have seldom heard a version which, without the clutter of modern-violin showmanship, is so able to fascinate me and draw me in to the music. Congratulations to all concerned on a masterly performance! (This applies also to the two "Romances", which here radiate a sweetness and simplicity I had never otherwise associated with them.)" - Leslie Richford