Orchestral & Symphonic

Beethoven's first two contributions to the symphonic genre reveal the bubbling creativity of the thirty-year-old composer. With the renewal of the genre, he was determined to push even further than the recent reference of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5; Egmont, Incidental Music by Kurt Masur, Martin Fouque Producer, Kurt Masur Conductor, Sylvia McNair Soprano (Vocal), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Will Quadflieg Narrator1. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67: Allegro Con Brio 2...

Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 'Pastorale' (2010) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle (conductor).1. Op. 67: 1. Allegro Con Brio Symphony No. 5 in C minor 2. Op. 67: 2. Andante Con Moto Symphony No. 5 in C minor 3. Op. 67: 3. Allegro - Symphony No...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 - For 19th-century audiences Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 was the most loved of all his piano concertos, a work in which the balancing of high drama, tenderness, lyricism and humour is most pronounced and in...

Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 CD 3 Discs "Aimard is a pianist of exceptional finesse, whose playing is crystalline, elegant, musically pleasing, and, when need be, sparkling and brilliant. His complex trills in the first-movement cadenza of...

Beethoven: 'Coriolan' Overture; Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Orchestra/Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia Conductor: Yehudi Menuhin The legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin was the eldest child of Russian-born Hebrew scholars who met in...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos - Krystian Zimerman/Simon Rattle/London Symphony Orchestra - In 1989, Krystian Zimerman and Leonard Bernstein recorded Beethoven's Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5. 30 years later, Zimerman returns to these Piano...

Beethoven: Cello sonatas & variations - Gautier Capu?on - Following on from last year's live recording of the Shostakovich cello concertos, this album sees Gautier return to the studio with his friend and recital partner of many years, Frank Braley, in a...

Beethoven wrote nine symphonies, the first heralding the new century, in 1800, and the last completed in 1824. Although he made few changes to the composition of the orchestra itself, adding, when occasion demanded, one or two instruments more normally...

Beethoven was a musical giant. He wasn't taller or fatter than everyone else, but his music is big and his name is important. Beethoven is like the Olympic champion of classical music.1. Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro Con Brio 2. Violin...

Beethoven thought the libretto immoral, Wagner thought it trivial. It was Herbert von Karajan's mentor and inspiration, the composer and conductor Richard Strauss, who brought Mozart's Cosi fan tutte back centre stage in the early years of the 20th...

Beethoven in chamber music: the Septet as a chamber music original and the transcription of the Eroica Symphony for piano quartet and double bass showcases not only the palpable and explosive power of Beethoven's music, but also the flexibility and...