Juliette Allen (soprano)
Theo Altmeyer (tenor)
Elly Ameling (soprano)
Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano)
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Frank Braley (piano)
Rudolf Buchbinder (piano)
Renaud Capucon (violin)
Alessandro Fagiuoli (violin)
Gottlob Frick (bass)
Hans Richter-Haaser (piano)
Ineborg Hallstein (soprano)
Marga Hoffgen (contralto)
Robert Holl (bass)
Doo Min Kim (piano)
Waldemar Kmentt (tenor)
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
Christa Ludwig (soprano)
Charlotte Margiono (soprano)
Andrea Musto (cello)
Maria Picaut (soprano)
Jacqueline du Pre (cello)
Birgit Remmert (mezzo-soprano)
Hans Richter-Haaser (piano)
Marius Rintzler (bass)
Rudolf Schasching (tenor)
Andras Schiff (piano)
Elisabeth Soderstrom (soprano)
Georges Solchany (piano)
Janos Starker (cello)
Martti Talvela (bass)
Gerhard Unger (tenor)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Guillaume Vincent (piano)
Steve Zheng (tenor)
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)
Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
Artemis Quartet
Melos Ensemble
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
New Philharmonia Chorus
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
English Chamber Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Orchestre Philharmonique de Liege
Philharmonia Orchestra
Staatskapelle Dresden

Conductors

Carlo Maria Giulini
Bernard Haitink
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Otto Klemperer
Mstislav Rostropovich
Paul Strauss
Jeffrey Tate

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Bagatelle no.25 in A minor, WoO59 'Fur Elise'
Bagatelles (7), op.33

» no.7 in A flat major

Bagatelles (11), op.119

» no.1 in G minor

» no.9 in A minor

Cello Sonata no.3 in A major, op.69

» I Allegro ma non tanto

Coriolan Overture, op.62
Diabelli Variations, op.120

» Tema: Vivace

» Variation 1: Alla marcia maestoso

Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra in C minor, op.80 'Choral Fantasy'

» Finale: Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Fidelio, op.72

» Mist is so wunderbar (quartet)

Mass in C major, op.86

» Kyrie

Missa solemnis in D major, op.123

» Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo

O Tobias!, WoO182
Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor, op.37

» I Allegro con brio (excerpt)

Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, op.58

» II Andante con moto

Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, op.73 'Emperor'

» I Allegro (excerpt)

Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, op.13 'Pathetique'

» II Adagio cantabile

Piano Sonata no.14 in C sharp minor, op.27 no.2 'Moonlight'

» I Adagio sostenuto

» III Presto agitato

Piano Sonata no.17 in D minor, op.31 no.2 'Tempest'

» III Allegretto

Piano Sonata no.21 in C major, op.53 'Waldstein'

» III Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo

Piano Trio no.5 in D major, op.70 no.1 'Ghost'

» II Largo assai ed espressivo

Piano Trio no.7 in B flat major, op.97 'Archduke'

» I Allegro moderato

Romance no.1 in G major for violin and orchestra, op.40
Rondo a capriccio in G major, op.129 'Rage over a lost penny'
Septet in E flat major, op.20

» III Tempo di Menuetto

Sonata for piano four hands in D major, op.6

» I Allegro moderato

String Quartet no.7 in F major, op.59 no.1 'Razumovsky'

» I Allegro

String Quartet no.8 in E minor, op.59 no.2 'Razumovsky'

» III Allegretto

Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'

» II March Funebre: Adagio assai

Symphony no.5 in C minor, op.67

» I Allegro con brio

Symphony no.6 in F major, op.68 'Pastoral'

» I Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande (Awakening of cheerful feelings upon arrival in the country): Allegro ma non troppo

Symphony no.7 in A major, op.92

» II Allegretto

» IV Allegro con brio

Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125 'Choral'

» IV Finale 'Ode an die Freude' (Ode to Joy)

The Ruins of Athens, op.113

» Turkish March

Violin Concerto in D major, op.61

» III Rondo (excerpt)

Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, op.24 'Spring'

» III Scherzo: Allegro molto

Violin Sonata no.9 in A major, op.47 'Kreutzer'

» III Finale: Presto

Welsh Songs (26), WoO155

» no.13 Helpless woman

Artists

Conductors

Carlo Maria Giulini
Bernard Haitink
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Otto Klemperer
Mstislav Rostropovich
Paul Strauss
Jeffrey Tate

About

Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the towering heroes of music. As a composer, he became a transformational, sometimes revolutionary force. As a man of spirit and inspiration, he triumphed over deafness to produce a wealth of masterpieces. Over the course of more than two centuries, his works have delighted, surprised, amazed and moved listeners. The greatest moments of his multi-faceted genius – from the heroic to the intimate – can be experienced here in performances by instrumentalists, singers and conductors of the utmost distinction.