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50 Best Beethoven

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (lead vocals), London Symphony Orchestra (lead vocals), Saint Luke's Chamber Ensemble (lead vocals), Dennis Russell Davies (lead vocals), James Morris (bass), Josef Suk (violin), Claudio Arrau (piano), Emil Gilels (piano), Walter Gieseking (piano), Dame Moura Lympany...

  • Release Date: 14th Mar 2011
  • Catalogue No: 9484452
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: 50 Best
  • Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

Work length5:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Recorded: 1985-11-09
  • Recording Venue: 2, 4 & 9 November 1985 / Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op.36: III. Scherzo (Allegro)

Work length3:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Recorded: 1986-01-21
  • Recording Venue: 10, 12, 17, 19 & 21 January 1986 / Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Excerpt, Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Work length8:26
$2.60
$3.40
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Kurt Sanderling
  • Recorded: 1981-01-17
  • Recording Venue: 8-10 & 12-17 January 1981, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

I. Allegro con brio

Track length6:28
$1.30
$1.70

III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)

Track length1:58
$1.30
$1.70

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat Op.60: III. Menuetto (Allegro vivace) & Trio (Un poco meno allegro)

Work length5:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Recorded: 1991-11-23
  • Recording Venue: 14/15/21-23 November 1991, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1. Allegro con brio

Work length6:35
$1.30
$1.70
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Kurt Sanderling
  • Recorded: 1981-01-07
  • Recording Venue: 4-7 January 1981, Walthamstow Town Hall

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 ‘Pastoral' - V. Allegretto

Work length6:41
$1.30
$1.70
  • Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Recorded: 1987-09-28
  • Recording Venue: 28 September 1987, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Work length8:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Eugen Jochum
  • Recorded: 1991-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 30 September & 1 October 1977, Kingsway Hall, London

Excerpt, Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92

Work length16:42
Album only
Album only
  • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Wolfgang Sawallisch
  • Recorded: 1991-11-23
  • Recording Venue: 14/15/21-23 November 1991, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

Poco sostenuto - Vivace

Track length6:06
Album only
Album only

Allegretto

Track length3:18
$1.30
$1.70

Allegro con brio

Track length7:18
$1.30
$1.70

Excerpt, Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

Work length7:41
$2.60
$3.40
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Recorded: 1955-05-20
  • Recording Venue: 20 May 1955, Kingsway Hall, London

II. Allegretto scherzando

Track length3:57
$1.30
$1.70

IV. Allegro vivace

Track length3:44
$1.30
$1.70

Beethoven: Turkish March (from The Ruins of Athens)

Work length2:06
$1.30
$1.70
  • Orchestra of St Luke's/Dennis Russell Davies
  • Orchestra Of St. Luke's, Saint Luke's Chamber Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1990-12-31

Excerpt, Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Work length6:14
$1.30
$1.70
  • James Morris (bass)
  • Westminster Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Recorded: 1988-04-26
  • Recording Venue: 23, 25 & 26 April 1988, Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 - Allegro ma non troppo

Work length4:06
$1.30
$1.70
  • Josef Suk (violin)
  • New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Sir Adrian Boult
  • Recorded: 1970-09-17
  • Recording Venue: 15-17 September 1970, Kingsway Hall, London

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio

Work length5:45
$1.30
$1.70
  • Claudio Arrau (piano)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Alceo Galliera
  • Recorded: 1958-06-22
  • Recording Venue: 19-22 June 1958, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road

Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' Op. 73 (1996 Digital Remaster): Allegro

Work length20:16
Album only
Album only
  • Emil Gilels (piano)
  • Cleveland Orchestra
  • George Szell
  • Recorded: 1996-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 29 April - 4 May 1968: Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Cleveland, Ohio

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique' - 1. Grave-Allegro di molto e con brio

Work length7:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-19
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 19 October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': 2. Adagio cantabile

Work length5:47
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-19
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 19 October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique': 3. Rondo

Work length4:08
$1.30
$1.70
  • Walter Gieseking (piano)
  • Recorded: 1956-10-19
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 19 October 1956, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2, 'Moonlight': I. Adagio sostenuto (Excerpt)

Work length3:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Dame Moura Lympany (piano)
  • Recorded: 1990-03-02
  • Recording Venue: 1 & 2 March 1990, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Für Elise (Bagatelle in A minor, WoO59)

Work length3:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Dame Moura Lympany (piano)
  • Recorded: 1988-01-19
  • Recording Venue: 18 & 19 January 1988, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Excerpt, Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring'

Work length11:24
Album only
Album only
  • Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Jeremy Menuhin (piano)
  • Recorded: 1985-10-31
  • Recording Venue: 30 & 31 October 1985 No.1 Studio Abbey Road.

I. Allegro

Track length3:37
Album only
Album only

II. Adagio molto espressivo

Track length6:27
$1.30
$1.70

III. Schezo (Allegro molto)

Track length1:20
$1.30
$1.70

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring': Rondo

Work length6:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Jeremy Menuhin (piano)
  • Recorded: 1985-10-31
  • Recording Venue: 30 & 31 October 1985 No.1 Studio Abbey Road.

Excerpt, Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5 No. 2

Work length5:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Paul Tortelier (cello), Éric Heidsieck (piano)
  • Recorded: 1972-12-31

Beethoven: Flute Sonata in B flat: II. Polonaise

Work length4:16
$1.30
$1.70
  • Michel Debost (flute), Christian Ivaldi (piano)
  • Recorded: 1970-12-31

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9 in A, Op.47 'Kreutzer': III. Finale (Presto)

Work length3:05
$1.30
$1.70
  • Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Jeremy Menuhin (piano)
  • Recorded: 1985-10-31
  • Recording Venue: 30 & 31 October 1985, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D Op. 102 / 2 (1988 Digital Remaster): III. Allegro - Allegro fugato

Work length3:53
$1.30
$1.70
  • Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
  • Recorded: 1965-12-23
  • Recording Venue: 21-23 December 1965. No. Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Quintet in E Flat for Piano & Wind, Op.16 (1998 Digital Remaster): III. Rondo (Allegro non troppo)

Work length5:48
$1.30
$1.70
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1998-01-01
  • Recording Venue: July 1965, Studio No. 1, Abbey Road London

Excerpt, Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1

Work length3:54
$1.30
$1.70
  • Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet)
  • Recorded: 1980-06-14
  • Recording Venue: 6-14 June 1980, Evangelische Kirche, Seon, Aargau

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op.18 (1999 - Remaster): III. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio

Work length3:27
$1.30
$1.70
  • Alban Berg Quartett (string quartet)
  • Recorded: 1980-06-13
  • Recording Venue: 8-13 June 1980, Evangelische Kirche, Seon, Aargau

Excerpt, Beethoven: Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"

Work length5:12
$1.30
$1.70
  • The Nash Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1989-10-24
  • Recording Venue: 24 October 1989 / No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Excerpt, Beethoven: Duo No. 1 in C major WoO 27 / 1

Work length3:51
$1.30
$1.70
  • Melos Ensemble, Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), William Waterhouse (bassoon)
  • Recorded: 1969-10-11
  • Recording Venue: 11 October 1969, Studio No. 1, Abbey Road London

Beethoven: Septet in E flat Op. 20: Tempo di Menuetto & Trio

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1969-10-11
  • Recording Venue: 29 March and 11 October 1969, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Excerpt, Beethoven: Serenade in D major for Flute, Violin and Viola, Op. 25

Work length5:31
$2.60
$3.40
  • Michel Debost (flute), Gérard Jarry (violin), Serge Collot (viola)
  • Recorded: 1970-12-31

I. Entrata (Allegro)

Track length3:22
$1.30
$1.70

III. Allegro molto

Track length2:09
$1.30
$1.70

Beethoven: Marsch und Trio für Militärmusik WoO29

Work length1:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1969-12-01
  • Recording Venue: November & December 1969, Studio No. 1, Abbey Road London

Beethoven: Piano Trio No.5 in D Op.70 No.1 "Ghost": II. Largo assai ed espressivo

Work length5:16
$1.30
$1.70
  • Chung Trio, Kyung Wha Chung (violin), Myung-Wha Chung (cello), Myung-Whun Chung (piano)
  • Recorded: 1991-11-21

Excerpt, Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp'

Work length8:39
$1.30
$1.70
  • Hungarian Quartet (string quartet)
  • Recorded: 1966-12-31

Beethoven: Sextet in E Flat Major, Op.81b (1998 Digital Remaster): III. Rondo (Allegro)

Work length5:37
$1.30
$1.70
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1970-02-04
  • Recording Venue: 4 February 1970, Studio No. 1, Abbey Road London

Beethoven: Octet in E flat Major, Op. 103: Finale (Presto)

Work length3:45
$1.30
$1.70
  • Melos Ensemble
  • Recorded: 1970-02-03

Beethoven: Zärtliche Liebe 'Ich liebe dich', WoO 123

Work length1:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Olaf Bär (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
  • Recorded: 1990-09-12
  • Recording Venue: 12 September 1990, No.2 Studio, Abbey Road

Beethoven: Wonne der Wehmut, Op. 83 No. 1

Work length2:47
$1.30
$1.70
  • Elly Ameling (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
  • Recorded: 1973-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 6 -11 September 1972, Berlin, Zehlendorf (Gemeindhaus Studio)

Beethoven: He promised me at parting, WoO. 154 No. 12

Work length1:25
$1.30
$1.70
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
  • Recorded: 1960-12-03
  • Recording Venue: 1-3 December 1960 /Gemeindehaus, Berlin-Zehlendorf

Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86: Kyrie

Work length5:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Elly Ameling (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Theo Altmeyer (tenor), Marius Rintzler (bass)
  • New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Carlo Maria Giulini
  • Recorded: 1990-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 15-18 September 1970, All Saints Church, Tooting

Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D Op. 123, Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo - Gratias agimus tibi

Work length5:00
$1.30
$1.70
  • Carol Vaness (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Hans Tschammer (bass)
  • Tallis Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Jeffrey Tate
  • Recorded: 1989-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 5-7 April 1989, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D Op. 123, Credo: Et resurrexit tertia die - Credo in Spiritum Sanctum

Work length3:00
$1.30
$1.70
  • Carol Vaness (soprano), Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Hans Tschammer (bass)
  • Tallis Chamber Choir, English Chamber Orchestra
  • Jeffrey Tate
  • Recorded: 1989-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 5-7 April 1989, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

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