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Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (more info)
Performed by: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia British Symphony Orchestra Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Rene Leibowitz Ludwig van Beethoven Richard Strauss Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Otto Klemperer Bertrand de Billy Bela Drahos Richard Edlinger Erich Kleiber John Nelson Bruno Weil Jeanne Lamon Roger Norrington Wilhelm Furtwangler Gerard Schwarz Felix Weingartner Walter Weller Arthur Nikisch Philippe Herreweghe Herbert Kegel Don Jackson
Recording date: 9 April 1933


1.   I. Allegro con brio - 5:35


Egmont, Op. 84 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra Philharmonia Cassovia Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Willem Mengelberg Herbert von Karajan James Judd Thomas Fey Bertrand de Billy Stephen Gunzenhauser Johannes Wildner Joseph Rescigno Wilhelm Furtwangler Felix Weingartner Vernon Handley Arturo Leonard Alfred Scholz
Claus Obalski, reader
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Madeleine Pierard, soprano
Recording date: March 1990


2.   Overture - 8:25


Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight" (more info)
Composed by: Alain Lefevre Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ludwig van Beethoven
Silvia Capova, piano
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
Mari Kodama, piano
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Artur Schnabel, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Jeno Jando, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Israela Margalit, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
Michael Korstick, piano
Anton Kuerti, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Timothy Ehlen, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: 7 September 1926


3.   I. Adagio sostenuto - 5:18


String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, "Rasumovsky" (more info)
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven


4.   IV. Allegro molto - 5:57


Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (more info)
Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Asturias Symphony Orchestra British Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Hungarian State Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Lucerne Festival Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Orchestre des Champs Elysees
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Gyorgy Gyorivanyi-Rath Jose Serebrier John Barbirolli Kenneth Jean Bruno Walter Wilhelm Furtwangler Leo Blech Maximiano Valdes Witold Rowicki Philippe Herreweghe
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Joseph Szigeti, violin
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Bronislaw Huberman, violin
George Szell,
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Isaac Stern, violin
Miklos Szenthelyi, violin
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Recording date: 11 March 1940


5.   III. Rondo - 11:15


Fidelio, Op. 72 (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Budapest Symphony Orchestra New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Danish Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle Dresden Staatskapelle Studio orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan John Barbirolli Alfons Rischner Gerd Albrecht Michael Halasz Erich Kleiber Eugene Ormandy Tamas Pal Bruno Walter Johannes Wildner Wilhelm Furtwangler Kurt Striegler Ivan Anguelov Georgi Robev Siegfried Kurz
Peter Palinkas, tenor
Jozsef Moldvay, baritone
Gottlob Frick, bass
Alwin Hendricks, tenor
Michael Bohnen, baritone
Frida Leider, soprano
Elisabeth Schumann, soprano
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Rene Maison, tenor
Herbert Janssen, baritone
Torsten Kerl, tenor
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
Alfred Poell, baritone
Wolfgang Glashof, bass
Gosta Winbergh, tenor
Kurt Moll, bass
Edith Lienbacher, soprano
Herwig Pecoraro, tenor
Wolfgang Windgassen, tenor
Martha Modl, soprano
Otto Edelmann, bass
Hans Hopf, tenor
Gerhard Unger, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Reiner Goldberg, tenor
Birgit Nilsson, soprano
Kalman Strausz, choirmaster
Ingeborg Wenglor,
Karl Laufkotter, tenor
Julius Huehn, baritone
Marita Farell, soprano
Rudolf Schock, tenor
Sena Jurinac, soprano
Franz Bierbach, bass
Hans Braun, baritone
Alan Titus, baritone
Paul Schoffler, baritone
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Hans Gunter Nocker, bass
Inga Nielsen, soprano
Recording date: 16-22 February 1994


6.   No. 9 Abscheulicher! wo eilst du hin? - 7:28


Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique" (more info)
Composed by: Alain Lefevre Ludwig van Beethoven
Silvia Capova, piano
Gerhard Oppitz, piano
Mari Kodama, piano
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Ella Sevskaya, fortepiano
Artur Schnabel, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Alfred Brendel, piano
Michael Korstick, piano
Anton Kuerti, piano
Christian Leotta, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Francois-Frederic Guy, piano


7.   II. Adagio cantabile - 4:44


Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" (more info)
Performed by: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome New York Chamber Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra New York Chamber Symphony Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Victor De Sabata Hans Pfitzner Rene Leibowitz Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Karel Ancerl Kurt Sanderling Thomas Fey Bertrand de Billy Bela Drahos Michael Halasz John Nelson Bystrik Rezucha Bruno Walter Bruno Weil Gerard Schwarz Felix Weingartner Philippe Herreweghe Herbert Kegel Kazimierz Kord
Recording date: 2-6 March 1988


8.   I. Allegro ma non troppo - 11:04


Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47, "Kreutzer" (more info)
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven Fazil Say
Alfred Cortot, piano
Artur Balsam, piano
Jacques Thibaud, violin
Hephzibah Menuhin, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Joseph Fuchs, violin
Adolf Busch, violin
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Ignaz Friedman, narrator
Jascha Heifetz, violin
Franz Rupp, piano
Bronislaw Huberman, violin
Jeno Jando, piano
Regis Pasquier, violin
Jean-Claude Pennetier,
Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Recording date: 14-15 May 1951


9.   III. Finale - 6:28


Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor" (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra WDR Symphony Orchestra Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana West German Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Emil Tabakov Ludwig van Beethoven Olli Mustonen
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Malcolm Sargent Gunter Wand Philippe Jordan Fritz Reiner Andrew Davis Reinhard Seifried Bruno Walter Grzegorz Nowak Antoni Wit Barry Wordsworth Wilhelm Furtwangler Walter Weller Hubert Soudant Jansug Kakhidze
Edwin Fischer, piano
Mario Galeani, piano
Walter Gieseking, piano
Artur Schnabel, piano
John Lill, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Emil Gilels, piano
Ethella Chuprik, piano
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
George Szell,
Paul Badura-Skoda,
Valery Afanassiev, piano
Anton Kuerti, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Anton Dikov, piano
Stefan Vladar, piano
Nodar Gabunia, piano
Francois-Frederic Guy, piano
Recording date: 10-11 September 1934


10.   Rondo - 10:04

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica" (more info)
Performed by: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony Nova Scotia Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Montreal Metropolitan Orchestra Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Hans Pfitzner Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan Frederik IX (King of Denmark) Gunter Wand Rudolf Kempe Otto Klemperer Bertrand de Billy Bela Drahos Michael Halasz John Nelson Alexander Rahbari Georg Tintner Joseph Rescigno Wilhelm Furtwangler Felix Weingartner Herbert Kegel Alfred Scholz
Recording date: 28 October 1939


1.   III. Scherzo - 5:56


Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, "Fur Elise" (more info)
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Artur Schnabel, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Louis Lortie, piano
Julia Zilberquit,
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Evelyn Dubourg, piano
Mark Ehrenfried, piano
Martin Souter, piano
Recording date: 1989


2.   Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, "Fur Elise" - 3:07


Mass in D major, Op. 123, "Missa Solemnis" (more info)
Performed by: Russian National Orchestra Nashville Symphony Orchestra Neue Orchester
Composed by: Rudolf Barshai Ludwig van Beethoven James Taylor
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn Christoph Spering
Ursula Fiedler,
Lori Phillips, soprano
Robynne Redmon, mezzo-soprano
Jay Baylon, bass-baritone
Mary Kathryn van Osdale, violin
Gerhild Romberger, alto
Jakob Stampfli, bass
Barbara Holzl, alto
Claudia Barainsky, soprano
Ray M. Wade junior, tenor
Werner Hollweg, tenor
Peter Lika, bass


3.   Benedictus - 10:23


Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24, "Spring" (more info)
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Artur Balsam, piano
David Oistrakh, violin
Joseph Fuchs, violin
Adolf Busch, violin
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Franz Rupp, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Nathan Milstein, violin
Regis Pasquier, violin
Jean-Claude Pennetier,
Paul Badura-Skoda,
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Fritz Kreisler, violin
Recording date: 17 May 1933


4.   II. Adagio molto espressivo - 5:45


Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 (more info)
Performed by: Sinfonietta Cracovia Orchestra Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra Vienna State Opera Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra New York Philharmonic Orchestra Capella Istropolitana West German Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Saxon State Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Tapiola Sinfonietta Bilkent Symphony Orchestra Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven Olli Mustonen Robert Casadesus
Conducted by: Malcolm Sargent Gunter Wand Philippe Jordan Karl Bohm Andrew Davis Grzegorz Nowak Antoni Wit Barry Wordsworth Gerard Schwarz Hubert Soudant Guido Cantelli
Mario Galeani, piano
Walter Gieseking, piano
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano
Artur Schnabel, piano
Paul Badura-Skoda,
Valery Afanassiev, piano
Anton Kuerti, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Stefan Vladar, piano
Francois-Frederic Guy, piano


5.   III. Rondo (Vivace) - 9:57


Andante in F major, WoO 57, "Andante favori" (more info)
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Elly Ney, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Recording date: 3 February and 14 April, 1930


6.   Andante in F major, WoO 57, "Andante favori" - 7:35


Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat major, Op. 97, "Archduke" (more info)
Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Pablo Casals Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Bela Drahos
Alfred Cortot, piano
Jacques Thibaud, violin
Jeno Jando, piano
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Csaba Onczay, cello


7.   II. Allegretto - 8:11
8.   II. Scherzo - 6:22


Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (more info)
Performed by: Chambre Philharmonique, La Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra Berlin State Opera Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra Neue Orchester Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Composed by: Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Rene Leibowitz Ludwig van Beethoven Arturo Toscanini
Conducted by: Klaus Tennstedt Karl Bohm Oskar Fried Bela Drahos Richard Edlinger John Nelson Carl Schuricht Wilhelm Furtwangler Felix Weingartner Herbert Blomstedt Emmanuel Krivine Philippe Herreweghe Herbert Kegel Christoph Spering
Guylaine Girard, soprano
Daniela Sindram, alto
Inge Borkh, bass
Sinead Mulhern, soprano
Robert Holzer, bass-baritone
Hao Jiang Tian, bass
Torsten Ralf, tenor
Margarete Teschemacher, soprano
Kolos Kovats, bass
Luise Helletsgruber, soprano
Ruth Siewert, contralto
Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano
Friedrich von Schiller,
Manfred Fink, tenor
Claudio Otelli, bass-baritone
Rene Pape, bass
Nina Tichman, piano
Richard Mayr, bass-baritone
Gabriele Lechner, soprano
Diane Elias, contralto
Michael Pabst, tenor
Lotte Leonard, soprano
Jenny Sonnenberg, contralto
Eugene Transky, tenor
Wilhelm Guttmann, bass
Ludwig Weber, bass
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor
Otto Edelmann, bass
Hans Hopf, tenor
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Rosette Anday, contralto
Georg Maikl, tenor
Elisabeth Hongen, contralto
Alison Hargan, soprano
Maria Kliegel, cello
Josef Herrmann, baritone
Donald Litaker,
Reiner Goldberg, tenor
Eberhard Buchner,
Dominik Wortig,
Daniel Borowski, bass
David Wilson-Johnson, bass
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Hasmik Papian, soprano
Gerhild Romberger, alto
Marijana Mijanovic, mezzo-soprano
Konstantin Wolff, bass
Ann Murray, mezzo-soprano
Maria Stader, soprano
Marga Hoffgen, alto
Murray Dickie, tenor
Otto Wiener, bass
Edith Wiens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Richard Lewis, tenor
Claudia Barainsky, soprano
Ray M. Wade junior, tenor
Lucia Popp, soprano
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Annette Dasch, soprano
Ute Walther, alto
Karl-Heinz Stryczek, bass
Carolin Masur, mezzo-soprano
Georg Zeppenfeld, bass
Christoph Strehl, tenor
Christian Elsner, tenor
Recording date: September 1988


9.   III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace - 8:24
10.   IV. Finale - 13:54

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