Great Composers in Words & Music: Ludwig van Beethoven

36 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 7 MINUTES • MAY 13 2022

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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro (Excerpt)

Stefan Vladar, Capella Istropolitana & Barry Wordsworth

01:24

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Wild, Untamed, Arresting, Yearning, Tortured, Passionate

05:11

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9 Variations on a March by Dressler, WoO 63: Var. 9, Allegro

00:24

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Beethoven, It Should Be Said, Was No Mozart

02:37

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Musik zu einem Ritterballet, WoO 1: I. March (Excerpt)

Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Bela Drahos

00:29

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It Was Probably Waldstein Who, in the Following Months

02:21

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Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: IV. Finale (Excerpt)

Stuttgart Piano Trio

00:36

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Notwithstanding His Simmering Resentment Towards Haydn

02:06

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Boris Giltburg, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko

00:31

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Eight Months After the Charity Concert

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Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5 No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo (Excerpt)

Maria Kliegel & Nina Tichman

01:06

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The Next Few Years Witnessed Multiple Performances

01:06

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Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (Excerpt)

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Less Than Two Years Later

02:40

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

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Unfortunately for Beethoven, the Sorrowful Mood

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Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Bela Drahos

00:53

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Beethoven’s Productivity Continued on His Return to Vienna

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Fidelio, Op. 72: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (1814 Version) [Excerpt]

Inga Nielsen, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Michael Halász

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Wrapped Up with the Complicated Genesis

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Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": IV. Finale (Excerpt)

Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Bela Drahos

00:49

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During This Period of Creative Inspiration

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Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo (Excerpt)

Kölner Kammerorchester & Helmut Müller-Brühl

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Before the Mega-Concert Took Place

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Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136: VI. Chorus. Poco allegro (Excerpt)

Westminster Boys' Choir, City of London Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Hilary Davan Wetton

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Searching for Popular Acclaim at Home in Vienna

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Missa solemnis, Op. 123: V. Agnus Dei (Excerpt)

Lori Phillips, Robynne Redmon, James Taylor, Jay Baylon, Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony & Kenneth Schermerhorn

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Beethoven Interrupted Work on the Archduke’s Mass

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Diabelli Variations, Op. 120: Var. 21, Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Edmund Battersby

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Beethoven Now Turned His Attention to a Work

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Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale (Excerpt) [1]

Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Bela Drahos

01:13

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After Completion of the Ninth Symphony

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Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Finale (Excerpt) [2]

Nicolaus Esterhazy Chorus, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Bela Drahos

01:42

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If Beethoven’s Life Was a Hollywood Blockbuster

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String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina (Excerpt)

Kodály Quartet

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