Beethoven
Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and by composer and conductor Christian Gottlob Neefe. At the age of 21 he moved to Vienna, where he began studying composition with Joseph Haydn and gained a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. By his late 20s his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf. In 1811 he gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works come from these last 15 years of his life.
Beethoven
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5
REGER Variations on a Theme of Mozart
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2
DOHNÁNYI Wedding Waltz
SIBELIUS Finlandia
Recorded 1936-42
Total duration: 77:45
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Hermann Abendroth, conductor
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 14
MOZART Symphony No. 34
MOZART Serenade No. 6 'Serenata notturna'
MOZART Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Additional music by Beethoven, Gabrieli, Purcell, Schütz, Stafford Smith
Live and studio recordings, 1937-51
Total duration: 2hr 28:02
Adolf Busch, violin
Rudolf Serkin, piano
Busch Chamber Players
Orquesta de cámara de la Asociación Amigos de la Música
directed and conducted by Adolf Busch
R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde – excerpts
MENDELSSOHN “Scottish” Symphony
KHACHATURIAN Gayaneh Suite
plus: the complete Remington recordings:
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
Studio recordings, 1947/52
Total duration: 2hr 14:57
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Tonkünstler Orchester
conducted by Artur Rodziński
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonatas 1-32
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto Nos. 1-5
BEETHOVEN Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op. 120
Recorded 1950-1958
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss, conductor
Karl Böhm, conductor
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor
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Total duration: 61:45
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss, conductor
Karl Böhm, conductor
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5
Recorded in 1951 and 1953
Total duration: 70:11
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Clemens Krauss, conductor
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