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. 6
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
Recorded in 1952 and 1953
Total duration: 70:12
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
Recorded in 1944 in stereo & 1951 in mono
Total duration: 68:20
Walter Gieseking piano
Berlin Reichsender Orchestra
Artur Rother conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan conductor
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
CHAUSSON Poème
RAVEL Tzigane
Live broadcast recordings, 1947/49
Total duration: 77:17
Ginette Neveu. violin
Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Serge Koussevitzky
Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York
conducted by Charles Munch
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
Recorded in 1926 and 1929
Total duration: 63:28
Mark Hambourg, piano
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
conducted by Landon Ronald
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Malcolm Sargent
BACH Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
LALO Symphonie Espagnole
BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN Romance No. 1 in G
SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Studio recordings, 1919-1925
Total duration: 2hr 14:43
Arthur Catterall, violin
John S. Bridge, violin
William Murdoch, piano
Daisy Kennedy, violin
Leo Strockoff, violin
Albert Sammons, violin
Orchestra conducted by Hamilton Harty
BEETHOVEN String Trio No. 1
BEETHOVEN Serenade for String Trio
SCHUBERT String Trio No. 2
Studio recordings, 1957/60
Total duration: 76:16
Jascha Heifetz, violin
William Primrose, viola
Gregor Piatigorsky, cello