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. 9 'Choral'
Recorded in 1956
Total duration: 66:02
Wilma Lipp, soprano
Elisabeth Hoengen, alto
Julius Patzak, tenor
Otto Wiener, bass
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna
Pro Musica Symphony, Vienna (Vienna Symphony Orchestra)
Conductor Jascha Horenstein
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral' (stereo)
BEETHOVEN Consecration of the House Overture (stereo)
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
Studio recordings, 1953 and 1957
Total duration: 72:26
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Jascha Horenstein
MOZART Symphony No. 39
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture
WAGNER Lohengrin - Prelude
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde - Prelude and Liebestod
Live recordings, 1957
Total duration: 2hr 29:07
Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela
conducted by Jascha Horenstein
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 3
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
R. STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
VIVALDI Concerto Grosso in D minor
Live recordings, 1957 and 1954
Total duration: 2hr 16:42
Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela
conducted by Jascha Horenstein
Concert of 2 April 1948
Music by Beethoven, Schubert, Mussorgsky, Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Rachmaninov, Scarlatti, Mozart, Sousa
Total duration: 79:27 (CD) & 91:23 (Download, includes encores)
Vladimir Horowitz, piano