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Beethoven

Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best-known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 piano concertos, 1 violin concerto, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, his great Mass the Missa solemnis, and one opera, Fideli...
277 albums
LÉNER QUARTET The Beethoven Quartets - Complete (1926-36) - PABX036
LÉNER QUARTET The Beethoven Quartets - Complete (1926-36) - PABX036
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BEETHOVEN The Complete String Quartets, Nos. 1-16
BEETHOVEN Große Fuge

Studio recordings, 1926-1936

Léner String Quartet:
Jenő Léner (violin I)
Josef Smilovits (violin II)
Sándor Róth (viola)
Imre Hartman (cello)


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LÉNER QUARTET The Beethoven Quartets Vol. 1: The Early Quartets (1926-36) - PACM106
LÉNER QUARTET The Beethoven Quartets Vol. 1: The Early Quartets (1926-36) - PACM106
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BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 1
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 2
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 3
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 4
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 5
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 6

Studio recordings, 1926-1936
Total duration: 2hr 18:28

Léner String Quartet:
Jenő Léner (violin I)
Josef Smilovits (violin II)
Sándor Róth (viola)
Imre Hartman (cello)

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LÉNER QUARTET The Beethoven Quartets Vol. 2: The Middle Quartets (1926-32) - PACM109
LÉNER QUARTET The Beethoven Quartets Vol. 2: The Middle Quartets (1926-32) - PACM109
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BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 7 ('Rasumovsky' No. 1)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 8 ('Rasumovsky' No. 2)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 9 ('Rasumovsky' No. 3)
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 10 ('Harp')
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 11 ('Serioso')

Studio recordings, 1926-1932
Total duration: 2hr 32:53

Léner String Quartet:
Jenő Léner (violin I)
Josef Smilovits (violin II)
Sándor Róth (viola)
Imre Hartman (cello)

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LÉNER QUARTET The Beethoven Quartets Vol. 3: The Late Quartets (1926-35) - PACM110
LÉNER QUARTET The Beethoven Quartets Vol. 3: The Late Quartets (1926-35) - PACM110
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BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 12
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 13
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 14
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 15
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16
BEETHOVEN Große Fuge

Studio recordings, 1926-1935
Total duration: 3hr 10:47

Léner String Quartet:
Jenő Léner (violin I)
Josef Smilovits (violin II)
Sándor Róth (viola)
Imre Hartman (cello)

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MAX FIEDLER German Radio Recordings, Volume 1 (1936/37) - PASC547
MAX FIEDLER German Radio Recordings, Volume 1 (1936/37) - PASC547
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BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 5
BRAHMS  Tragic Overture
MOZART  Piano Concerto No. 20
SCHUMANN  Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
TCHAIKOVSKY  Nutcracker Suite

Live broadcast recordings, 1936/37
Total duration: 2hr 7:39

Heinrich Steiner, piano
Orchester der Reichsenders Berlin
Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Max Fiedler

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MENGELBERG Beethoven and Brahms: First Symphonies (1940) - PASC221
MENGELBERG Beethoven and Brahms: First Symphonies (1940) - PASC221
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BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
Recorded live in 1940, Amsterdam
Total duration: 73:28

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
conductor Willem Mengelberg

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