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...

TOSCANINI The 1939 Beethoven Cycle, Volume 5 (1939) - PASC556

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BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 1
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 16
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 2

Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:41

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini

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TOSCANINI The 1939 Beethoven Cycle, Volume 6 (1939) - PASC557

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BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'

Live broadcast recording, 1939
Total duration: 79:46

Ania Dorfmann, piano
Jarmila Novotna, soprano
Kerstin Thorborg, alto
Jan Peerce, tenor
Nicola Moscona, bass
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini

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TOSCANINI The Complete 1939 Beethoven Cycle (1939) - PABX023

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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9 'Choral'**
Choral Fantasy*
Coriolan Overture
Creatures of Prometheus
Egmont
Fidelio Overture
Leonore Overture No. 1
Leonore Overture No. 2
Leonore Overture No. 3
Septet for Woodwind, Horn & Strings
String Quartet No. 16

Live broadcast recordings, 1939

*Ania Dorfmann, piano
**Jarmila Novotna, soprano
**Kerstin Thorborg, alto
**Jan Peerce, tenor
**Nicola Moscona, bass
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini

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TRIO SANTOLIQUIDO Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 6 (1952) - PACM044

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BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 6 in E flat major, Op.70, No. 2

Trio Santoliquido:
Ornella Puliti Santoliquido, piano
Arrigo Pelliccia, violin
Massimo Amfitheatrof, cello

Recorded in 1955, released as DGG LPM 18509
(Duration 26'31")

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TRIO SANTOLIQUIDO Beethoven: Piano Trios 4 & 7 (1952/7) - PACM058

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BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat, Op. 97, "Archduke"
BEETHOVEN Piano Trio No. 4 in B flat, Op. 11, "Gassenhauer"

Recorded 29 June, 1952, (No. 4) and 1957 (No. 7), Beethovensaal, Hannover
Duration 54:17

Trio Santoliquido

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WALTER Beethoven: Fidelio (1941) - PACO117

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BEETHOVEN Fidelio

Live recording, 22 February 1941
Producer and XR Remastering: Andrew Rose
Cover artwork based on a photograph of Kirsten Flagstad
Total duration: 2hr 25:01

Leonore - Kirsten Flagstad
Florestan - René Maison
Don Pizarro - Julius Huehn
Rocco - Alexander Kipnis
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Bruno Walter, conductor
with introductions by Milton Cross

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