Resound beethoven

Roderick Williams writes: ?Although only twelve years separate the composition of Beethoven?s An die ferne Geliebte and Schubert?s Schwanengesang, the ethos and sound world of the two works are markedly different.…

At the time he composed this sonata, Beethoven was already struggling intensely against the handicap of his deafness. After his attack of deep despondency, accompanied by the suicidal thoughts to which the famous…

Arktisk Filharmoni feirer Beethoven 250 år! Med sin nye sjefdirigent Christian Kluxen på plass og Henning Kraggerud som solist/ komponist/ arrangør, er alt klart for en fenomenal utgivelse med den mest ikoniske av alle…

In 2020, the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, Gielen?s importance as an interpreter of Beethoven?s symphonies deserves to be acknowledged by a separate box set within our edition. For a long time Gielen?s core…

In the course of the eight recordings released by Alpha, the Orchester Wiener Akademie, conducted by Martin Haselböck, has accomplished its objective of recording the complete Beethoven symphonies on period instruments,…

2020 saw the release of the first installment in this three-album traversal of Beethoven?s violin sonatas ? a disc which has garnered distinctions such as Choc de Classica and Cum Laude (Luister), with performances that…

The Orchester Wiener Akademie and its conductor Martin Haselböck continue the Resound Beethoven series, performed on period instruments and scrupulously respecting the orchestral layouts of 200 years ago. Volume 8, the…

Beethoven?s output for cello and piano is fascinating because it covers every period of his career, from early to late, with references to Bach in op.69 and op.102 no.2 and an especially innovative and amazingly modern…

Beethovens ni symfonier, spilt inn med Berliner Philharmoniker under ledelse av Herbert von Karajan. Innspillingene er fra 1966, 1970 og 1977. Boksen inneholder også seks overtyrer.

In a world like ours, gripped by centrifugal forces, even a monument like Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas appears in a new light. The compositional timeline reveals fascinating parallels: the Sonatas of op. 2 were published…

After her acclaimed complete recording of Beethoven?s piano sonatas, Mari Kodama returns with a programme consisting of Beethoven string quartets transcribed for piano by Saint-Saens, Mussorgsky and Balakirev, as well as…

The great ?Eroica? variations are the centrepiece of an album which, ending with two amusingly anglophile tributes, contains some surprisingly under-appreciated Beethoven. This is an indispensable pendant to Angela…

No composer?s reputation has been as inflated into myth as that of Ludwig van Beethoven, and there are good grounds for this. As the ultimate definer of classical music, he perfected the models of his predecessors Haydn…