Beethoven's 6th Symphony is a delightful summery experience, with a scary storm part tooI couldn't sleep all the day through and am thus waiting for my smokes lady to hand over 2 cartons for 60 bucks, might be up for longer than that takes, for there is mountains and oceans of books and music to insert into my mind and soul, plus I... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 38Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in E-flat major, Op. 55 : Act II, the funeral march (Marica funebre) performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan in late 1962. Karajan became the principal conductor of this orchestra... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 33Ludwig van Beethoven's so-called "Triple Concerto" in C major, Op. 56, a concerto for violin, cello and piano with orchestra, composed between 1803 and 1804, in a performance from May 1960 with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, soloists Wolfgang... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 28Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Sir Thomas Beecham in 1959. It's a symphony in four movements composed by Beethoven between 1811 and 1812,... See More » (1)
Amazing pieces of classical music - 19Beethoven's Fidelio from 1964, conducted by Maazel in Vienna with Nilsson and McCracken, seems at first glance a strange choice when almost everyone is talking about Klemperer in London with Ludwig and Vickers. McCracken, however, has the most... See More » (1)
Beethoven's last 3 piano sonatas performed by Maurizio PolliniI've always been convinced since reading in a book about classical music that Beethoven's best music come in his late piano sonatas and late string quartets, this is I think the best rendering of the sonatas, just after Hammerklaiver which is to my... See More » (1)
Beethovens 9th My favorite classical work of all timeFriedrich Schiller's "Ode To Joy" Chorus is the inspired icing on the cake (1)
