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| Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Work type | Choral |
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LiverpoolBeethoven 9: Ode to Joy
Beethoven
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Domingo Hindoyan; Lauren Fagan; Stephanie Maitland; Ed Lyon; Roderick Williams
MadridOrcam - Final del viaje
Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky
Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife; Pablo González; Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid; Javier Carmena
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Flying Dutchman: Haitink conducts soaring Beethoven in Munich
Bernard Haitink celebrated an early 90th birthday conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a searching, joyous account of Beethoven's “Choral” Symphony.
A Ninth lacking freshness: Haitink and the LSO
Bernard Haitink and the LSO in fine form for an all-Beethoven programme, but the 'Glorious Ninth' fails to impress.
John Eliot Gardiner's Beethoven 9 still shocks at Carnegie Hall
As I walked to this concert by the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir, I wondered what might have changed in Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Beethoven in the two decades since he first recorded these symphonies.
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MunichBernard Haitink conducts Beethoven
Beethoven
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bernard Haitink; Bavarian Radio Choir; Gerald Finley; Mark Padmore; Gerhild Romberger
AmsterdamSunday Morning Concerts: Beethoven
Beethoven: Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage) for chorus, Op.112
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest); James Gaffigan; Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)
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Bachtrack top ten: Ludwig wanders off the beaten track
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