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Composer | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) |
Period | Romantic |
Work type | Orchestral |
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AmsterdamBeethoven Festival: Alena Baeva plays Beethoven's Violin Concerto
Beethoven
Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw; Alexander Janiczek; Alena Baeva
DresdenBeethoven's Symphonies - Cycle for Piano II

Beethoven
Sergei Redkin; Djordje Radevski; Alexander Kashpurin; Illia Ovcharenko
MunichSommerkonzert im Brunnenhof

Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Strauss II, Brahms
Munich Residenz Solisten; Roman Kim
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Elim Chan conducts the RSNO in her Edinburgh Festival debut
On an eclectic programme that also featured superstar soloist Sol Gabetta, ear-opening Shaw and suave Saint-Saëns balanced muscular Beethoven.
Bell, Isserlis and Harding ignite orchestral fireworks in Verbier
On the surface, this Verbier Festival program looked mild (Brahms and Beethoven), but in performance, it had the effect of dropping a lit match into a crate full of fireworks.
Nézet-Séguin and the COE bring Beethoven to Baden-Baden
The elegance of the First Symphony served as a perfect curtain raiser for the mammoth, exultant Ninth.
An online Beethovenathon: all nine symphonies across Europe in one day
An all-day Beethoven experience European style with both highs and lows: much diversity revealed and exploited but of variable quality.
Bach by arrangement: Houston Symphony under Esa-Pekka Salonen
Listening to arrangements of Bach is like Dostoevsky’s challenge not to think about polar bears. It’s best to put the Bach out of your thoughts, even if “the cursed thing will come to mind every minute.”