Beethoven: his life & music

Prologue : Beethoven in his time

The ascendancy

Beethoven and the piano

Crisis

Chamber music (1) : mixed families

The hero

Beethoven and the human voice

The immortal beloved

Beethoven and the orchestra

Kidnapped

Beethoven in the theatre

The master

Chamber music (2) : strings alone

Finale

Epilogue : The truly immortal beloved

The eighteenth-century background

The nineteenth-century foreground

Personalities.

CD 1. Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 19, Finale: Rondo. Molto allegro / Stefan Vladar, piano, Capella Istropolitana; Barry Wordsworth

Piano Trio in C mino, Op. 1 No. 3, Finale: Prestissimo / Stuttgart Piano Trio

Symphony No. 1 in C. Op. 21, Finale: Adagio-Allegro molto e vivace / Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Béla Drahos

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique", Movement 1: Grave-Allegro di molto e con brio / Jenõ Jandó, piano

Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55 "Eroica", Movement 2: Marcia funebre / Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Béla Drahos

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata", Finale: Allegro ma non troppo-Presto / Jenõ Jandó, piano

Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36, Finale: Allegro molto / Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Béla Drahos

Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II, No.14: Quartet "Er sterbe!" / Inga Nielsen, Leonora; Gösta Winbergh, Florestan; Alan Titus, Don Pizarro; Kurt Moll, Rocco; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Michael Halász

"Razumovsky" String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No.2, Movement 3: Allegretto / Kodály Quartet

Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61, Finale: Rondo / Takako Nishizaki, violin; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Kenneth Jean.

CD 2. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58, Movement 2: Andante con moto / Stefan Vladar, piano; Capella Istropolitana; Barry Wordsworth

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, Finale: Allegro / Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Béla Drahos

Piano Trio in B flat, Op. 97 "Archduke", Movement 3: Andante cantabile ma pero con moto / Jenõ Jandó, piano; Takako Nishizaki, violin; Csaba Onczay, cello

Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92, Finale: Allegro con brio / Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia; Béla Drahos

Mass in D, Op. 123 "Missa solemnis", Gloria: "Quoniam to solus sanctus" / Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Kenneth Schermerborn

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111, Movement 2: Arietta. Adagio molto, semplice e cantabile / Jenõ Jandó, piano

String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130, Movement 5: Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo / Kodály Quartet

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral", Finale: Presto / Hasmik Papian, soprano; Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano; Manfred Fink, tenor; Claudio Otelli, bass-baritone; Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia and Chorus; Béla Drahos.