‎100 Best Beethoven by Various Artists

IV. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace

Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra

5:29

III. Scherzo. Allegro

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

3:42

I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Kurt Sanderling, Philharmonia Orchestra

6:28

III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (Excerpt)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling

1:58

III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace

Wolfgang Sawallisch, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

5:43

I. Allegro con brio

Philharmonia Orchestra, Kurt Sanderling

6:35

V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

Riccardo Muti, The Philadelphia Orchestra

6:41

Overture

Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic

8:40

I. Vivace (Excerpt)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

6:07

II. Allegretto (Excerpt)

Wolfgang Sawallisch, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

3:18

IV. Allegro con brio

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

7:18

II. Allegretto scherzando

Munich Philharmonic, Rudolf Kempe

4:02

IV. Allegro vivace (Excerpt)

Munich Philharmonic, Rudolf Kempe

3:44

No. 4, Turkish March

Sir Thomas Beecham, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Beecham Choral Society

1:49

IV. Presto "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" (Excerpt)

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, James Morris, Westminster Choir

6:14

I. Allegro ma non troppo (Excerpt) [Cadenza by Kreisler]

Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann

3:59

II. Larghetto (Excerpt)

Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra, Frank Peter Zimmermann

3:39

III. Rondo (Excerpt) [Cadenza by Kreisler]

Frank Peter Zimmermann, Jeffrey Tate, English Chamber Orchestra

6:12

I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Hans Vonk, Christian Zacharias

4:40

II. Largo (Excerpt)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Hans Vonk, Christian Zacharias

3:34

III. Rondo. Molto allegro

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Chamber Orchestra of Europe

6:28

Romance No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40 (Excerpt)

Maxim Vengerov, Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra

5:15

I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Staatskapelle Dresden, Hans Vonk, Christian Zacharias

5:32

Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50 (Excerpt)

Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra, Maxim Vengerov

3:13

II. Largo (Excerpt)

Kurt Masur, Heinrich Schiff, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Ulf Hoelscher, Christian Zacharias

5:01

II. Andante con moto

George Szell, The Cleveland Orchestra, Emil Gilels

5:46

III. Rondo. Vivace (Excerpt)

Emil Gilels, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell

7:28

I. Allegro (Excerpt)

George Szell, Emil Gilels, The Cleveland Orchestra

6:41

II. Adagio un poco mosso (Excerpt)

The Cleveland Orchestra, Emil Gilels, George Szell

3:55

III. Rondo. Allegro (Excerpt)

George Szell, Emil Gilels, The Cleveland Orchestra

4:41

Choral Fantasy in C Minor, Op. 80 (Excerpt)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Lill, Sir Alexander Gibson, Scottish National Orchestra Chorus

4:50

I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio

Stephen Kovacevich

8:47

II. Adagio cantabile

Stephen Kovacevich

5:33

III. Rondo. Allegro

Stephen Kovacevich

4:17

I. Adagio sostenuto

Nikolai Lugansky

5:49

Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise"

Moura Lympany

3:20

IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Stephen Kovacevich

4:49

III. Allegretto

Rudolf Buchbinder

6:00

No. 2 in G Major

Moura Lympany

2:54

I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Stephen Kovacevich

4:41

6 Variations on an Original Theme in D Major, Op. 76

Emil Gilels

7:11

I. Allegro assai (Excerpt)

Nikolai Lugansky

5:46

I. Das Lebewohl. Adagio - Allegro

Stephen Kovacevich

6:33

Tema. Vivace

Peter Donohoe

0:52

Variation I. Alla marcia maestoso

Peter Donohoe

1:40

II. Scherzo. Assai vivace

Christoph Eschenbach

2:36

No. 5 in G Major, Quasi allegretto

Stephen Kovacevich

2:27

Rondo a Capriccio in G Major, Op. 129 "Rage Over a Lost Penny"

Moura Lympany

6:02

I. Allegro (Excerpt)

Maxim Vengerov, Itamar Golan

3:09

II. Adagio molto espressivo

Maxim Vengerov, Itamar Golan

6:19

III. Scherzo. Allegro molto

Maxim Vengerov, Itamar Golan

1:05

IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Itamar Golan, Maxim Vengerov, Alexander Markovich

6:20

I. (a) Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo

Paul Tortelier, Éric Heidsieck

5:57

I. Allegro vivace

Renaud Capuçon, Frank Braley

6:23

II. Adagio con molt'espressione

Frank Braley, Renaud Capuçon

6:03

III. Allegro molto (Excerpt)

Frank Braley, Renaud Capuçon

2:03

II. Polonaise

Michel Debost, Christian Ivaldi

4:16

III. Allegro vivace

Frank Braley, Renaud Capuçon

3:23

II. Andante (Excerpt)

Alexander Markovich, Maxim Vengerov

2:31

III. Finale. Presto

Maxim Vengerov, Alexander Markovich

8:53

12 Variations on Mozart's "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 66

Éric Heidsieck, Paul Tortelier

9:29

I. Allegro ma non tanto (Excerpt)

Stephen Kovacevich, Jacqueline du Pré

4:39

No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Air tirolien. I bin a Tiroler Bua

Wolfgang Schulz, Rudolf Buchbinder

4:36

III. Allegro - Allegro fugato

Gautier Capuçon, Frank Braley

4:50

III. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo

Melos Ensemble

5:48

II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato (Excerpt)

Alban Berg Quartett

3:54

III. Menuetto. Allegretto

Alban Berg Quartett

3:27

II. Adagio

The Nash Ensemble

5:12

I. Allegro commodo

Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse, Melos Ensemble

3:51

III. Tempo di menuetto

Melos Ensemble

3:09

I. Entrata. Allegro

Michel Debost, Serge Collot, Gérard Jarry

3:22

II. Tempo ordinario d'un menuetto

Michel Debost, Serge Collot, Gérard Jarry

4:50

III. Allegro molto

Serge Collot, Gérard Jarry, Michel Debost

2:09

I. Allegro

Alban Berg Quartett

9:29

March for Wind Sextet in B-Flat Major, WoO 29

Melos Ensemble

1:20

II. Largo assai ed espressivo (Excerpt)

Myung-Whun Chung, Kyung-Wha Chung, Myung-wha Chung

5:16

I. Poco adagio - Allegro

Hungarian Quartet

8:39

III. Rondo. Allegro

Melos Ensemble

5:37

I. Allegro moderato (Excerpt)

Myung-wha Chung, The Chung Trio

4:24

IV. Finale. Presto

Melos Ensemble

3:45

Zärtliche Liebe, WoO 123

Geoffrey Parsons, Olaf Bär

1:46

I. Wonne der Wehmut

Dalton Baldwin, Elly Ameling

2:47

Der Kuss, Op. 128

Gerald Moore, Walter Berry

2:00

No. 3, Aus Goethes Faust

Gerald Moore, Walter Berry

2:21

No. 9, Oh! Would I Were But That Sweet Linnet

Irmgard Poppen, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Eduard Drolc, Gerald Moore, Victoria de los Ángeles

2:31

No. 12, He Promised Me at Parting

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Victoria de los Ángeles, Gerald Moore, Irmgard Poppen, Eduard Drolc

1:25

Adelaide, Op. 46

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

5:51

No. 7, Marmotte

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

2:07

No. 4, Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll

2:18

I. Kyrie

Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Chorus, Dame Janet Baker, Theo Altmeyer, Elly Ameling, Marius Rintzler, New Philhamonia Orchestra

5:34

Gloria in excelsis Deo - Gratias agimus tibi

Carol Vaness, English Chamber Orchestra, Waltraud Meier, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Hans Tschammer, Jeffrey Tate, Tallis Chamber Choir

5:00

Et resurrexit

Waltraud Meier, Carol Vaness, English Chamber Orchestra, Hans Tschammer, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Tallis Chamber Choir, Jeffrey Tate

3:00

Overture

Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

6:51

"O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint" (Marzelline)

Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Juliane Banse

3:54

"Mir ist so wunderbar" (Marzelline, Leonore, Rocco, Jaquino)

László Polgár, Juliane Banse, Angela Denoke, Berlin Philharmonic, Rainer Trost, Sir Simon Rattle, Alan Held

3:39

"Ha! Welch' ein Augenblick!" (Pizarro, Chorus)

Berlin Philharmonic, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Sir Simon Rattle, Alan Held

3:12

"Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? ... Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern" (Leonore)

Angela Denoke, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic

7:29

"O welche Lust" (Chorus, Prisoners)

Thomas Ebenstein, Berlin Philharmonic, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Sir Simon Rattle, Ion Tibrea

6:02

"O namenlose Freude!" (Leonore, Florestan)

Jon Villars, Angela Denoke, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

3:33

"Wer ein holdes Weib errungen" (Chor, Florestan, Leonore, Marzelline, Jaquino, Don Fernando, Rocco)

Thomas Quasthoff, Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Angela Denoke, Juliane Banse, Sir Simon Rattle, Rainer Trost, Jon Villars, Berlin Philharmonic, László Polgár

3:55

Ludwig van Beethoven

Composer
Riccardo Muti

Conductor
The Philadelphia Orchestra

Orchestra, Ensemble
Kurt Sanderling

Conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra

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