Beethoven and the Romantics

Beethoven and the Romantics

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Updated 6 days ago

Though he started composing during the Classical era, Beethoven is probably best remembered as a proto-Romantic, a composer who broadened the emotional range of Western music. Lyrical, demonstrative, even a little tempestuous, the works here (produced between the late 18th century and the early 20th) signal a shift towards expressivity that changed composition forever, culminating in the radical revisions of Modernism. We regularly update this playlist with new recordings. If you like a piece, add it to your library.

III. Rondo. Allegro molto

Alena Baeva, Vadym Kholodenko

4:14

III. Leise, einfach

Steven Isserlis, Connie Shih

5:34

I. Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo

Víkingur Ólafsson

3:59

I. Allegro assai

9:46

No. 1 in E Major. Andante con moto

Leif Ove Andsnes

1:26

Grande Valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18

5:21

No. 1 in D Minor

3:32

III. Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo

Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet

4:22

No. 2, Prélude

4:06

II. Larghetto

Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Stella Chen

8:22

III. Finale. Alla breve

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Nobuyuki Tsujii, Domingo Hindoyan

13:53

III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace

Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos, Emanuel Ax

3:40

I. Allegro moderato

Jonathan Biss, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Omer Meir Wellber

20:06

No. 7, How Fair This Spot (Transcr. Volodos for Piano)

Nobuyuki Tsujii

2:35

Waltz No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 "Minute Waltz"

Rafał Blechacz

1:46

III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza: Benedetti & Marsalis)

Nicholas Collon, Aurora Orchestra, Nicola Benedetti

8:48

III. Andante

4:43

No. 2 in A-Flat Major

8:43

No. 1, Sängers Trost (Arr. Isserlis for Cello & Piano)

Connie Shih, Steven Isserlis

2:20

II. Allegro molto

2:18

I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo

6:46

III. Scherzando & Trio

Gould Piano Trio

6:48

III. Finale. Allegro energico

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johan Dalene, Gemma New

7:39

Rondo in C Minor, Op. 1

Anna Geniushene

10:50

No. 5, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Arr. Busoni for Piano)

1:57

III. Allegretto grazioso (quasi andantino) - Presto ma non assai

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

4:57

German Dance in G Major with 2 Trios and 2 Ländler, D. 618

6:38

Rondo a capriccio, Op. 129 "Rage over a Lost Penny"

6:31

Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2. Tempo giusto (Live)

4:20

Tragic Overture in D Minor, Op. 81

Kirill Petrenko, Berlin Philharmonic

13:31

Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (After Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy)

Marina Baranova

4:17

Romance in B Major for String Orchestra

Ulster Orchestra, Charles Peebles

6:30

III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

Víkingur Ólafsson

2:20

No. 5 in G Minor

Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt

3:38

No. 2 in E Minor, Mazur. Allegretto grazioso

Czech Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle

5:26

II. Larghetto

Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon, Nicola Benedetti

9:06

No. 3 in F Minor. Allegro moderato

1:41

Fugue for Piano Four-Hands in E Minor, Op. Posth. 152, D. 952

Bertrand Chamayou, Leif Ove Andsnes

3:56

V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo

6:53

IV. Largo – Allegro – Allegro risoluto

Nobuyuki Tsujii

11:46

Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57

4:26

II. Adagio

Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Leonidas Kavakos

5:01

I. Moderato

Víkingur Ólafsson

4:46

III. Allegro molto vivace

Johan Dalene, Malin Broman, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

6:53

IV. Andante cantabile

4:46

Mazurka No. 41 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 63 No. 3

Rafał Blechacz

1:48

Leonore Overture No. 2 in C Major, Op. 72

Berlin Philharmonic, Seiji Ozawa

14:34

Erlkönig, D. 328 (Arr. For String Quartet by Eric Mouret)

4:00

No. 1, Morning Prayer

Daniil Trifonov

1:12

No. 2 in E Major. Un poco più mosso

3:27

II. Tempo di minuetto, ma molto moderato e grazioso (Live)

Renaud Capuçon, Martha Argerich

8:44

I. Der Held

Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali

4:28

III. Valse. Allegro moderato

Karina Canellakis, London Philharmonic Orchestra

5:33

I. Prélude. Andantino (Trans. for Piano by H. Bauer)

3:18

Romanze in B Minor (Posth.)

Sylviane Deferne

6:41

No. 1, Andante moderato (Live)

Francesco Piemontesi

4:20

I. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo (Live at La Grange de Meslay, Tours, 1965)

Sviatoslav Richter

6:15

III. Rondo. Molto allegro (Live)

Jonathan Biss, Pekka Kuusisto, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

5:55

IV. Andante

Daniil Trifonov

4:41

No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Lento placido (Live)

Nobuyuki Tsujii

3:41

III. Andante cantabile

Emmanuel Despax, Piatti Quartet

7:07

V. May. White Nights. Andantino

4:13

No. 1 in A-Flat Major. Hohe Liebe

Mariam Batsashvili

6:07

II. Andante espressivo

6:41

No. 1 in C Minor

Andrejs Osokins

5:52

III. Scherzo. Allegro non troppo

Tapiola Sinfonietta, Janne Nisonen

5:02

Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream in E Major, Op. 21

Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado

11:28

No. 2 in A-Flat Major. Allegro moderato

8:16

Humoreske in B-Flat Major, Op. 20

25:56

IV. Allegretto grazioso (Live)

Manfred Honeck, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Francesco Piemontesi

9:11

No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

3:13

I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato (Live)

7:01

III. Adagio espressivo

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

9:03

No. 1, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Helmut Deutsch, Jonas Kaufmann

1:30

III. Marche funèbre. Lento

Benjamin Grosvenor

9:10

II. Scherzo. Assai vivace (Live)

2:44

No. 3, Oh Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst

Andrejs Osokins

4:15

I. Allegro moderato

Nathanaël Gouin, Lorraine Campet

12:14

I. Allegro assai

Mariam Batsashvili

10:10

X. Wedding March. Allegro vivace

Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado

4:25

No. 3 in G-Sharp Minor "La campanella"

Mariam Batsashvili

4:59

Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1

Benjamin Grosvenor

4:43

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

Nathanaël Gouin, Lorraine Campet

3:06

Overture

The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra, Edward Gardner

10:08

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

10:53

Frühlingsglaube, D. 686

Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

3:11

II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato

Ariel Quartet

8:40

II. Andante un poco mosso

Trio con Brio Copenhagen

10:26

III. Marche funèbre. Lento

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

8:55

No. 1 in C Minor

11:34

X. Cantique d'amour

Lise de La Salle

6:45

I. Allegro affettuoso

Stewart Goodyear, Andrew Constantine, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

14:38

Nocturne No. 4 in A Major, H. 36

4:48

No. 6, Frühlingslied (Arr. for String Quartet by Jakob Encke)

Goldmund Quartet

2:25

Ständchen, D. 920 "Zögernd leise"

MGV Walhalla zum Seidlwirt, Yonatan Cohen, Fatma Said

5:05

No. 3 (Arr. for String Ensemble by Patricia Kopatchinskaja)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Camerata Bern

5:05

Erlkönig, Op. 1, D. 328 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Hector Berlioz)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mary Bevan, Edward Gardner

3:58

II. Allegretto

Cédric Tiberghien, Alina Ibragimova

3:51

No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"

4:14

Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

3:18