Beethoven and the Romantics

Beethoven and the Romantics

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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.

I. Allegro

Chiaroscuro Quartet

10:00

I. In kräftigem, nicht zu schnellem Tempo

Daniel Dodds, Midori, Festival Strings Lucerne

15:53

No. 2, All'esimio violinista prof. Augusto Michelangeli

Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

2:45

Adoration (Arr. for String Quartet by Samuel Araya)

Isidore String Quartet

3:11

I. Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo

Víkingur Ólafsson

3:59

Overture - Bacchanale (Venusberg)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

19:20

II. Andante

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

6:17

III. Rondo. Molto allegro (Live)

Pekka Kuusisto, Jonathan Biss, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

5:55

II. Andante sostenuto

9:58

No. 2, Extase

Elsa Dreisig, Massimo Zanetti, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova

3:42

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

6:38

III. Leise, einfach

Connie Shih, Steven Isserlis

5:34

II. Vivace non troppo

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons

4:19

IV. Finale. Presto

Chiaroscuro Quartet

6:20

III. Marche funèbre. Lento

Benjamin Grosvenor

9:10

III. Rondo. Allegro molto

Vadym Kholodenko, Alena Baeva

4:14

I. Allegro vivace

8:56

II. Adagio

Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma

5:01

II. Alles, was Odem hat

Jone Martínez, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

6:41

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

IV. Largo – Allegro – Allegro risoluto

Nobuyuki Tsujii

11:46

No. 1 in D Minor

3:32

III. Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo

Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet

4:22

No. 2, Prélude

4:06

II. Larghetto

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

8:22

III. Finale. Alla breve

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Domingo Hindoyan, Nobuyuki Tsujii

13:53

III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace

Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos

3:40

I. Allegro moderato

Omer Meir Wellber, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Biss

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)

Aurora Orchestra, Nicholas Collon, 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

Gemma New, Johan Dalene, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

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

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

Charles Peebles, Ulster Orchestra

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

Nicholas Collon, Nicola Benedetti, Aurora Orchestra

9:06

No. 3 in F Minor. Allegro moderato

1:41

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

Leif Ove Andsnes, Bertrand Chamayou

3:56

V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo

6:53

Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57

4:26

I. Moderato

Víkingur Ólafsson

4:46

III. Allegro molto vivace

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johan Dalene, Malin Broman

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

Seiji Ozawa, Berlin Philharmonic

14:34

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

4:00

No. 1, Morning Prayer

Daniil Trifonov

1:12

II. Hastig

Nikolai Lugansky

4:32

No. 2 in E Major. Un poco più mosso

3:27

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

Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon

8:44

I. Der Held

Philharmonia Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali

4:28

III. Valse. Allegro moderato

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis

5:33

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

3:18

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

IV. Andante

Daniil Trifonov

4:41

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

Nobuyuki Tsujii

3:41

III. Andante cantabile

Piatti Quartet, Emmanuel Despax

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

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)

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Manfred Honeck, Francesco Piemontesi

9:11

No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

3:13

III. Adagio espressivo

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner

9:03

No. 1, Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch

1:30

I. Allegro assai

Mariam Batsashvili

10:10

X. Wedding March. Allegro vivace

Freiburger Barockorchester, Pablo Heras-Casado

4:25

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

Benjamin Grosvenor

4:43

Overture

Edward Gardner, The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

10:08

Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52

10:53

Frühlingsglaube, D. 686

Carolyn Sampson, Joseph Middleton

3:11

III. Marche funèbre. Lento

Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

8:55

No. 1 in C Minor

11:34

Nocturne No. 4 in A Major, H. 36

4:48

Ständchen, D. 920 "Zögernd leise"

Fatma Said, Yonatan Cohen, MGV Walhalla zum Seidlwirt

5:05

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

Edward Gardner, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mary Bevan

3:58

II. Allegretto

Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien

3:51

No. 3 in E Major "Tristesse"

4:14

Nocturne No. 9 in E Minor, H. 46

3:18

II. Adagio

Alexandre Kantorow

6:55