Favourites from the Classics: Beethoven

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Annotation

The Reader's Digest favourites from the classics series.

Performer credits are available by https://rdboxsets.blogspot.com/2014/09/favourites-from-classics-beethoven.html

Annotation last modified on 2020-03-29 10:38 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Serenity and Grandeur
2▶CD: Victory and Majesty
3▼CD: Romance and Inspiration
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1Sonata no. 14 in C-sharp minor "Moonlight": 1st Movement
piano:
Earl Wild (pianist, composer and conductor)
recording of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”: I. Adagio sostenuto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1801)
included in:
end of starchild (video game soundtrack)
part of:
Sonata for Piano no. 14 in C‐sharp minor, op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight”
5:35
2Violin Concerto in D: 1st Movement
violin:
Erich Gruenberg
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: I. Allegro ma non troppo
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1806)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
24:19
3Violin Concerto in D: 2nd Movement
violin:
Erich Gruenberg
conductor:
Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: II. Larghetto
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1806)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
9:57
4Violin Concerto in D: 3rd Movement
violin:
Erich Gruenberg
conductor:
Jascha Horenstein (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1806)
part of:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, op. 61
10:11
5Symphony no. 9 in D minor "Choral": 4th Movement "Ode to Joy"
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
René Leibowitz (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: IV. Finale. Presto – Allegro assai (Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1822 until 1824)
librettist:
Friedrich Schiller (German poet and playwright)
quotes lyrics from:
An die Freude
part of:
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
21:58