Compilation - Heroic Beethoven (Best Of) - (CD)

Ludwig van Beethoven è uno degli eroi della musica. Come compositore, è diventato una forza trasformatrice, a volte rivoluzionaria. Come uomo di spirito e di ispirazione, ha trionfato sulla sordità per produrre una ricchezza di capolavori. Nel corso di oltre due secoli, le sue opere hanno deliziato, sorpreso, stupito e commosso gli ascoltatori. I momenti più grandi del suo poliedrico genio - dall'eroico all'intimo - possono essere qui vissuti in esecuzioni di strumentisti, cantanti e direttori d'orchestra di altissimo livello.

Disco: 1

1. Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo - Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2. Piano Sonata No 8 in C Minor, Op 13 "Pathetique": II Adagio cantabile - Stephen Kovacevich

3. Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt) - Andras Schiff

4. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": III. Allegretto - Artemis Quartet

5. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto - Stephen Kovacevich

6. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest": III. Allegretto - Stephen Kovacevich

7. Piano Trio No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke": I. Allegro moderato - Jacqueline du Pre, Pinchas Zukerman & Daniel Barenboim

8. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 1, Allegretto - Stephen Kovacevich

9. Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer": III. Finale. Presto - Renaud Capucon

10. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: IV. Presto - Allegro assai - "Ode to Joy" (Excerpt) - Nikolaus Harnoncourt

11. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio - Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Disco: 2

1. Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai - Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2. Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Fur Elise" - Rudolf Buchbinder

3. Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": III. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Renaud Capucon

4. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Rasumovsky": I. Allegro - Artemis Quartet

5. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto - Nikolaus Harnoncourt

6. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Andante con moto - Andras Schiff

7. Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: III. Tempo di menuetto - Trio - Melos Ensemble

8. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli in C Major, Op. 120: Tema. Vivace - Hans Richter-Haaser

9. 33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli in C Major, Op. 120: Variation I. Alla marcia maestoso - Hans Richter-Haaser

10. Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69: I. Allegro ma non tanto - Janos Starker & Rudolf Buchbinder

11. Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113: IV. Marcia alla Turca - Paul Strauss

12. Missa solemnis, Op. 123: Gloria in excelsis Deo - New Philharmonia Orchestra

13. Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40 - Maxim Vengerov

14. 11 Bagatelles, Op. 119: No. 9, Vivace moderato - Stephen Kovacevich

15. 26 Welsh Songs, WoO 155: No. 13, Helpless Woman - Jean-Pierre Armengaud

16. O Tobias!, WoO 182 - Accentus

17. Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: "Mir ist so wunderbar" (Marzelline, Leonore, Jaquino, Rocco) - Philharmonia Orchestra

Disco: 3

1. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio - Nikolaus Harnoncourt

2. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto agitato - Stephen Kovacevich

3. Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo (Excerpt) [Cadenza by Kreisler] - Frank Peter Zimmermann

4. Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major, Op. 70 No. 1 "Ghost": II. Largo assai ed espressivo - Jacqueline du Pre, Pinchas Zukerman & Daniel Barenboim

5. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 - Otto Klemperer

6. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro (Excerpt Begining) - Andras Schiff

7. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": I. Allegro (Excerpt Conclusion) - Andras Schiff

8. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato - Prestissimo - Stephen Kovacevich

9. Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in D Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro molto - Doomin Kim & Guillaume Vincent

10. Rondo a capriccio in G Major, Op. 129 "Rage over a Lost Penny" - Rudolf Buchbinder

11. Mass in C Major, Op. 86: I. Kyrie - Carlo Maria Giulini

12. 7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: No. 7, Presto - Georges Solchany

13. Choral Fantasy in C Minor, Op. 80: II. Finale - Nikolaus Harnoncourt