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Release Date: Friday 10 October 2008
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Born in Bonn in 1770, the eldest son of a singer in the Kapelle of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne and grandson of the Archbishop's Kapellmeister, Beethoven moved in 1792 to Vienna, where he had some lessons from Haydn and others, quickly establishing himself as a remarkable keyboard-player and original composer.
By 1815 increasing deafness made public performance impossible and accentuated existing eccentricities of character, patiently tolerated by a series of rich patrons and his royal pupil the Archduke Rudolph. Beethoven did much to enlarge the possibilities of music and widen the horizons of later generations of composers. To his contemporaries he was sometimes a controversial figure, making heavy demands on listeners both by the length and by the complexity of his writing, as he explored new fields of music.
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral": II. Molto vivace
The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43, Act I: Overture
Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost": II. Largo assai ed espressivo
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
Egmont, Op. 84: Overture
4 Piano Pieces, WoO 59-61a: Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, "Fur Elise". Bagatelle, WoO 60. Allegretto quasi andante, WoO 61a. Allegretto, WoO 61
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5, No. 1: II. Rondo: Allegro vivace
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio