There’s such freshness and vigour here to challenge more familiar, pedestrian readings of Beethoven’s overtures, plus the real benefit of rarities such as Zur Namensfeier making this a must-have ...

Beethoven didn't get his Egmont Overture finished in time for the first performance. Or the second... or the third. Finally, he finished in time for the fourth performance of the Goethe play, on June ...

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) abandoned three different overtures for his only opera called "Fidelio" (fih-DAY-lee-oh). Fortunately, they all have a life of their own as concert pieces with the ...

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in the complete Beethoven Symphonies, recorded in Frankfurt. This cycle of Beethoven Symphonies and Overtures was recorded in ...

For Beethoven's 250th birthday, James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong are giving us the gift of a complete violin-sonata cycle over the course of the season. These ten beloved works are cornerstones of the ...

AN unheard Beethoven overture, which has been reconstructed by a Dutch composer using a computer program, will have its world premiere by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington next month. In ...