Classical CD

A disc of music by Ludwig van Beethoven, released by Philips Records. SECOND-HAND CD

FORMAT: CD Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Opp. 2 No. 3, 13 & 28 (Angela Hewitt) The eagerly awaited second volume of internationally acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt’s celebrated Beethoven cycle brings...

FORMAT: CD Beethoven, Angela Hewitt – Piano Sonatas Op 27 No 1, Op 31 No 2, Op 79, Op 109 Experience the full emotional spectrum of Beethoven's piano sonatas through world-class interpretations....

The combination of piano, violin, and cello was one of Beethoven's favorite ensembles. This CD by top Finnish artists Risto Lauriala (piano), Tero Latvala (violin), and Marko Ylönen (cello)...

This CD features the Diabelli Variations by Ludvig van Beethoven, played by Risto Lauriala. Tracks: Beethoven, Ludwig van 33 Verändrungen über einen Waltzer von A. Diabelli C-dur op. 120 1 Tema...

After releasing acclaimed recordings of romantic violin concertos by Brahms, Bruch, and Tchaikovsky, Vadim Gluzman turns his attention to a work that set a new direction for the genre in the early...

When Emperor Joseph II died in 1790, Beethoven was already a member of the Bonn court music circle. To mark the occasion, Beethoven was commissioned to write two cantatas, one to mourn Joseph's...

Die Ruinen von Athen ('The Ruins of Athens') was composed to celebrate the opening of the new German theater in Pest in 1812. It was conceived as an accompaniment to August von Kotzebue's...

This recording by the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Aapo Häkkinen and playing period instruments, contains all of Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770-1827) incidental music for Goethe's...

Apart from his only opera, Fidelio, Beethoven's connection to the Vienna theater was largely through incidental music or songs that were added to other composers' works as supplementary...

The celebration of Princess Esterhazy's name day with a newly composed mass began in the 1790s, and Joseph Haydn continued the tradition for many years. In 1807, Beethoven commissioned a...

Critically acclaimed pianist Boris Giltburg performs Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, as well as Rondo, WoO 6, which Beethoven originally intended as the finale for his second piano concerto. Giltburg...

For audiences in the 19th century, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 was the most beloved of all his piano concertos. It is the most clearly balanced in terms of high drama, tenderness, lyricism...

These works share the key of E-flat major, but represent two very different stages in the composer's life. Piano Concerto No. 0, WoO 4, written when Beethoven was 13 years old, is one of his...

The Grammy-nominated Prism project by the Danish string quartet, which combines Bach's fugues, Beethoven's quartets, and works by later masters, is getting its fourth installment. The...

Rachel Podger, “the unsurpassed British brilliance of the baroque violin” (The Times), and Grammy Award-winning pianist Christopher Glynn recorded Beethoven’s Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos....

The award-winning duo of Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt returns to the masterpieces of European chamber music with this new album, which features three violin sonatas from Ludwig van Beethoven's...

Joseph Swensen conducts Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with an inner fire that infects everyone attending his concerts; for him, it represents Beethoven's ultimate achievement – a celebration of...

Beethoven's first stage work – a ballet score for a stage production directed by dancer and choreographer Salvatore Viganò, nephew of composer Luigi Boccherini. The overture remains popular...

Includes Beethoven's Italian arias and singspiel. Many of these pieces are quite rare on record.

Ludwig van Beethoven's Mass in C Major (Op. 86) was commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. It is the second of Beethoven's two masses and is often overshadowed by the later...

Marin Alsop conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a new recording of Bernstein's boisterous satirical operetta Candide. Almost three decades after the composer's own iconic...

Oskar Merikanto's Most Beautiful = Best of Oskar Merikanto is a popular compilation album that was released in 1993. It contains 20 of Oskar Merikanto's most beloved compositions, including...

This CD features works for piano and string orchestra, and string orchestra and solo string quartet by Ernest Bloch ja Ferrucio Busoni. Tracks: Bloch, Ernest Concerto Grosso nro 1 pianolle ja...

Their recording of the American Quartet and String Quartet No. 13, Op. 106 (Gramophone Award – Recording of the Year) elevated the Pavel Haas Quartet to the ranks of the finest performers of...

Johannes Brahms' two cello sonatas are in stark contrast to each other. This is not only due to the fact that they were composed more than twenty years apart. Brahms favored pairs of works for the...

One of Johannes Brahms' sunniest works, the Violin Concerto in D major, was composed in the summer of 1878, which Brahms spent on the idyllic shores of Lake Wörthersee in Carinthia, Austria. By...

The term sinfonietta is generally used to describe a work that is smaller or lighter in scale than a normal symphony. It only became common in the first half of the 20th century, when the three works...

24-year-old Canadian pianist Bruce Liu was the Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021. This album was recorded live during the various stages of the...

Exceptional pianist Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Chopin Competition, has recorded Tchaikovsky's most famous solo piano work “The Seasons” for his second studio album. With his...

The beginning of the most comprehensive edition of Bruckner's symphonies, containing all 19 available versions. Bruckner burst out of the confines of the cathedral by using the most secular form...

The third part of Fridrich Bruk's (born in Ukraine in 1937, but living in Finland since 1974) recent symphonic output brings two astonishingly vibrant works from the octogenarian composer. Both...

Born in Ukraine, Thomas de Hartmann (1885–1956), a student of both Arensky and Taneyev, achieved fame as a composer in Russia in the early 1900s, and his concert music was later played by some of...

My free life at the Four Walls Theater began with concert performances in 1992 and thereafter, followed by numerous stage performances with dancers in Finland and Russia. John Cage's collaboration...

The young players of the Swiss string ensemble Camerata du Léman make their recording debut with energetic performances of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an...