Artist
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven is a composer artist from Bonn, Germany formed in 1776. 36 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Composer · Bonn, Germany · Best composer albums
- 36
- Releases
- 1959–2020
- Active years
- 1776
- Formed
Artist
Ludwig van Beethoven is a composer artist from Bonn, Germany formed in 1776. 36 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Composer · Bonn, Germany · Best composer albums
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Piano Concertos
2020
Complete String Quartets
2011
Grandes Compositores de la Música Clásica
2010
Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 3 / Sibelius: Symphony no. 5
2008
Complete Works
2007
Live in Berlin: Symphony no. 9 “Choral”
2006
The Very Best of Beethoven
2005
Symphonies 3, 5 & 7
2001
The Rose Collection: Eroica
1995
Greatest Hits
1990
Piano Concertos 3 & 4
1984
Triple Concerto, op. 56
1980
Symphony No. 9 (Wiener Philharmoniker feat. conductor: Leonard Bernstein, sopran: Gwyneth Jones, alt: Hanna Schwarz, tenor: Rene Kollo, bass: Kurt Moll, choir: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperncho
1980
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" (Vienna Philharmonic feat. conductor: Pierre Monteux)
1979
Piano Concerto No. 3, Piano Sonata No. 31 (Wiener Philarmonic feat. cond. : Karl Böhm, piano : Maurizio Pollini)
1979
Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / Egmont Overture (London Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Eugen Jochum)
1977
Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Volume 4 (feat. violin: Itzhak Perlman, piano: Vladimir Ashkenazy)
1977
Beethoven: Die Weihe Des Hauses; Leonore Prohaska (Incidental Music) (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: Claudio Abbado, vocals: Bryn Terfel, Sascha Reckert, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Sylvia
1976
Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Volume 2 (feat. violin: Itzhak Perlman, piano: Vladimir Ashkenazy)
1976
Piano Sonatas Nos. 21, 26, 17 (Alfred Brendel)
1975
Symphonie Nr. 9 d-moll op. 125
1975
Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 4 (Scottish National Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Alexander Gibson, piano: John Lill)
1975
The Nine Complete Beethoven Symphonies (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: William Steinberg)
1972
Symphony no. 9
1972
Triple Concerto / Overtures: 'Egmont', 'Coriolan', 'Prometheus'
1972
Early and Middle String Quartets
1970
Symphony No. 9 "Choral" (Concertgebouw Orchestra feat. conductor: Eugen Jochum)
1969
Friedrich Gulda spielt Beethoven sämtliche Klaviersonaten Disc 9 Sonaten 30-32
1968
Beethoven 5th Symphony, Transcribed for Piano by Liszt
1968
Schumann: Dichterliebe / Schubert, Beethoven: Lieder
1966
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra feat. conductor: André Cluytens)
1965
Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 21, & 23
1964
Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 "Eroica"
1963
Violin Sonatas Nos. 9 "Kreutzer", 5 "Spring" (violin: David Oistrakh, piano: Lev Oborin)
1962
The 9 Symphonies
1962
Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 (Columbia Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Bruno Walter)
1959
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets. He also composed other chamber music, choral works (including the celebrated Missa Solemnis), and songs. Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of the Holy Roman Empire, Beethoven displayed his musical talents at an early age and was taught by his father Johann van Beethoven and Christian Gottlob Neefe. During his first 22 years in Bonn, Beethoven intended to study with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and befriended Joseph Haydn. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792 and began studying with Haydn, quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. He lived in Vienna until his death. About 1800 his hearing began to deteriorate, and by the last decade of his life he was almost totally deaf. He gave up conducting and performing in public but continued to compose; many of his most admired works…