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Almost 80 minutes of indispensable Beethoven have been packed into the very best of The Best of Beethoven. It includes excerpts from the Beethoven symphony cycle from Béla Drahos that is the talking point of the music world, the BBC Music Magazine - the world's largest selling music magazine - advising anyone starting a Beethoven symphony collection to buy this stunning new one from Naxos.

We should just point out that the Ninth Symphony excerpt comes from our raw, but red-blooded, recording made in Zagreb in the early days of Naxos, of which the Penguin Guide were happy to recommend for the "fresh-toned chorus and good soloists".

Jenö Jandó is the soloist in the Piano Sonatas, his performance of the "Moonlight" being a great classic among the very many CD versions, while the Violin Concerto is in the hands of another popular Naxos artist, Takako Nishizaki, the Gramophone describing her as having a "silvery timbre and immaculate style".

Stefan Vladar is one of today's pianists most in demand, and his recording of the Fifth Piano Concerto was hailed as a masterpiece, Gramophone describing it as "dramatic and fresh", while Music and Musicians thought that no other version had "such a beautiful central movement".

Disc 1

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Bela Drahos

Allegro con brio - 05:33

Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 23, "Fur Elise"

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Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Balazs Szokolay,

Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 23, "Fur Elise" - 03:09

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Bela Drahos

Scherzo: Allegro vivace - 05:57

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique"

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Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Jeno Jando,

Adagio cantabile - 04:45

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61: Rondo: Allegro

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Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Kenneth Jean
Takako Nishizaki, violin

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61: Rondo: Allegro - 11:15

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2, "Moonlight"

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Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Jeno Jando,

Adagio sostenuto - 05:19

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral"

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Bela Drahos

Allegro ma non troppo - 11:05

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

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Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Barry Wordsworth
Stefan Vladar, piano

Rondo: Allegro - 10:03

Egmont Overture

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Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Stephen Gunzenhauser

Egmont Overture - 08:26

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral": Finale: Presto (excerpt)

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Performed by: Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
Conducted by: Richard Edlinger
Robert Holzer, bass-baritone
Gabriele Lechner, soprano
Michael Pabst, tenor
Diane Elias, contralto

IV. Finale - 13:50

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Composer(s)/ Author(s):
Beethoven, Ludwig van

Conductor(s):
Drahos, Bela; Edlinger, Richard; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Jean, Kenneth; Wordsworth, Barry

Orchestra(s):
Capella Istropolitana; Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra

Artist(s):
Elias, Diane; Holzer, Robert; Jando, Jeno; Lechner, Gabriele; Nishizaki, Takako; Pabst, Michael; Szokolay, Balazs; Vladar, Stefan

Label: Naxos Best Of...
UPC: 730099665124
Item Number: 8556651
Release Date: Jan 1, 2000