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BEETHOVEN (THE BEST OF)




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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 (more info)
    Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
    Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by: Bela Drahos

  1. Allegro con brio - 05:33


  2. Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 23, "Fur Elise" (more info)
  3. Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 23, "Fur Elise" - 03:09


  4. Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica" (more info)
    Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
    Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by: Bela Drahos

  5. Scherzo: Allegro vivace - 05:57


  6. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathetique" (more info)
  7. Adagio cantabile - 04:45


  8. Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61: Rondo: Allegro (more info)
    Performed by: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
    Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by: Kenneth Jean
    Takako Nishizaki, violin

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


  10. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2, "Moonlight" (more info)
  11. Adagio sostenuto - 05:19


  12. Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" (more info)
    Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
    Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by: Bela Drahos

  13. Allegro ma non troppo - 11:05


  14. Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor" (more info)
    Performed by: Capella Istropolitana
    Composed by: Ludwig van Beethoven
    Conducted by: Barry Wordsworth
    Stefan Vladar, piano

  15. Rondo: Allegro - 10:03


  16. Egmont Overture (more info)
  17. Egmont Overture - 08:26


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

  19. IV. Finale - 13:50

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