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 The #1 Beethoven Album
Release Date: 10/14/2003 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 000111302   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Pinchas ZukermanEmil GilelsVladimir AshkenazyStephen KovacevichWilhelm Backhaus
Itzhak PerlmanBarry TuckwellPilar LorengarYvonne Minton
Stuart BurrowsMartti Talvela
Conductor:  Pierre MonteuxFrederick FennellDaniel BarenboimAntal DorátiHans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Sir Georg SoltiClaudio AbbadoKurt MasurRafael Kubelik

Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony OrchestraI MusiciEastman-Rochester PopsChicago Symphony Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraOrpheus Chamber OrchestraLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Quartetto ItalianoCleveland Orchestra membersBeaux Arts Trio
Chicago Symphony Chorus

Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 29 Mins. 

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1.  Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67: 1st movement, Allegro con brio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Pierre Monteux
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1807-1808; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 7 Minutes 8 Secs. 
2.  Minuets (6) for Piano, WoO 10: no 2 in G major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra/Ensemble:  I Musici
Period: Classical 
Written: ?1795; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 46 Secs. 
3.  Ruins of Athens, Op. 113: no 5, Marcia alla turca by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Frederick Fennell
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Eastman-Rochester Pops
Period: Classical 
Written: 1811; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs. 
4.  Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61: 3rd movement, Rondo by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Conductor:  Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1806; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 9 Minutes 41 Secs. 
5.  Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 no 2 "Moonlight": 1st movement, Adagio sostenuto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Emil Gilels (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1801; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 3 Secs. 
6.  Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 2 Minutes 57 Secs. 
7.  Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": 2nd movement, Adagio cantabile by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1797-1798; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 20 Secs. 
8.  Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92: 2nd movement, Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Antal Doráti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1811-1812; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 8 Minutes 28 Secs. 
9.  Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor": 2nd movement, Adagio un poco mosso by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano)
Conductor:  Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 7 Minutes 22 Secs. 
10.  Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica": 3rd movement, Allegro vivace by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1803; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 54 Secs. 
11.  Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: no 18, Finale by Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 23 Secs. 
12.  Egmont, Op. 84: Overture by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1810; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 8 Minutes 3 Secs. 
13.  Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture in E major by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Kurt Masur
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1814; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 28 Secs. 
14.  Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": 1st movement, Allegro ma non troppo by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1808; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 13 Minutes 22 Secs. 
15.  Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring": 4th movement, Rondo by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Itzhak Perlman (Violin), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 46 Secs. 
16.  Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "Razumovsky": 4th movement, Allegro molto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Quartetto Italiano
Period: Classical 
Written: 1805-1806; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 19 Secs. 
17.  Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17: Allegro moderato by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano), Barry Tuckwell (French Horn)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 38 Secs. 
18.  Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31 no 2 "Tempest": 3rd movement, Allegretto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Stephen Kovacevich (Piano)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1802; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 28 Secs. 
19.  Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93: 3rd movement, Tempo di Menuetto by Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor:  Rafael Kubelik
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra members
Period: Classical 
Written: 1812; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs. 
20.  Trio for Piano and Strings no 7 in B flat major, Op. 97 "Archduke": 2nd movement, Scherzo by Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Beaux Arts Trio
Period: Classical 
Written: 1810-1811; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 6 Minutes 38 Secs. 
21.  Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral": 4th movement, Finale - Alla marcia by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Pilar Lorengar (Soprano), Yvonne Minton (Mezzo Soprano), Stuart Burrows (Tenor),
Martti Talvela (Bass)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  Chicago Symphony Chorus
Period: Classical 
Written: 1822-1824; Vienna, Austria 
Length: 18 Minutes 23 Secs. 
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