VA — Classical for the Brain: Beethoven (2022)

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The events of Beethoven\’s life are the stuff of Romantic legend, evoking images of the solitary creator shaking his fist at Fate and finally overcoming it through a supreme effort of creative will. His compositions, which frequently pushed the boundaries of tradition and startled audiences with their originality and power, are considered by many to be the foundation of 19th century musical principals. Born in the small German city of Bonn on or around December 16, 1770, he received his early training from his father and other local musicians. As a teenager, he earned some money as an assistant to his teacher, Christian Gottlob Neefe, then was granted half of his father\’s salary as court musician from the Electorate of Cologne in order to care for his two younger brothers as his father gave in to alcoholism. Beethoven played viola in various orchestras, becoming friends with other players such as Antoine Reicha, Nikolaus Simrock, and Franz Ries, and began taking on composition commissions.
As a member of the court chapel orchestra, he was able to travel some and meet members of the nobility, one of whom, Count Ferdinand Waldstein, would become a great friend and patron to him. Beethoven moved to Vienna in 1792 to study with Haydn; despite the prickliness of their relationship, Haydn\’s concise humor helped form Beethoven\’s style. His subsequent teachers in composition were Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri. In 1794, he began his career in earnest as a pianist and composer, taking advantage whenever he could of the patronage of others. Around 1800, Beethoven began to notice his gradually encroaching deafness. His growing despondency only intensified his antisocial tendencies. However, the Symphony No. 3, \»Eroica,\» of 1803 began a sustained period of groundbreaking creative triumph. In later years, Beethoven was plagued by personal difficulties, including a series of failed romances and a nasty custody battle over a nephew, Karl. Yet after a long period of comparative compositional inactivity lasting from about 1811 to 1817, his creative imagination triumphed once again over his troubles. Beethoven\’s late works, especially the last five of his 16 string quartets and the last four of his 32 piano sonatas, have an ecstatic quality in which many have found a mystical significance. Beethoven died in Vienna on March 26, 1827. Beethoven\’s epochal career is often divided into early, middle, and late periods, represented, respectively, by works based on Classic-period models, by revolutionary pieces that expanded the vocabulary of music, and by compositions written in a unique, highly personal musical language incorporating elements of contrapuntal and variation writing while approaching large-scale forms with complete freedom. Though certainly subject to debate, these divisions point to the immense depth and multifariousness of Beethoven\’s creative personality. Beethoven profoundly transformed every genre he touched, and the music of the 19th century seems to grow from his compositions as if from a chrysalis. A formidable pianist, he moved the piano sonata from the drawing room to the concert hall with such ambitious and virtuosic middle-period works as the \»Waldstein\» (No. 21) and \»Appassionata\» (No. 23) sonatas. His song cycle An die ferne Geliebte of 1816 set the pattern for similar cycles by all the Romantic song composers, from Schubert to Wolf. The Romantic tradition of descriptive or \»program\» music began with Beethoven\’s \»Pastoral\» Symphony No. 6. Even in the second half of the 19th century, Beethoven still directly inspired both conservatives (such as Brahms, who, like Beethoven, fundamentally stayed within the confines of Classical form) and radicals (such as Wagner, who viewed the Ninth Symphony as a harbinger of his own vision of a total art work, integrating vocal and instrumental music with the other arts). In many ways revolutionary, Beethoven\’s music remains universally appealing because of its characteristic humanism and dramatic power.
[2:51] 1. I Musici — Beethoven: Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2
[0:14] 2. Alfred Brendel — 10. Allegramente
[0:56] 3. Berliner Philharmoniker — Deutscher Gesang (da capo) (I)
[2:59] 4. Lukas Hagen — No. 3 in C Major
[0:47] 5. Mikhail Pletnev — Thema. Allegretto
[0:48] 6. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation I
[0:44] 7. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation II
[0:37] 8. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation III
[0:43] 9. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation IV
[0:39] 10. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation V
[0:38] 11. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation VI
[0:42] 12. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation VII
[0:57] 13. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation VIII
[0:45] 14. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation IX
[0:41] 15. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation X
[0:47] 16. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XI
[1:06] 17. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XII
[0:42] 18. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XIII
[1:29] 19. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XIV
[0:35] 20. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XV
[0:42] 21. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XVI
[0:54] 22. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XVII
[0:49] 23. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XVIII
[0:39] 24. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XIX
[0:42] 25. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XX. Scherzando
[0:46] 26. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XXI
[0:42] 27. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XXII
[3:46] 28. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XXIII. Adagio sostenuto
[2:16] 29. Mikhail Pletnev — Variation XXIV. Allegro
[0:56] 30. Lukas Hagen — No. 2 in D Major
[0:33] 31. Armonia Atenea — No. 11 Coro di Gioja. Andante
[0:34] 32. Berliner Philharmoniker — 2. Contredanse in A Major
[0:34] 33. Berliner Philharmoniker — 4. Contredanse in B Major
[2:34] 34. Henryk Szeryng — 3. Rondo. Allegro (Excerpt)
[2:52] 35. Eduard Brunner — 5. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace
[0:37] 36. Berliner Philharmoniker — 7. Deutscher Tanz. Walzer
[1:25] 37. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 8. German Dance in A Major
[0:40] 38. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — No. 8
[0:42] 39. Berliner Philharmoniker — 4. Romanze (Minnelied). Andantino
[0:43] 40. Berliner Philharmoniker — 7. Contredanse in E Major
[0:51] 41. Pierre Fournier — Thema. Andante
[0:42] 42. Pierre Fournier — Variation I
[0:46] 43. Pierre Fournier — Variation II
[0:57] 44. Pierre Fournier — Variation III
[1:20] 45. Pierre Fournier — Variation IV
[0:37] 46. Pierre Fournier — Variation V. Si prenda il tempo un poco piu vivace
[2:13] 47. Pierre Fournier — Variation VI. Adagio
[1:54] 48. Pierre Fournier — Variation VII. Allegro, ma non troppo
[0:49] 49. Tobias Koch — Beethoven: Piano Piece in A Major, Kafka f. 160r
[0:56] 50. Berliner Philharmoniker — Deutscher Gesang (da capo) (III)
[0:56] 51. Berliner Philharmoniker — Deutscher Gesang (da capo) (II)
[0:56] 52. Berliner Philharmoniker — Deutscher Gesang (da capo) (IV)
[0:44] 53. Alfred Brendel — Theme: Andante con moto
[0:37] 54. Alfred Brendel — Variation I
[0:36] 55. Alfred Brendel — Variation II
[0:38] 56. Alfred Brendel — Variation III
[0:37] 57. Alfred Brendel — Variation IV
[0:45] 58. Alfred Brendel — Variation V
[0:32] 59. Alfred Brendel — Variation VI
[0:33] 60. Alfred Brendel — Variation VII
[0:52] 61. Alfred Brendel — Variation VIII
[0:38] 62. Alfred Brendel — Variation IX
[3:23] 63. Alfred Brendel — Variation X
[1:00] 64. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 1. German Dance in C Major
[0:56] 65. Berliner Philharmoniker — 2. Deutscher Gesang. Allegro moderato
[1:00] 66. Alfred Brendel — 2. Andante con moto
[1:01] 67. Berliner Philharmoniker — 5. Contredanse — Trio in E Major
[1:03] 68. Berliner Philharmoniker — 3. Contredanse — Trio in D Major
[1:04] 69. Alfred Brendel — 5. Risoluto
[1:07] 70. Berliner Philharmoniker — 10. Contredanse — Trio in C Major
[1:07] 71. Alfred Brendel — 7. Allegro ma non troppo
[1:17] 72. Berliner Philharmoniker — 6. Contredanse — Trio in C Major
[1:23] 73. Hagen Quartett — Beethoven: Minuet in A-Flat Major, WoO 209
[1:20] 74. Berliner Philharmoniker — 3. Jagdlied. Allegretto
[1:21] 75. Gidon Kremer — 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
[1:24] 76. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 9. German Dance in F Major
[1:24] 77. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 10. German Dance in D Major
[3:43] 78. Alfred Brendel — Introduction col basso del Tema
[0:38] 79. Alfred Brendel — Variation 1
[0:51] 80. Alfred Brendel — Variation 2
[0:40] 81. Alfred Brendel — Variation 3
[0:41] 82. Alfred Brendel — Variation 4
[0:55] 83. Alfred Brendel — Variation 5
[1:19] 84. Alfred Brendel — Variation 6 & 7
[0:52] 85. Alfred Brendel — Variation 8
[0:38] 86. Alfred Brendel — Variation 9
[0:42] 87. Alfred Brendel — Variation 10
[0:44] 88. Alfred Brendel — Variation 11
[0:41] 89. Alfred Brendel — Variation 12
[0:45] 90. Alfred Brendel — Variation 13
[6:13] 91. Alfred Brendel — Variation 14 & 15
[4:28] 92. Alfred Brendel — Finale. Alla Fuga. Allegro con brio
[1:25] 93. Tobias Koch — Beethoven: Molto Adagio in G Major, Hess 71 (Fragment)
[1:27] 94. Tobias Koch — Beethoven: Piano Exercise in B-Flat Major / Minor, Hess 58
[1:30] 95. Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble — Beethoven: March for Military Music in F Major, WoO 18
[1:28] 96. Alfred Brendel — 8. Moderato cantabile
[1:32] 97. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 2. German Dance in A Major
[1:33] 98. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 6. German Dance in G Major
[1:36] 99. Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble — Beethoven: March for Military Music in D Major, WoO 22
[2:25] 100. Stephen Kovacevich — Tema (Vivace) — Variation I (Alla marcia maestoso)
[0:42] 101. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation II (Poco allegro)
[1:26] 102. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation III (L\’istesso tempo)
[0:56] 103. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation IV (Un poco piu vivace)
[0:54] 104. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation V (Allegro vivace)
[1:55] 105. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation VI (Allegro ma non troppo e serioso)
[1:06] 106. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation VII (Un poco piu allegro)
[1:37] 107. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation VIII (Poco vivace)
[1:50] 108. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation IX (Allegro pesante e risoluto)
[0:38] 109. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation X (Presto)
[1:09] 110. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XI (Allegretto)
[0:57] 111. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XII (Un poco piu moto)
[1:06] 112. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XIII (Vivace)
[5:17] 113. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XIV (Grave e maestoso)
[0:36] 114. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XV (Presto scherzando)
[1:03] 115. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XVI (Allegro)
[1:03] 116. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XVII
[1:29] 117. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XVIII (Poco moderato)
[0:50] 118. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XIX (Presto)
[2:07] 119. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XX (Andante)
[1:07] 120. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXI (Allegro con brio — Meno allegro — Tempo I)
[0:46] 121. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXII (Allegro molto): Alla \»Notte e giorno faticar\» di Mozart
[0:52] 122. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXIII (Allegro assai)
[3:15] 123. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXIV: Fughetta (Andante)
[0:48] 124. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXV (Allegro)
[1:14] 125. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXVI
[0:57] 126. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXVII (Vivace)
[0:53] 127. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXVIII (Allegro)
[1:28] 128. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXIX (Adagio ma non troppo)
[2:07] 129. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXX (Andante, sempre cantabile)
[5:06] 130. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXXI (Largo, molto espressivo)
[2:52] 131. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXXII: Fuga (Allegro — Poco adagio)
[4:10] 132. Stephen Kovacevich — Variation XXXIII (Tempo di minuetto moderato, ma non tirarsi dietro)
[1:31] 133. Elly Ameling — Zartliche Liebe, WoO 123 \»Ich liebe dich\»
[1:33] 134. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 7. German Dance in C Major
[1:36] 135. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 11. German Dance in G Major
[1:38] 136. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 5. German Dance in E Major
[1:38] 137. Berliner Philharmoniker — 6. Trinklied. Allegro con brio
[1:44] 138. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 3. German Dance in F Major
[1:44] 139. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 4. German Dance in B Major
[1:42] 140. Alfred Brendel — 3. a l\’Allemande
[1:52] 141. Berliner Philharmoniker — 8. Coda. Allegro vivace
[1:43] 142. Alfred Brendel — 4. Andante cantabile
[1:45] 143. Emma Johnson — Variation 6 (Lento espressivo)
[1:44] 144. Alfred Brendel — 11. Andante ma non troppo
[1:49] 145. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 3. Minuet in G Major
[1:49] 146. Berliner Philharmoniker — 12. Contredanse — Trio in E Major
[1:48] 147. Simon Preston — 2. Scherzo. Allegro in G Major
[1:51] 148. Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble — Beethoven: March for Military Music in F Major, WoO 19
[1:55] 149. Wilhelm Backhaus — 3. Scherzo. Allegro assai (Stereo Version)
[1:56] 150. Alfred Brendel — 6. Andante — Allegretto leggiermente
[1:57] 151. Hagen Quartett — 2. Presto
[2:04] 152. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 5. Minuet in C Major
[2:01] 153. Lukas Hagen — No. 5 in D Major
[2:04] 154. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 9. Minuet in G Major
[2:06] 155. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 6. Minuet in A Major
[2:05] 156. Berliner Philharmoniker — 1. Marsch
[2:08] 157. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 7. Minuet in D Major
[2:10] 158. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 1. Minuet in D Major
[2:09] 159. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 2. Minuet in B Major
[2:11] 160. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 12. Minuet in F Major
[2:09] 161. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 11. Minuet in C Major
[2:07] 162. Claudio Arrau — 3. Vivace
[2:08] 163. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 4. Minuet in E Major
[2:08] 164. Mikhail Pletnev — 2. Minuet in G Major — Trio
[2:08] 165. Maria Joao Pires — II. Allegretto
[2:11] 166. Lukas Hagen — No. 4 in F Major
[2:10] 167. Simon Preston — 3. Allegro in G Major
[2:18] 168. Lukas Hagen — No. 6 in G Major
[2:19] 169. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 8. Minuet in B Major
[2:16] 170. Hagen Quartett — 6. Adagio quasi un poco andante
[2:19] 171. Berliner Philharmoniker — Europa Hymn (Excerpt)
[2:19] 172. Lukas Hagen — No. 1 in E-Flat Major
[2:19] 173. Lukas Hagen — No. 2 in G Major
[2:24] 174. Wilhelm Kempff — No. 3 Andante
[2:39] 175. Alfred Brendel — 1. Allegretto
[2:33] 176. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 10. Minuet in E Major
[2:39] 177. Orchestra Of The 18th Century — Allegro assai —
[2:46] 178. Maurizio Pollini — III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll (Adagio ma non troppo, con affetto)
[2:50] 179. Tobias Koch — Beethoven: Piano Piece in C Major, Hess 59
[2:52] 180. Lang Lang — Beethoven: Minuet in C Major, WoO 218
[2:49] 181. Lang Lang — 2. Rondo. Moderato
[2:51] 182. Andras Schiff — 3. Menuetto (Allegro) (Live)
[2:55] 183. Alfred Brendel — 2. Allegro
[3:00] 184. Daniel Hope — Beethoven: Violin Sonata in A Major, UnV 11 (Hess46) (Fragment)
[3:00] 185. Mischa Maisky — I. Andante
[3:02] 186. Maurice Bourgue — 3. Menuetto (allegro molto — scherzo)
[3:01] 187. Berliner Philharmoniker — III. Luss Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro
[3:11] 188. Maurizio Pollini — IIIa. Adagio ma non troppo
[3:13] 189. Orchestre du Gewandhaus de Leipzig — 3. Menuetto (Allegro molto e vivace)
[3:15] 190. Music Lab Collective — Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (arr. piano)
[3:22] 191. Mischa Maisky — III. Adagio
[3:29] 192. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — 2. Vivace (Live)
[3:37] 193. Academy of St. Martin in the Fields — 12. German Dance in C Major
[3:47] 194. Maurizio Pollini — I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung (Allegretto ma non troppo)
[3:51] 195. Philharmonia Orchestra — 2. Allegretto
[3:54] 196. Concertgebouworkest — 2. Allegretto scherzando
[4:17] 197. Simon Preston — 5. Minuet. Allegretto in C Major
[4:21] 198. Daniel Hope — 6. Peggy\’s daughter (Walisisch)
[4:29] 199. Berliner Philharmoniker — 2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso) (Excerpt)
[4:36] 200. Simon Preston — 4. Allegro. Allegro non piu molto in C Major
[4:41] 201. Alfred Brendel — 2. Adagio
[4:50] 202. Alfred Brendel — 3. Rondo (Allegro)
[4:47] 203. Augustin Dumay — III. Rondo (Allegro)
[4:55] 204. Patrick Gallois — Beethoven: Romance Cantabile for Piano, Flute and Bassoon accompanied by Two Oboes and Strings in E Minor, Hess 13
[4:51] 205. Daniel Hope — 9. Oh, Thou are the Lad of my Heart (Schottisch)
[4:54] 206. Melos Quartet — Overtura (Allegro — Fuga)
[2:47] 207. Melos Quartet — Meno mosso e moderato (I)
[3:32] 208. Melos Quartet — Allegro molto e con brio (I)
[0:55] 209. Melos Quartet — Meno mosso e moderato (II)
[1:49] 210. Melos Quartet — Allegro molto e con brio (II)
[1:22] 211. Melos Quartet — Allegro
[4:57] 212. Alicia de Larrocha — 2. Andante con moto
[5:01] 213. Daniel Hope — 1. I bin a Tiroler Bua (Osterreichisch)
[5:22] 214. Daniel Barenboim — II. Adagio cantabile
[5:27] 215. Simon Preston — 1. Adagio. Adagio assai in F Major
[6:04] 216. David Oistrakh — 2. Andante piu tosto allegretto
[6:01] 217. Daniel Hope — 3. Volkslied aus Kleinrußland
[6:27] 218. Itzhak Perlman — 2. Adagio molto espressivo
[2:45] 219. Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra — 6. Adagio quasi un poco andante — attacca: (Live)
[3:37] 220. Anne-Sophie Mutter — Beethoven: Minuet in G, WoO 10, No. 2 (Arr. Mischa Elman)