Beethoven Awareness Month 2012
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Roundup: A Lot of Love for Ludwig Van
Beethoven Awareness Month has wrapped up its second edition. Listen, watch and read everything from the month in one place. Obeythoven!
Nov 30, 2012
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25 Essential Beethoven Recordings: The 'Pastoral' Symphony
To wrap our month-long survey of the 25 essential Beethoven recordings, we meet the composer's "folk" side. Read more and tell us about your favorite Beethoven recording here.
Nov 30, 2012
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25 Essential Beethoven Recordings: The Bagatelles
The London-based American pianist Stephen Kovacevich included the Bagatelles on his complete Beethoven cycle for EMI in the 1990s and they continue to rank among the standout versi... Nov 29, 2012
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25 Essential Beethoven Recordings: The Cello Sonatas
In the early 1990s Argerich teamed up with Mischa Maisky, one of the most soulful cellists around, to record Beethoven's five sonatas for piano and cello.
Nov 28, 2012
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A Matter of Style: Which Beethoven Period Do You Want to Hear?
Do you want to hear early, middle or late Beethoven? We asked you to cast your vote and we played the winner at noon.
Nov 28, 2012
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Newly 'Discovered' Beethoven Pieces Ignite Scholarly Debate
Last month, two newly-reconstructed Beethoven works were given world premieres within weeks of one another. But can these fragmentary thoughts bring genuine insights?
Nov 27, 2012
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25 Essential Beethoven Recordings: Symphony No. 2
Perhaps it is the very weight of the Leipzig Gewandhaus's history that has spurred conductor Riccardo Chailly to record a cycle that stands out from the pack.
Nov 27, 2012
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Sprouts, Complexity, and Transcendence
Beethoven’s influence cannot be measured. This week on Hammered! pianist-composer Michael Brown features his impact on different musical forms, the composer's revolutionary spirit, and transcendent late works.
Nov 26, 2012
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25 Essential Beethoven Recordings: The Middle Quartets
Beethoven’s three Razumovsky Quartets revolutionized the genre, so much so, that neither the works’ first performers nor audiences knew quite what to make of them.
Nov 26, 2012
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Beethoven's Vienna
Host Bill McGlaughlin spends this week exploring the music of Vienna, Beethoven’s adopted hometown. Nov 26, 2012
