The Complete Works - CD

Ludwig van Beethoven: The Complete Works version on 80CD in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Europe in publishing company Warner Classics on 17. January 2020.

Beethoven's complete works in an artistically complete showcase: in BEETHOVEN: The Complete Works, not only the renowned names of the contributors but also the concept of entrusting each cycle of works to a conductor, orchestra, ensemble or soloists are a guarantee of high quality. In addition, the programme is complemented by new recordings made especially for this project, which form a complete recording. BEETHOVEN: The Complete Works combines gems from the discographies of the greatest artists with fascinating discoveries in the vast output of a classical titan. The deluxe box set includes an extensive, lavishly illustrated booklet that includes a superb introductory text (written by renowned musicologist David Wyn Jones) and a complete track index. The CD covers are adorned with paintings by Beethoven's contemporaries such as Caspar David Friedrich and Josef Anton Koch. Music by one of the most important composers of all time Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most important composers of classical music (along with his predecessors Bach, Mozart and Haydn). He became a myth during his lifetime and produced a number of works that belong to the core of the genre - most notably his symphonies (the Fifth with its famous opening hammer motif, or the Ninth with its 'Ode to Joy', the melody of which is now the EU anthem), as well as the thrilling piano concertos, piano sonatas (the popular 'Moonlight Sonata', 'Appassionata' and 'Pathétique'), string quartets, violin sonatas, the opera 'Fidelio' and even the classic hit 'Für Elise'. At the age of 22, Beethoven moved from his native Bonn to the then centre of the musical world, Vienna, where he became a star as a composer, pianist and improviser. At the age of 30, the shock of his life came: Beethoven gradually lost his hearing. The struggle with this fate was to define his life and work from then on. Many of his greatest works were heard only in his imagination. He never heard them. Beethoven ushered in a whole new era of musical performance. While his predecessors like Haydn and Mozart created for an audience whose wishes inspired them to create masterpieces, for Beethoven only one thing mattered: his own artistic will. The composer thus became the first representative of the uncompromising, often misunderstood modern type of artist that became the ideal in the subsequent Romantic era and in the 20th century. In this spirit, Beethoven transcended all boundaries: formally, harmonically and stylistically. He even anticipated jazz in his Piano Sonata No. 32. Here we hear boogie-woogie in a rhythmically exuberant variation.

Album spans genres Classical, Romantic, Opera, Choral and Oratorio. Warner Classics Edition 2019.