Beethoven: Opus 119 Bagatelles
Your Daily Beethoven, June 1, 2024
The Opus 119 Bagatelles appeared in London in 1823 as "Trifles for the Piano Forte, Consisting of Eleven pleasing Pieces Composed in Various Styles by L. Van Beethoven".
Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in e minor, Opus 59 no. 2
Your Daily Beethoven, Friday, May 31, 2024
Beethoven’s “Razumovsky Quartets” took the string quartet out of the salon and onto the concert stage, no longer to be considered "light entertainment". The second Quartet opens with a symphonic call to attention and launches into a dense exposition using remarkable economy of musical material – comparable to the Fifth Symphony, which Beethoven was sketching at the time.
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Opus 125
Your Daily Beethoven for Thursday, May 30, 2024.
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in May of 1824. The composer was by this time profoundly deaf and had not appeared on stage for the last twelve years. At the performance, he shared the stage with Michael Umlauf, who conducted the performance while Beethoven gave the tempos for each movement and beat the time.
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F, Op. 59-1
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Six years after the publication of the six Opus 18 string quartets, Beethoven received a commission for three quartets from Count Razumovsky, the Russian ambassador to Vienna, who was the funder of the Schuppanzigh Quartet and himself an accomplished violinist.
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Beethoven Sonata No. 11 in B flat Major, Opus 22
Beethoven: Spring Sonata, Opus 24
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Beethoven's "Spring" Sonata is one of his happiest creations, setting a mood of sublime joy from the very first measures. In this 1975 video, Oleg Kagan on violin and Sviatoslav Richter at the piano perform the Spring Sonata, Opus 24.
https://youtu.be/aMWUC7YcOuA