Beethoven Piano Your resource for the piano music of Ludwig van Beethoven

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This live Appassionata, from a Moscow recital of 1960, is one of the most thrilling piano performances ever recorded. Sviatoslav Richter fills every moment of the first movement with intense drama, creates the illusion of total repose in the central variations, and then takes off in the finale with an exhibition of musical virtuosity and ever-increasing tension that becomes almost unbearably intense (and unbelievably fast and accurate). The studio Pathétique is quite fine, and the Fantasy (sung in Russian!) well performed by all but still rather quaint in its effect. But don't miss that Appassionata! --Leslie Gerber

author: Ludwig van Beethoven asin: 0486401480 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $14.95

Two of the composer's most innovative and original works — teeming with his characteristic perfection of detail, grandeur of effect, and intense emotionalism — appear in this inexpensive, high-quality volume. Reprinted from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel editions. Contents. Instrumentation. Text of Fantasia.

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Today’s four-hand pianists will greatly enjoy the later string quartets of Beethoven—some of the finest compositions in western music—in these excellent, faithful transcriptions. Included are Opp. 74, 95, 127, 130-133, 135. For piano students (at intermediate level) and seasoned performers. Originally published by C. F. Peters.

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Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy play both of these pieces with unflagging virtuosity and impressive energy, bringing symphonic grandeur and scale to their account of the Kreutzer. The fingers and bow fly, yet Perlman never loses command of his tone. Recorded in 1973 and 1974, the readings are closely miked--so closely that one can literally hear the hair on Perlman's bow. The sound is weighty but clear, with excellent presence. --Ted Libbey

author: Ludwig van Beethoven asin: 0486245632 binding: Paperback list price: $24.95 USD amazon price: $16.47 USD

Full scores of 5 great Beethoven piano concertos, reproduced from the authoritative Breitkopf & Härtel edition, with all cadenzas as he wrote them. The works reveal the pianistic and orchestral mastery of Beethoven's early and middle periods as well as his innovative genius. New table of contents.