Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Many anecdotes surround String Quartet op. 131: Beethoven is said to have considered it to be his finest quartet and of his late period works, the one dearest to his heart. It is also believed that the composer invested so much of himself in it: his ailing health, the social isolation brought about by his deafness and the suicide attempt of his nephew Karl. In addition it…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. This new scholarly-critical edition of String Quartet Op. 127, the first of Beethoven’s late quartets, follows upon Urtext publications of Opp. 18, 59, 74 and 95. Once more the editor is the renowned Beethoven authority Jonathan Del Mar. All surviving sources have been consulted including sketches to clarify the conflicting readings in the autograph. Not only has Del Mar …

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Les éditions G. Henle réunissent l'intégrale des oeuvres vocales avec orchestre de Beethoven en un seul paquet qui va faire battre plus vite les coeurs des chanteurs et des chanteuses: des deux messes et de son seul oratorio, en passant par sa célèbre Fantaisie chorale et sa mise en musique du texte de Goethe «Meeres Stille und Glückliche Fahrt», jusqu'à son «Ah perfido!»…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. 'His present pieces must convince both connoisseurs and others alike of the unbiased opinion that Beethoven will in time become one of the greatest composers in Europe”, thus wrote Joseph Haydn, when informing the Elector in Bonn on the progress of his pupil in 1793. However, the elector replied that he was already familiar with parts of the Parthia op. 103 that had been …

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Many anecdotes surround String Quartet op. 131: Beethoven is said to have considered it to be his finest quartet and of his late period works, the one dearest to his heart. It is also believed that the composer invested so much of himself in it: his ailing health, the social isolation brought about by his deafness and the suicide attempt of his nephew Karl. In addition it…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven completed his String Quartet Op.135 at Wasserdorf Castle in Gneixenhof, where he sought to recuperate with his nephew Karl after the latter?s failed suicide attempt in summer 1826. It stands out among his late quartets owing to the often cheerful, almost pastoral character of its four movements. Since Beethoven?s death it has often been interpreted as an attempt…

Full Score. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven described his grandly conceived 'Missa solemnis” as 'my greatest work” and sold manuscript copies to some of the subscribers even before it had appeared in print. This Urtext edition takes into account all the sources including the old and the new complete editions whose relationship is clearly explained in a stemma. In several passages the renowned…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Ces oeuvres de Beethoven ont été spécialement arrangées et simplifiées de telle manière que les pianistes débutants et les professeurs puissent l'apprécier. Découvrez la joie procurée par l'interprétation des plus grandes mélodies de Beethoven, telle que 'La Lettre à Elise' et l'ouverture de 'La Sonate au Clair de Lune'. / Niveau : Facile / Rép Classique / Répertoire …

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. What better way for choirs to celebrate Beethoven's 250th birthday than with this entertaining medley of some of his greatest hits (Für Elise, Moonlight Sonata, Pathétique Sonata, and Fifth and Ninth Symphonies), cleverly arranged by Jim Clements? The internationally-renowned British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of sing…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. This composition published in 1802 constitutes a completely separate concert piece from Opus 51 no. 1. Compared to the first Rondo (op. 51 no. 1), the second is considerably longer and with a markedly different expressive disposition. Here, lyrical traits predominate without any of the dramatic incursions otherwise so emblematic of Beethoven’s compositions. For that reaso…