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Beethoven: Moto perpetuo - Sonatas nos 12, 17, 22 & 27 / Javier Perianes, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-09-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 22 in F major, Op. 54; Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Sonata for ...
Performers: Perianes, Javier

Man's fascination with the theory of perpetual motion dates back thousands of years. Musical expressions of the concept span from Franco-Flemish polyphony to modern-day minimalism....continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (12/2011)....continue...

Beethoven: Egmont Op. 84; Triple Concerto, Op. 56 / Trio Wanderer

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto"; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84
Performers: Wanderer, Trio
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: ; Gurzenich-Orchester Kolner Philharmoiniker

A concerto for four? The Triple Concerto may well be one of Beethoven's most enigmatic works: some commentators have seen it as no more than...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie de Cologne (12/17/2000-12/19/2000)....continue...

Beethoven: Diabelli Variations et al. / Andreas Staier, fortepiano after Conrad Graf

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-05-08

Works: Anton Diabelli: Waltz (Theme for the Variations); Carl Czerny: Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli (v. 4), for piano (part of collaborative work); Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Variations on a waltz by Diabell...
Performers: Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]

In 1819, music publisher and composer Anton Diabelli sent a waltz of his own creation to all the important composers of the Austrian Empire, asking...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (09/2010)....continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios / Trio Wanderer [5 CDs]

5 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-04-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in E flat major, Op. 1 no 1; Trio for Piano and Strings in G major, Op. 1/2; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 1 no 3; Trio for Pia...
Performers: Wanderer, Trio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Wanderer

To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Trio Wanderer presents a complete set of the piano trios of Ludwig van Beethoven. Already established within Viennese culture by...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (12/2010/09/2011)....continue...

Berg & Beethoven: Violin Concertos / Isabelle Faust, Claudio Abbado

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61
Performers: Faust, Isabelle
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Mozart

Violinist Isabelle Faust is featured on a disc of German violin concertos that marks the début recording for harmonia mundi by the great Italian conductor...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (11/2010)....continue...

Beethoven: Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique"; Schubert: Sonatas Nos. 19 & 20; Liszt: Sonata in B minor / Paul Lewis, piano

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 25 in G major, Op. 79 "Cuckoo"; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Piano in C minor, D 958; Sonata for Piano i...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

Isabelle Faust: Violin Sonatas & Concertos / Alexander Melnikov, Ewa Kupiec

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D 574/Op. 162; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1, Sz 75; Bo...
Performers: Faust, Isabelle; Kupiec, Ewa; Melnikov, Alexander
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

BBC Music Magazine
A splendid calling card from one of today's most outstanding and versatile violinists, who plays it all with equal ease.
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Beethoven: Diabelli Variations

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (33) for Piano on a Waltz by Diabelli in C major, Op. 120
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

Beethoven's 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli was completed in 1823. Alfred Brendel has described it as, "the greatest of all piano works"...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (12/2009)....continue...

Beethoven: Late Quartets / Tokyo Quartet

3 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-10-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 12 in E flat major, Op. 127; Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131; Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130; Grosse Fuge for Stri...

The Tokyo String Quartet completes its acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the composer's valedictory quartets of 1825-26. As he looked ahead to structures and soundworlds then...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos / Paul Lewis

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-08-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

Recording information: AIR Studios (11/2009); London, Maida Vale Studios (11/2009); AIR Studios (2009-07-??&2009-11-??&2010-); London, Maida Vale Studios (2009-07-??&2009-11-??&2010-)....continue...

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Mannion, Rosa; Taylor, James [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe

Artists:
Rosa Mannion (soprano), Birgit Remmert (mezzo), James Taylor (tenor), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass)
Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale & Orchestre des Champs Elysees, Philippe ...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Stravinsky de Montreux (02/1995)....continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas / Paul Lewis

10 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-11-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 16 in G major, Op. 31 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Sonata for Piano no 18 in E flat, Op. 31; Sonata for piano no 8 in C m...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

Paul Lewis performed all the Beethoven piano sonatas on tour in the USA and Europe between the 2005 and 2007 seasons, in parallel with his...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (04/2005-06/2007)....continue...

13th Van Cliburn Competition - Gold Medal

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-10-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Franz Liszt: Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La ...
Performers: Tsujii, Nobuyuki

One of two Gold Medal winners in the 2009 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, Nobuyuki Tsujii's release has already had advance sales of 90,000 in his...continue...
Recording information: Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth, Texas (05/22/2009-06/07/2009)....continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets Op 74 & 95 / Tokyo String Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-01-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 "Harp"; Quartet for Strings no 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"

The Tokyo String Quartet continues its complete Beethoven cycle with this third volume. Both the graceful Opus 74 (nicknamed ‘Harp’ for its use of pizzicato)...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 4 / Lewis

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-05-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 6 in F major, Op. 10 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 7 in D, Op. 10 no 3; Sonata for Piano no 15 in D, Op. 28 "Pasto...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

Young British pianist Paul Lewis - a student and protege of Alfred Brendel - has been hailed as one of the great new talents of...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 3, etc / Manze, Helsingborg SO

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-03-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Contredanses (12) for orchestra, WoO 14; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

Led by its new Principal Conductor Andrew Manze, Sweden's Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra makes its harmonia mundi debut in this incisive reading of Beethoven's 'Eroica' symphony...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18 no 1-6 / Tokyo SQ

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-11-13

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 1 in F major, Op. 18/1; Quartet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 18 no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3 in D major, Op. 18 no 3; Quartet for Strings no 4 in C ...

The 'Six Quartets of Opus 18,' his first published essay in the genre, confirmed the young lion's position as a powerful new presence on the...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 3 / Lewis

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-10-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonatas (3), Op. 2; Sonata for Piano no 4 in E flat major, Op. 7; Sonata for Piano no 22 in F major, Op. 54; Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Sona...
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

"This is the third volume, with only the fourth remaining, in what is proving to be one of the most outstanding Beethoven Sonata series. Lewis...continue...

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas no 4 & 7 / Sepec, Staier

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-11-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for violin & piano no 7 in C minor ("Eroica"), Op. 30/2; Variations (12) for Violin and Piano on "Se vuol ballare", WoO 40; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 4 in A minor, O...
Performers: Sepec, Daniel; Staier, Andreas

"The star of this disc is the violin, once owned by Beethoven, possibly the instrument on which some sonatas were premiered. Yet there's no kid...continue...

Beethoven: "Razumovsky" Quartets / Tokyo String Quartet

2 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-01-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 7 in F major, Op. 59 no 1 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 8 in E minor, Op. 59 no 2 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "R...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet

Gramophone Magazine
Playing on the celebrated set of Strads collected by Paganini and previously used by the Cleveland Quartet, the Tokyo produce a splendid collective sound....continue...

Beethoven: "Razumovsky" Quartets / Tokyo String Quartet

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-11-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 7 in F major, Op. 59 no 1 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 8 in E minor, Op. 59 no 2 "Razumovsky"; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59 no 3 "R...

The Tokyo String Quartet has captivated audiences and critics alike since it was founded more than 30 years ago. If the Toyko String Quartet isn't...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Vol 1 / Lewis

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2005-11-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 16 in G major, Op. 31 no 1; Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"; Sonata for Piano no 18 in E flat, Op. 31
Performers: Lewis, Paul [Piano]

"Paul Lewis launches his cycle of the 32 Beethoven sonatas with a triptych of richly varied middle-period masterpieces. A more auspicious start would be hard...continue...

Beethoven: Lettre à Élise, Sonata Op 110, etc / Engerer

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-08-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo for Piano in C major, Op. 51 no 1; Rondo for Piano in G major, Op. 51 no 2; Variations (6) for Piano on an Original Theme in D major, Op. 76; Bagatelle for piano in A mino...
Performers: Engerer, Brigitte