The fact that the classic impulse vies with the Romantic throughout Beethoven’s nine symphonies presents a perennial problem to would-be interpreters. Klemperer came as close as any conductor to ...

Hermann Scherchen’s Beethoven Symphonies were originally recorded between 1951-1954 for the Westminster label with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

whose ranks Andris Nelsons now joins. “There are so many amazing recordings of the Beethoven symphonies from the past, but I believe his music always has something to say about the present day ...

Beethoven called his Third Symphony Eroica (“Heroic”). The Eroica is two hundred years old yet still seems modern. In this symphony Beethoven began to use broad strokes of sound to tell us how ...

Ludwig van Beethoven was a well-known composer of the late Classical period. His music was heavily influenced by his predecessors Mozart and Haydn. A symphony is a piece of music for an orchestra.