The Essential Classics: Beethoven
by Various Artists
Born 250 years ago, Ludwig van Beethoven is the star composer of the Moonlight Sonata, Für Elise and the “Ninth”. On our Beethoven 250 compilation album you can listen to his work written for the opening of the German theatre in Pest, and a rare recording where the composer's former instrument (which is kept in Budapest) is in the spotlight. The unforgettable recordings of Béla Bartók, Annie Fischer, the tragically young György Faragó, János Ferencsik, Tamás Vásáry, or the 18-year-old Zoltán Kocsis are worthy of remembrance of this musical genius.
(The album is for digital distribution only.)
℗ 2021 Fotexnet Kft. of this compilation
(℗ 1960, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1977, 1982, 1997, 1998 Hungaroton, 2019 Fotexnet Kft.)
HCD 32857
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Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra; Géza Oberfrank (conductor)
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András Schiff (piano)
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Hungarian State Orchestra; János Ferencsik (conductor)
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Zoltán Kocsis (piano); Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio and Television; Ervin Lukács (conductor)
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Lajos Hernádi (piano)
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József Szigeti (violin); Béla Bartók (piano)
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János Bándi (tenor); Ottó Máhr (baritone); Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Ferenc Nagy (conductor)
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Ilona Tokody (soprano); Bernadette Wiedemann (mezzo-soprano); András Molnár (tenor); István Bercelly (bass); Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Tamás Vásáry (conducor)