Beethoven

[Agonum]

Surely Beethoven must have his corner on this forum. Michael was a great admirer, too, as you know.

Also, there are some interesting thoughts in an old thread, about similarities between Ludwig and Michael.

Daniel Barenboim / Piano sonata no. 8 in C minor, op. 13 “Sonata Pathétique”, 2nd mvt. Adagio cantabile (Ludwig van Beethoven)

This music is so beautiful, you can’t help but shed a tear.

 

[zinniabooklover]

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Violin sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 - "Kreutzer" Movement 1
Itzhak Perlman on violin / Vladimir Ashkenazy on piano
1973

11m 51s

Beethoven composed this piece for a violinist called George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower. The son of a West Indian (Caribbean) father and an Austro-German mother he met Beethoven in 1803.

 

[zinniabooklover]

"Riccardo Muti shares his thoughts on Beethoven's music, voice and legacy: "He gave his voice to the hopes and to the sorrows of everybody."

1m 56s

 

[zinniabooklover]

Daniel Barenboim talks about Beethoven's piano sonatas

"In Part 1 of Daniel Barenboim and Giuseppe Mentuccia’s conversation on Beethoven, the two musicians give an introduction to the personal diary of the composer: The Piano Sonatas."

10m 27s