Beethoven's Choral Symphony No. 9 in D minor has once again topped the ABC Classic 100, being chosen as Australia's greatest piece of classical music of all time. Every year since 2001, ABC Classic ...

Violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Cédric Tiberghien, on period instruments, offer zest-filled and elegant readings of four Beethoven sonatas Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien get their ...

As Florestan, Leonore’s husband, tenor David Butt Philip made an immediately strong impression with an incredible vocal swell and a touching vision of redemption. Likewise, from a platform above the ...

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The discovery of a love letter revealed the depths of Beethoven’s yearning for his "immortal beloved." Scholars have been piecing together clues to her identity ever since. Ludwig van Beethoven wasn’t ...

Turns out Beethoven didn’t just sound intense — he looked it, too. Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, scientists say they’ve finally pieced together what the famously moody maestro ...

Richard Osborne explores how conductors have approached this most elemental of Beethoven symphonies through more than a century of recorded performances Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony has long been ...

This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions. Performed by the Auckland Philharmonia conducted by Karl-Heinz Steffens at their Premier Series concert, 'Sir Andrew Davis: A Tribute', ...

On May 7, 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony premiered in Vienna, Austria. On its 200th anniversary, much was made about this seminal achievement of a composer routinely touted as the ...

Last year, researchers sequenced the genome of famed composer Ludwig van Beethoven for the first time, based on authenticated locks of hair. The same team has now analyzed two of the locks for toxic ...

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