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#TheCompleteBeethoven #343Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1804-8)1/ "Well, so be it; for you, poor Beethoven, there is no outward happiness; you must create it within you." -

#TheCompleteBeethoven #313Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (1803-4)1/ "In his own opinion it is the greatest work that he has yet written ... I believe that heaven

#TheCompleteBeethoven #290Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 (1800-02)1/ Beethoven's response to the despair caused by his incurable deafness? The longest, most audicious, most joyful (*) symphony the world

#TheCompleteBeethoven #216Piano Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 "Quasi una fantasia" (1800-01)1/ After a piano sonata with no sonata-form movements, a sonata with no separate movements at all.

#BeethovenOdyssey #Beethoven2020 #Beethoven2501/ #Symphony1 was first performed #OnThisDay in 1800. In this thread, I'll choose my all-time #Top20 recordings and chart its changing sound #OnRecord, from Pablo Casals in 1927

#BeethovenOdyssey #Beethoven #Symphony1 THREAD/ Every Beethoven I've I listened to: 169 recordings. 128 conductors. 73 hours. But have I missed your favourite? If it's not here, please let me know.1

#Haydn #NamedSymphonies World Cup #ClassicalPollWhich of Papa Joe's named symphonies is your favourite?Round 3/8: Sturm und Drang IA round a day. Semi-finals next week. Haydn: Symphony in G minor, Hob.

1/ Swiss Timing: Conductor #169 Philippe Jordan's #Beethoven is driven by a cutting-edge musical mechanism, elegantly housed in an flawlessly finished case. As painstakingly put together as a Patek Philippe,