In fact, some would date the start of the Romantic era precisely with the composition of the "Eroica" in 1803. Odds vs. evens • All of Beethoven's nine symphonies are performed regularly, but the ...

There’s such freshness and vigour here to challenge more familiar, pedestrian readings of Beethoven’s overtures, plus the real benefit of rarities such as Zur Namensfeier making this a must-have ...

Beethoven depicts a Roman leader's transition from brutality to tenderness. Based on the story of Roman leader Gaius Marcius Coriolanus by Heinrich Joseph von Collin, rather than Shakespeare's version ...