CELEBRATING BEETHOVEN
250th Anniversary Highlights
from the Naxos Music Group.
A giant of Western classical music, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) demands suitably prodigious recognition on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of his birth in 2020. The Naxos Music Group has celebrated this momentous occasion with a plethora of outstanding releases, highlighted by the 90-disc Beethoven Complete Edition (Naxos 8.500250), recognised for being ‘the closest, the best quality overall and also the best value’ (ClassicsToday.com) among many editions in the market. Other highlights include award-winning symphonies cycle from the Danish Chamber Orchestra and Ádám Fischer, other large-scale orchestral and choral works presented by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and Leif Segerstam, complete piano concertos from Olli Mustonen and the Tapiola Sinfonietta, complete piano sonatas recorded by Boris Giltburg, and the modern premiere of the 1805 version of Leonore from Opera Lafayette.
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Browse through the CELEBRATE BEETHOVEN catalogue for an impressive collection of releases from the Naxos Music Group. Visit the Beethoven250 mini-site for more information |
| • | 90-DISC box, featuring over 1,550 individual tracks, a detailed 136-page booklet and bonus of two free album downloads. |
| • | Accompanied by an authoritative and compelling note, the repertoire included spans Beethoven’s orchestral, concerto, keyboard, chamber, music for the stage, choral and vocal works. Encompassing his most familiar and iconic pieces as well as only recently discovered rarities, it is a truly thorough and exhaustive compendium of a complex genius. |
| • | The track list features a host of fragments, sketches, drafts, arrangements, transcriptions and reconstructions – some of which have never before been recorded – that reveal a very intimate, personal insight into the inner workings of Beethoven as a composer. |
| • | Bonus: Free downloads – purchasers of the box may download two albums from Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies and songs. Coupon code with details included in the box. |
