Recommendations: Beethoven


Ludwig van Beethoven has such a repitore that it can be difficult for the newbie to classical music to get a handle on all that is available. It can be said of the same thing for several other composers as well, but Beethoven is one of those composers that seem to naturally draw people into classical music. Mostly because he is so familiar to use, even before we get into classical music to begin with. People tend to know at least something about Beethoven even if they couldn't tell you what music is his or recognize it if they heard it.

Beethoven's music for those new to classical and to collecting classical music can be broadly defined in 3 main areas:

1) Symphony
2) Concertos
3) Piano

Arkiv Music lists 5,464 recordings available through them. That's a lot of music. These recordings are divided into

Editor note: There was a lot more to this post. No idea what happened to it though. Will try to repost later.

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