About This CD
The Music CD includes BeethovenÃs Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 4. The second CD in the package features Maestro Gerard Schwarz presenting a ConductorÃs explanation of the music, life and times of Ludwig van Beethoven. The package also includes two 16-page booklets that illuminate the life of the composer and guide you through these collectorÃs edition musical performances.
The work of Ludwig van Beethoven has been called the culmination of the Classical era or the wellspring of the Romantic era in European music. Historians today see him as the heir of Haydn and Mozart, carrying their musical discoveries to a new level of complexity and integration. No composer in the nineteenth century could aspire to the creation of a symphony without taking into account the example of Beethoven. In his Symphony No. 5, Beethoven achieved an unprecedented degree of unity and coherence through the use of a short musical phrase called a "motive" which recurs a number of times throughout the piece. In Piano Concerto No. 4, Beethoven breaks with tradition by beginning with an understated piano solo rather than a substantial orchestral introduction.
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1. CD One: Beethoven / symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Allegro con brio
2. Andante
3. Allegro
4. Allegro
5. Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Allegro moderato
6. Andante con moto
7. Rondo Vivace
8. Disc Two / Guide to the 5th Symphony / Commentary by Gerard Schw
9. Movement 1
10. Movement !!
11. Movement III
12. Movement IV
13. Guide to the 4th Piano Concerto / Beethoven's piano works /
14. Movement I
15. Movement II
16. Movement III
17. Movement IV
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