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        Piano Sonatas    (32)           Other Sonatas   (8)                       Miscellaneous Piano         (5)     
        String Quartets  (16)           Misc Chamber Music   (8)           Vocal Music    (6)


The Symphonies

    Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 (1795 - 1801)
            Wiener Philharmoniker,  Karajan  24:31  (Play)  


    Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36  (1801 - 1802)
          West--Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, cond.  32:00  (Play)


    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Opus 55, "Eroica" (1803-1804),
           West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, cond.  59:45  (Play

    Symphony No. 4 in Bb major, Op. 60  (1806)
            Wiener Philharmoniker,  Christian Theilemann, cond. 41:00  (Play)  


    Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (premiered 1808)
           Gothenburg Symphony, Gustava Dudamel, cond.  33:05  (Play)


    Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68.
          "Pastoral Symphony, or Recollections of Country Life" (1808)
           Aurora Orchestra at the BBC PROMS,  Nicholas Collon, cond.  42:00  (Play


    Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (1813)
            West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at PROMS, Daniel Barenboim  40:15  (Play)  


    Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 (1812)
            Israel Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, cond.  28:00  (Play)


    Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ("Choral")  1824.
             West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at PROMS, Daniel Barenboim  1:28:00  (Play



    Symphony No. 10 in Eb major, 1st movement (finished in 1988 from draft)  15:00  (Play)


Concertos

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15. 1795/1800  
          Lang Lang, piano.  Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, cond  40:00  (Play

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19  (fin. 1795)  
           Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, cond.  31:35  (Play)

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37.  (1801)  Mikhail Pletnev, piano,  37:20  (Play)  

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58.  (1805–1806).  
           Mitsuko Uchida, piano. Israel PhilharmonicZubin Mehta, cond.  47:00  (Play)

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat minor, Op. 73. "Emperor"  (1811)  
           Lang Lang, piano.  Christoff Eisenbach, cond.  48:00  (Play)
           Daniel Barenboim, piano, Royal Danish Orchestra, Michael Schønwandt, cond.  41:58  (Play)  

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61  (1806) 
          Itzhak Perlman, violin, Berlin Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim, cond.  45:00  (Play)  

    Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56,  ("Triple Concerto")  (1803-04) 
          Mischa Maisky, cello, Lily Maisky, piano, Sascha Maisky, violin,
          Boian Videnoff, conductor, Mannheimer Philharmoniker  36:00  (Play)


Other Orchestral Works

    The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 overture and ballet music (1801)
           Orchestre de Chambre Pelléas Benjamin Levy, conductor  41:30  (Play)

    Coriolan Overture, Opus 62  (1807)  An Overture for a play.
          hr-Symfonie orchester, Phillippe Herreweghee, cond.  9:27  (Play)

    Leonore Overtures:  Op. 72  (different overtures composed for earlier versions of Fidelio)

         Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72b  (1804)    Herbert Blomstedt, cond.  13:45  (Play
         Leonore Overture No. 3  Op. 72c  (1805)     Leonard Bernstein, cond.  17:00  (Play)

    Egmont, overture and incidental music, Op. 84 (1810)  music for Goethe's play Egmont
          Kurt Masur, cond.  11:00  (Play)


    The Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 122  (1822)
          Kurt Masur, cond.  10:50  (Play)   

    Wellington's Victory ("Battle Symphony", Op. 91, 1813)  
          (commemorates the Duke of Wellington's victory over Joseph Bonaparte 
           at the Battle of Vitoria in June 1813) 16:00    (Play)  


Sonatas and miscellaneous solo piano

   Piano sonatas:

   Opus 2: Three Piano Sonatas  (1795)

        No. 1:  Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor,  Sviatoslav Richter, piano.  20:15  (Play)

        No. 2:  Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major,   Daniel Barenboim  25:00  (Play)

         No. 3:  Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major,   Claudio Arrau, piano  29:50  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 4, in E♭ major, Op. 7  "Grand Sonata"  (1796)
         Daniel Barenboim, piano  30:00  (Play



    Three piano sonatas, Op. 10  (1798)

         No. 1:  Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor,  Vadim Chaimovitch, piano  19:15  (Play)
                                                                         Jonathan Biss 16:48  (Play)

         No. 2:  Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major,  Daniel Barenboim  24:00  (Play)  

         No. 3:  Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major
                        Sviatoslav Richter, piano   23:00   (Play)
                        Tiffany Poon, piano   21:40   (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique"  (1799)  Evgeny Kissin  18:34  (Play)
         (Compare to Mozart's Piano Sonata #14, above)


    Two Piano Sonatas, Opus 14  (1799)

           No. 1:  Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major.  Grigory Sokolov, piano  14:40  (Play)  

           No. 2:  Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major.   Daniel Barenboim, piano  16:15   (Play)       


    Piano Sonata No. 11 in Bb major, Op. 22  (1800)  Arturo Michelangeli, piano.  26:42  (Play)

    Piano Sonata No. 12 in A♭ major, Op. 26  (1801)  Sviatoslav Richter, piano.  18:30  (Play)


    Two Piano Sonatas, Op 27.  (1801)   Official title: Quasi una fantasia

         No. 1.  Piano Sonata No. 13 in Eb major.  Daniel Barenboim, piano.  16:45  (Play)

         No. 2.  Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ minor.  Popular title: "Moonlight Sonata,"
                         Valentina Lisitsa, piano.  14:30  (Play)
                         Wilhelm Kempff, piano  29:39  (Play)
                         Claudio Arrau, piano  (17:12)  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 ("Pastoral")  (1801) 
                         Daniel Barenboim, piano 28:40  (Play)


    Opus 31: Three Piano Sonatas (1802)

         No. 1:  Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major,  Nehring Szymon, piano  21:30  (Play)

         No. 2:  Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor ("Tempest")  Glenn Gould, piano  24:00  (Play)
                                                                                              Evgeny Kissin, piano  24:00  (Play)
 
         No. 3:  Piano Sonata No. 18 in E♭ major ("The Hunt")  Alexei Volodin, piano  22:18   (Play 

          Three Sonatas Op. 31, on period piano,  Ruxandra Oancea, fortepiano  1:20:00  (Play)


     Two Piano Sonatas, Op.49  (between 1795 and 1798)  
                     (2 short, simple sonatas L.v.B didn't want published)

         No. 1:  Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor.  Daniel Barenboim  8:00  (Play)

         No. 2:  Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major.  Daniel Barenboim  8:10  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 21, in C major, Op. 53  ("Waldstein")  (1803) 
          Evgeny Kissin, piano  24:00  (Play)
          Leif Ove Andsnes, piano.  26:00  (Play)
          Claudio Arrau, piano  26:53  (Play


    Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54  (1804)
          Daniel Barenboim, piano.  12:24  (Play)
          Leif Ove Andsnes, piano.  11:48  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57  ("Appassionata")  (1805)
           Claudio Arrau, piano  26:00  (Play)
           Murray Perahia, piano  24:29  (Play)
           Valentina Lisitsa, piano  26:00  (Play)
           Maurizio Pollini, piano  24:17  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 24 in F♯ major, Op. 78  ("À Thérèse")  (1809)  Daniel Barenboim  11:00  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79   ("Cuckoo")  (1809)  Daniel Barenboim  10:00  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 26 in E♭ major, Op 81a  ("Les adieux/Das Lebewohl")  (1810)
          Daniel Barenboim  18:00  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90 (1814)  &
          (@ 16:34) Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (1821-22)  
                 Ivo Pogorelich, piano  50:00  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101 (1816)  
          Emil Gilels, piano.  21:00  (Play)
          Vladimir Ashkenazy  20:20  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106  ( "Hammerklavier")  (1818) 
          Vladimir Ashkenazy  47:00  (Play)
          Yuja Wang  43:48  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109  (1820)  
           Claudio Arrau, piano  22:20  (Play
           Andras Schiff, piano  19:40  (Play)    
           Daniel Barenboim  21:37  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 31 in Ab major, Op. 110  (1821)  
           Hélène Grimaud, piano  21:30  (Play)
           Maurizio Pollini, piano  19:45  (Play)
           Seong Jin Cho, piano  20:13  (Play)


    Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (1821-22)
           Evgeny Kissin, piano 29:26  (Play)   
           Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano  26:41  (Play)
           Sviatoslav Richter, piano. 25:20  (Play)

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    Piano Sonatas 30, 31, 32 (op. 109, 110, 111)    Maurizio Pollini  1:01:00  (Play)

    Piano Sonatas 1, 7, 9, 12   Sviatoslav Richter, piano  1:25:00  (Play)


Miscellaneous Piano Music

    24 Variationen über "Venni Amore" von V. Righini, WoO 65  (1791)
           Maximilian Flieder, piano  21:00  (Play)

     Fantasia in G minor, Op. 77  (1809)  Eugene Istomin  9:00  (Play)

     Variations and Fugue for Piano in E♭ major, Op. 35   ("Eroica Variations")  1802
           Claudio Arrau  26:45   (Play)


    33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 (1819-1823),  51:30 
           Jianing Kong, piano.  (Play)
           Alfred Brendel, piano  (Play)   

    Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (WoO 59, Bia 515) for solo piano  (Für Elise)  
           Lang Lang, piano 3:49  (Play)  

    Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33  (1801-02)
           Ben Crutchley, piano  19:38  (Play)

    Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119  (1790s-1821)
           Rudolph Serkin, piano  15:12  (Play - audio only)

    Six Bagatelles, Op. 122  (1824-25)
           Nikita Mndoyants, piano  18:30  (Play


   Other sonatas:

    Three Violin Sonatas, Op.  (1802)   Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, Lambert Orkis, piano

          No. 1.  Violin Sonata No. 6 in A major,  26:25  (Play

          No. 2.  Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor  29:15  (Play

          No. 3.  Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major  20:45  (Play)


    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A minor, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"  (1803),  
          Joshua Bell, violin, Yuja Wang, piano  34:30  (Play)  

    Violin Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96  (1812)
          Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin, Lambert Orkis, piano  31:00  (Play)


    Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2  (1796)
           Jacqueline du Pré, cello, Daniel Barenboim, piano (Play)

    Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 3 in A major, Op. 69  (1808)
           Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Emmanuel Ax, piano  27:45  (Play)   

    Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, no 1 (1815)
           Hee-Young Lim, cello, Thomas Hoppe, piano  13:30  (Play)


    Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D major,  Op. 102 no. 2 (1815)  
           Mstislav Rostropovich, cello and Sviatoslav Richter, piano  19:30  (Play)


The Early String Quartets

   Six String Quartets, Op.18  (1798 - 1800, pub. 1801)

        No. 1:  String Quartet No. 1 in F major,  Ariel Quartet  28:00  (Play)  

        No. 2:  String Quartet No. 2 in G major,  Alban Berg Quartet  26:00  (Play

        No. 3:  String Quartet No. 3 in D majorAlban Berg Quartet  23:30  (Play)  

        No. 4:  String Quartet No. 4 in C minor,  Alban Berg Quartet  22:45  (Play)  

        No. 5:  String Quartet No. 5 in A major,  Alban Berg Quartet  28:40  (Play)    

        No. 6:  String Quartet No. 6 in Bb major,  Alban Berg Quartet  27:00  (Play


The Middle String Quartets

   Three String Quartets , Op. 59  ("Rasumovsky")  (1806)

         No. 1:  String Quartet No. 7 in F major,  Alban Berg String Quartet  42:00  (Play)   

         No. 2:  String Quartet No. 8 in E minor,  Alban Berg String Quartet  37:15  (Play)

         No. 3:  String Quartet No. 9 in C major,   Jasper String Quartet  32:40  (Play

   String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ major, Op. 74  ("Harp")  (1809)  Alban Berg Quartet  31:45  (Play)

   String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95  ("Serioso")  (1810)  Emerson String Quartet  23:00  (Play)


The Late String Quartets

    String Quartet No. 12 in E♭ major, Op 127  (1823/24)  Orion String Quartet  39:00  (Play)

    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132   (1825)  Alban Berg Quartet  43:48  (Play)

    String Quartet No. 13 in B♭ major, Op. 130  with Fugue  (1825)  Quatuor Ebène  52:30  (Play)

             Große Fuge  (Grosse Fugue) in B flat major, Op. 133 (1825)  (stand alone)
                    Alban Berg Quartett   16:00  (Play)

                    Digital representation:  17:24  (Play

    String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131  (1826)  Beethoven String Quartet  39:30  (Play)

                    Digital Representation:  37:40  (Play

    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (1826)  Alban Berg Quartet  27:00  (Play)

                    Digital representation:  24:45  (Play)  


 Other Chamber Music

    Piano Quartet in C major, WoO 36 No. 3  (1785)   Martha Argerich, piano,
             Maria Solozobova & Lyda Chen-Argerich, violins, Antoine Lederlin, cello  (19:15)  (Play)


    Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor,  Op. 1 no. 3  (1795)
          Isaac Stern, violin, Eugene Istomin, piano, Leonard Rose, cello  28:18  (Play)


    Quintet in Eb for Piano and Winds, Op. 16, 1796.
           Mikhail Pletnev & London Winds  26:30  (Play
           (Compare to Mozart's Quintet in Eb for Piano and Winds, K. 452, 1784, above) 

    Septet in E flat major, Op. 20  (1800)  -  Very popular in Beethoven's time
           Janine Jensen & Friends  46 minutes  (Play)
 
    String Quintet in C major, Op. 29  ("Storm"),  (1801)
          Benjamin Bowman & Cornelia Löscher, violins, Steven Dann, viola, 

          Michel Camille, cello, Richard Lester, bass.  34:00  (Play

    Piano Trio [No. 5](?), in D major, Op. 70a  ("Ghost")  (1809)
         Daniel Barenboim - piano, Pinchas Zukerman - violin, Jacqueline du Pré - cello  28:40  (Play)
         Beaux Arts Trio  27:30  (Play)

    Piano Trio [No. 6](?) in Eb major, Op. 70b  (1809) 
          Isaac Stern, violin, Eugene Istomin, piano, Leonard Rose, cello  31:20   (Play)

    Piano Trio [No. 7](?) in B♭ major, Op. 97 ("Archduke")  (1811)
         Yehudi Menuhin, violin,  Mstislav Rostropovich, cello, Wilhelm Kempff, piano  43:00  (Play)


Vocal Music

    Funeral cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II
         for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, WoO 87 (1790),  39:00  (PlayBeethoven at age 19        

    Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus, and orchestra, Op. 80. ("Choral Fantasy") 1808.
          Martha Argerich, piano, Sergi Ozawa (Play)

    Mass in C Major, Op. 86  (1808, pub. 1812)
            Kosova Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Rafet Rudi, conductor.
             Elbenita Kajtazi, Flaka Goranci, Liridon Sadriu, Noel Bouley  52:00  (Play)

    Fidelio, 1814  (Full Opera w/ English subtitles) 
           Vienna State Opera Company,  Leonard Bernstein, cond.  2:04:00  (Play
            Libretto in German & English


    An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98  (lieder / songs)  (1816)  
             Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore,  16:00   (Play)

    Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123.  (1819 - 1823)
           London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Colin Davis, cond.  1:39:00  (Play)





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