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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 11-AUG-1998

Track Listing

1. Six National Airs with Variations for Piano with Flute ...
2. Six National Airs with Variations for Piano with Flute ...
3. Six National Airs with Variations for Piano with Flute ...
4. Six National Airs with Variations for Piano with Flute ...
5. Ten National Airs with Variations for Piano with Flute ...
6. Ten National Airs with Variations for Piano with Flute ...
7. Ten National Airs with Variations for Piano with Flute ...
8. Für Elise
9. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 ("Pathétique")/Adagio Cantabile
10. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat, Op. 130/Alla Danza Tedesca. ...
11. Piano Sonata No. 7 in D, Op. 10, No. 3/Menuetto (Allegro)
12. Creatures of Prometheus/Finale. Allegretto
13. Piano Sonata No. 18 in E-Flat, Op. 31, No. 3/Menuetto (Moderato E ...)
14. Piano Sonata No. 20 in G, Op. 49 No. 2/Tempo di Menuetto
15. Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93/Allegro Scherzando
16. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 ("Choral")/Ode to Joy
17. Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, Op. 28 ("Pastoral")/Rondo (Allegro Ma ...)
18. Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 ("Pastoral")/Hymn of Thanksgiving

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6062 in Music
• Brand: Unknown
• Released on: 1998-08-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.com
For the parent looking to ease their child into a familiarity with classical music, this is a very well chosen set of Beethoven works. It begins with a generous selection of airs composed late in the composer's life. The presence of the flute as the lead instrument on these selections has a soothing quality that moves the ear in an ideally subtle way, especially as it gives way to the more excited piano sonata pieces. Zoltán Kocsis's reading of "Pathétique" is followed by Claudio Arrau's take on the 7th, 15th, and 18th sonatas and Sviatoslav Richter's lyrical take on the 20th ("Pastoral"). Programmed amidst the piano pieces, which are great studies in dynamics and musical spacing, are some fine orchestral snippets, none longer than five minutes. The collection does a fine balancing act, condensing works that don't inherently lend themselves to shortened renditions and carefully managing moods, entry, and egress to each segment. This is fine anthology work. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews

Best baby classical tunes for your buck!
This is one of the longest running CD's in the collection of classical music for babies. Others contain music running half the time of this one. For the most part, the music is upbeat - I'd recommend it for "awake time." Entertaining for all ages and will be a favorite even after baby is grown. I listen to it while still pregnant and enjoy it over all others I've bought.

Brainless Beethoven devaluation
What do you get when you play brilliant music through a bad synthesizer? Buy this CD and find out. Your little prodigy's intellect will be engulfed in an annoying stream of cheap rinky-tink pianos, tooting synth-horns, and fake accordions. This is a cheap and annoying version of a great composer's work. Your young Einstein would be better off with a cheap harmonica.

Disappointing
Although the CD covers a lot of Beethoven's music, the piano player in the first seven tracks is horrible. He or she keeps hitting the wrong notes. The tempo of the music overall is too fast and for some reason, they stopped "Ode to Joy" right in the middle. If you want a CD that features excellent musicians and Beethoven's music played the way it should be, don't buy this CD. Invest in the soundtrack from the movie, "Immortal Beloved".