The 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth has somewhat fallen off the cultural radar owing to the pandemic, though a few of the musicians streaming online concerts from their music rooms have focused ...

Best of Beethoven: we explore Beethoven's top 21 must-hear masterpieces. Discover the great composers and works with BBC ...

This year marks the 250th birthday of one of the most revered composers who ever lived... (SOUNDBITE OF ORCHESTRE REVOLUTIONNAIRE ET ROMANTIQUE AND JOHN ELIOT GARDINER PERFORMANCE OF BEETHOVEN'S ...

The former British Prime Minister James Callaghan was asked late in his long life whether there was anything he regretted not achieving. He replied that he wished he could have written Beethoven’s ...

Sometime in the not-too-distant future, listeners will hear the complete Beethoven symphonies as recorded live by Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The recordings, still in progress as ...

Of all the nine symphonies, for me it is No 4 that is looking back a little bit to the earlier, Viennese, Classical style. It is more connected to the first two symphonies than to the Eroica. That’s ...

Fans of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal enjoyed such a luxury 20 years ago and more, when a new recording on Decca could be relied on to place high in the critical standings and in many cases ...

On Saturday 6 September, Ahmed El-Saedi conducted the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's two symphonies, delivering a performance with a significance that goes far beyond just the opening of the ...

Ludwig van Beethoven's nine symphonies cover pretty much every facet of human existence in one way or another. In other words, they're pretty indispensable. Where to start with Beethoven's symphonies?