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Beethoven: The New Complete Edition - Karajan, Kempff, Amadeus Quartet

Deutsche Grammophon  4836767 (3 discs)

Stereo

Classical

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies, 32 Piano Sonatas, 16 String Quartets & Grosse Fuge

Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (alto), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Walter Berry (bass)
Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
Amadeus Quartet
Wiener Singverein
Berliner Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (58)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Fugue in B flat major, Op. 133 'Grosse Fuge' for String Quartet
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 14 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat major, Op. 26
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 'Moonlight'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastoral'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, Op. 31 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 19 in G minor, Op. 49 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 20 in G major, Op. 49 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Op. 53 'Waldstein'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 22 in F major, Op. 54
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp major, Op. 78
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25 in G major, Op. 79 'Sonatine'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les adieux'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27 in E minor, Op. 90
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major, Op. 101
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 'Hammerklavier'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C major, Op. 2 No. 3
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat major, Op. 7
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 7 in D major, Op. 10 No. 3
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 'Pathétique'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 'Serioso'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5 'Lobkowitz'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 'Razumovsky'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Razumovsky'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 'Pastoral'
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

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