Pick up Beethoven’s famous and representative works!

Ecossaise in E-flat major, WoO 86Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven, Six Ecossaises WoO 83

Although it is very well known as a piano practice piece, this song—whose beautiful melody and rhythms and tunes that intersect between bright, light passages make it popular among children—is actually a work by Beethoven.

There used to be many pieces that famous pianists, both in Japan and abroad, performed as well,

Kriegerchor: We build and die (Warriors’ Chorus: “We build and then die”)Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven – Kriegerchor: Wir bauen und sterben – Leonore Prohaska

Kriegerchor: Wir bauen und sterben (Warriors’ Chorus: “We Build and We Die”) is one of the four numbers from the 1815 incidental music Leonore Prohaska, WoO 96.

Its opening unfolds in a way that evokes melodic metal, making it a classical piece you’ll definitely want to hear in a metal arrangement at least once!

Rondo a Capriccio, Op. 129 “Rage Over a Lost Penny (Die Wut über den verlorenen Groschen)”Ludwig van Beethoven

Evgeny Kissin plays Rondo a capriccio,op.129 in Bucharest

Long known as “The Rage Over a Lost Penny (Die Wut über den verlorenen Groschen),” Beethoven’s piano piece Rondo a Capriccio in G major, Op.

129 actually bears the formal title “Rondo alla ingharese quasi un capriccio.” Composed relatively early, around 1795, it was also published posthumously.

It is hugely popular with audiences, but difficult to perform due to its very rapid passages, extensive modulation and development, and widely spanning right-hand arpeggios.

With that in mind, please enjoy a performance by the genius Evgeny Kissin.

Vesta’s Fire (unfinished), opera, Hess 115 (Vestas Feuer)Ludwig van Beethoven

Vestas Feuer Hess – Beethoven

“Vestas Feuer” (The Fire of Vesta) is an opera that Beethoven began composing in 1803 at the request of Emanuel Schikaneder, the manager of a theater in Vienna.

He completed up to Act 2, but the work remained unfinished due to Schikaneder’s resignation.

After Beethoven’s death, the autograph manuscript was discovered in 1953, and the work was published with additional completion by Willy Hess, a noted scholar of Beethoven’s unfinished compositions.

WoO 9 and WoO 42, Hess 33Ludwig van Beethoven

beethoven, WoO 9 and WoO 42, Hess 33, Suske Quartet

This performance features early works for string quartet that are well known among enthusiasts: the Minuet in A-flat major, WoO 209, Hess 33, and the Six German Dances (Allemandes), WoO 42, composed in 1790 and 1796.

As one would expect from a genius, even his youthful works possess a distinctly different character.

While they may not feel expansive or resonant, the rapid passages already reveal a glimpse of Beethoven’s unmistakable voice.

“It is accomplished,” WoO 97: Final number from “The Triumphal Arches,” the concluding piece for Treitschke’s Singspiel ‘The Triumphal Arches’Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven ‐ “Es ist vollbracht”, WoO 97∶ Final number from “The Triumphal Arches” for bass, chorus a

A work that is very rarely performed.

The finale “It Is Accomplished” from Treitschke’s Singspiel The Ruins of Athens also has a solemn choral section that distinctly evokes Beethoven’s style.

After all, he’s the perfect composer for this kind of bold, bright, and uplifting festive image.

Mass in C major, Op. 86 – Karl Richter, Missa in C majorLudwig van Beethoven

Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86 – Richter

Among Beethoven’s works, this lesser-known Mass features a strikingly beautiful chorus, with an especially captivating women’s choral passage that feels like the sky opening up.

Here, please enjoy Gundula Janowitz as the soprano and Júlia Hamari as the alto.