Pick up Beethoven’s famous and representative works!
Ludwig van Beethoven created innovative music that served as a bridge from the Classical to the Romantic era, leaving a profound influence on later generations.
His music is passionate yet rich in beautiful melodies, and it conveys a sense of essential depth, as if pursuing things to their very core.
There are many masterpieces that everyone has heard at least once, such as “Fate” (Symphony No.
5) and “Für Elise.”
In this article, we’ve picked out some of Beethoven’s famous and representative works.
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[Beethoven] Pick-Up of Famous and Representative Works (71–80)
WoO 9 and WoO 42, Hess 33Ludwig van Beethoven
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
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
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.
[Beethoven] Pick Up Masterpieces and Signature Works! (81–90)
Ruins of AthensLudwig van Beethoven
Turkish March is a very famous piece, but it’s not widely known that it is actually one movement within the overture The Ruins of Athens.
How about listening to the entire work this time? Within the broader landscape, the distinctive “Turkish March” character shines even more prominently.
Coriolan Overture (1992 Live)Ludwig van Beethoven
The Coriolan Overture is a concert overture composed in early 1807.
It is said to have been written in a short span of time, inspired by the impact of seeing a play featuring the ancient Roman hero Coriolanus.
That year was an exceptionally prolific one: alongside this piece, Beethoven produced three symphonies—Nos.
4, 5, and 6—as well as the Fourth Piano Concerto and the Violin Concerto, all major works.
King Stephen Overture “Overture ‘König Stephan’” Beethoven, Op. 117Ludwig van Beethoven
King Stephen, Op.
117, was composed in 1811 for the opening of a theater in Budapest, set to two commemorative texts by August von Kotzebue, “King Étienne” and “Die Ruinen von Athen” (The Ruins of Athens).
It’s a notorious piece said to have been written while the composer was forcing himself to work during convalescence.
Although it is often performed only as an overture, in fact it includes Nos.
5, 7, and 8 in an Austrian arrangement that was very fashionable at the time—sections featuring spoken narration over orchestral accompaniment, a practice no longer commonly seen today.
A true hidden gem!
Diabelli VariationsLudwig van Beethoven
It is a piece consisting of 33 variations, called “33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli.” As Beethoven’s final set of piano variations, it is a monumental work that can be considered the culmination of his variation techniques to date.
It contains 33 entirely distinct and richly diverse variations.