LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN b. 1776, d. 1827
His enormous output falls into three main periods: the early, derivative years to 1800; an intense, revolutionary middle period to 1817 and the magnificently unorthodox last years. Music played this week concentrates on works composed at the turn of the century when Beethoven was 30 and just beginning to grow deaf. Sonata in f, Op 17
BARRY TUCKWELL (horn)
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY (piano)
9.18* String Quartet in c minor, Op 18 No 4: ITALIAN QUARTET gramophone records