3/5. Donald Macleod looks at Beethoven's relationship with his female pupils, some of whom he fell in love with - regardless of their higher social station.
Piano Sonata, Op27 Vladimir Ashkenazy An die Hoffnung, Op 32
Peter Schreier (tenor), Walter Olbertz (piano) Fidelio (final scene)
Waltrud Meier (soprano: Leonore),
Placido Domingo (tenor: Florestan), Kwangchul Youn (bass: Don Fernando), Rene Pape (bass:
Rocco), Falk Struckmann (bass-baritone: Don Pizarro ), Soile Isokoski (soprano: Marzelline), Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus, Berlin Staatskapelle, conductor Daniel Barenboim
Piano Sonata, Op 101 (4th mvt) Alfred Brendel Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight