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Composer of the Week: Beethoven

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3/5. Heiligenstadt. Acclaimed by the Viennese, by 1801 Beethoven was enjoying an especially prolific musical period. Yet he was also aware of his increasing deafness. With Donald Macleod. Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Violin Sonata in C minor, Op 30 No 2
Gidon Kremer , Martha Argerich (piano)
Abscheulicher; Prisoner's Chorus (Fidelio, Act 1) Soloists, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Otto Klemperer Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Unknown:
Gidon Kremer
Piano:
Martha Argerich
Conductor:
Otto Klemperer
Source: Radio Times

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