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Beethoven Piano Trio in D, op. 70 no. 1, ‘Ghost’

August 26, 2018August 25, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Trio Wanderer, or below by Barenboim, Du Pre and Zukerman (cover image by Norbert Levajsics) Moving right along in Beethoven’s catalogue, we come to the op. 70 piano trios, of which there are two. These works come just … Continue reading Beethoven Piano Trio in D, op. 70 no. 1, ‘Ghost’

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Beethoven String Quartet no. 9 in C, op. 59 no. 3

August 25, 2018August 25, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Artemis Quartet, or below by the Alban Berg Quartet Would it be going too far to suppose a connection between this extraordinary work and Beethoven’s advancing deafness? Could that painfully groping introduction seem like someone trying to … Continue reading Beethoven String Quartet no. 9 in C, op. 59 no. 3

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Beethoven Choral Fantasy, op. 80

August 21, 2018August 19, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Rudolf Serkin and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa, or below with Serkin and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Choir under Rafael Kubelik You may wish to print another text, as the text … Continue reading Beethoven Choral Fantasy, op. 80

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Beethoven String Quartet no. 8 in Em, op. 59 no. 2

August 19, 2018August 18, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Artemis Quartet, or below by the Alban Berg Quartet (cover image by Francisco De Legarreta C.) We find ourselves now at the second of Beethoven’s three Razumovsky quartets. The works were written in 1806 for the Russian … Continue reading Beethoven String Quartet no. 8 in Em, op. 59 no. 2

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Beethoven Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68 ‘Pastoral’

April 12, 2018April 8, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle, or as below with the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique under Sir John Eliot Gardiner (cover image by Terry Tan De Hao) Okay, all you lovers of a good subtitle, here we are … Continue reading Beethoven Symphony no. 6 in F, op. 68 ‘Pastoral’

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Beethoven String Quartet no. 7 in F, op. 59 no. 1

April 7, 2018April 2, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Artemis Quartet, or in a superb performance below by the American Quartet I am thinking of devoting myself almost entirely to this type of composition… Beethoven, to a publisher, regarding his composition of the Razumovsky quartets (cover … Continue reading Beethoven String Quartet no. 7 in F, op. 59 no. 1

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Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in Cm, op.67

January 5, 2017December 17, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich under David Zinman Radiant beams shoot through this region’s deep night, and we become aware of gigantic shadows which, rocking back and forth, close in on us and destroy everything within us except the … Continue reading Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in Cm, op.67

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