A Beethoven recording to make you rethink
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The fashion these days is to remix the 16 Beethoven quartets, selecting one from each period — early, middle and late — in concert and record cycles. It doesn’t always work, but the latest release...
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Hilarious portrait of Beethoven. Who’s that by… Walt Disney?
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Another good match would be Op. 18 No. 6 (the most musically advanced of the Op. 18s) and Op. 135, his last. The fourth movements of both have slow introductions that build to fortissimo and end pianissimo, followed by a quick dance. Could it be that he was looking back? It must be!