Z okazji 250 rocznicy urodzin Ludwiga van Beethovena Sony Classical przygotował specjalny, unikalny zestaw 25 płyt, zawierający wybitne kreacje beethowenowskie.
Lista wykonawców nie wymaga rekomendacji, zaś niewygórowana cena powoduje, ze to obowiązkowa pozycja w płytotece każdego melomana.
Lista utworów:
CD 1
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (Remastered) - Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Walter [1959]
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Remastered) - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1964]
CD 2
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1964]
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1963]
CD 3
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner [1959]
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (Remastered) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner [1955]
CD 4
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1962]
2. Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (Remastered) - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1963]
CD 5
1. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1958]
CD 6
1. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1955]
2. Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40 - Isaac Stern, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ozawa [1980]
3. Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50 - Isaac Stern, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ozawa [1980]
CD 7
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (Remastered) - Glenn Gould, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Golschmann [1958]
2. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 (Remastered) - Glenn Gould, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Bernstein [1957]
CD 8
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (Remastered) - Leon Fleisher, piano; Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1961]
2. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Remastered) - Leon Fleisher, piano; Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1959]
CD 9
1. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 in E-flat Major (Remastered) - Arhur Rubinstein, piano; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Leinsdorf [1963]
2. Beethoven: Choral Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 - Emanuel Ax, piano; New York Philharmonic - Mehta [1983]
CD 10
1. Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C Major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano; Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy [1964]
2. Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1965]
CD 11
1. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]
2. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]
3. Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]
4. Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1955]
5. Beethoven: Coriolan, Op. 62: Overture - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]
CD 12
1. Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1969]
2. Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1970]
CD 13
1. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 24 "Spring" (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1961]
2. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1958]
3. Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 No. 1 (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1958]
CD 14
1. Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69 (Remastered) - Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano [1983]
2. Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 2 (Remastered) - Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano [1983]
CD 15
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]
CD 16
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 3 in C Major, Op. 2 No. 3 - Murray Perahia, piano [1990]
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" - Vladimir Horowitz, piano [1972]
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux" - Murray Perahia, piano [1984]
4. Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" - Murray Perahia, piano [1994]
CD 17
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" (Remastered) - Charles Rosen, piano [1964]
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Funeral March" (Remastered) - Sviatoslav Richter, piano [1960]
CD 18
1. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1976]
2. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1960]
3. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1967]
CD 19
1. Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 - Igor Levit, piano [2015]
CD 20
1. Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1 in F Major - Tokyo String Quartet [1991]
2. Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4 in C minor - Tokyo String Quartet [1991]
3. Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6 in B-Flat Major - Tokyo String Quartet [1992]
CD 21
1. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Rasumovsky" (Remastered) - Juilliard String Quartet [1964]
2. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky" (Remastered) - Juilliard String Quartet [1964]
CD 22
1. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127 (Remastered) - Budapest String Quartet [1952]
2. Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (Remastered) - Budapest String Quartet [1951]
CD 23
1. Beethoven: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Gregor Piatigorsky, cello [1960]
2. Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Jakob Lateiner, piano [1964]
3. Beethoven: Serenade for Violin, Viola and Cello in D Major Op. 8 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Gregor Piatigorsky, cello [1960]
CD 24
1. Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65 - New York Philharmonic - Schippers [1965]
2. Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 (Christ on the Mount of Olives) - The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy [1963]
3. Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46 - Jussi Björling, tenor; Frederick Schauwecker, piano [1955]
CD 25
1. Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1960]