Copying Beethoven [Music from the Motion Picture] [Soundtrack]

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Antoni Lazarkiewicz (Composer), Bernard Haitink (Conductor), Benjamin Wallfisch (Conductor), Robert Holl (Conductor), Takács String Quartet (Orchestra), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Orchestra), Lucia Popp (Performer), Carolyn Watkinson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Lucia Popp, Carolyn Watkinson
• Orchestra: Takács String Quartet, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
• Conductor: Bernard Haitink, Benjamin Wallfisch, Robert Holl
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Antoni Lazarkiewicz
• Audio CD (October 10, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B000ICLT64
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,772 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Grosse Fugue in B-flat, Op. 133

2. Seid umschlungen, millionen

3. Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 (Prestissimo)

4. String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

5. Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 “Choral” (Finale)

6. Anna’s Etude and Variation

7. Diabelli Variations, Op. 120

8. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 (arietta)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From the perspective of a novice, this album is excellent!, December 16, 2007

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ForPete'sSake (Centerville, UT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Copying Beethoven [Music from the Motion Picture] (Audio CD)

My dad tortured me with classical music when I was young. It wasn't until several years later that I came to appreciate it on my own; and I still consider myself to be very much a novice in this genre. With that said, I think this album is excellent!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An astounding 9th Symphony!, March 23, 2009

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Patrick W. Crabtree "The Old Grottomaster" (Lucasville, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Copying Beethoven [Music from the Motion Picture] (Audio CD)

This is one of the finest Beethoven 9th Symphony performances I've ever heard. Unfortunately, we don't get much of it on this disc!

Still, this is a nice sampling of Beethoven's music and if you are easing into Classical Music, this would be a terrific place to begin.

If you wish to hear Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in a complete version, here is a great one:

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

In any case, this is the story of Beethoven's late period of life and his subsequent death (1827), and a young and adept female copyist (someone who takes the scribbled mess of a composer's score and prints it neatly) who enters into a love-hate personal relationship with the great Maestro. This is one of the most gratifying contemporary films I've seen in years, funny at times, tragic at others. Of course, the writers have taken some expected liberties with actual history but that's okay -- this is entertainment, not a documentary.

Well done! Highly recommended.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great cd, June 7, 2007

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Ricardo V. Reyes "mesh the magician" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Copying Beethoven [Music from the Motion Picture] (Audio CD)

Music is so beautiful especially the Ode to Joy! Inspirational as only Beethoven can be.