Beethoven's First Symphony, dedicated to Baron Gottfried Van Swieten, came at age 29. Fittingly, it was the dawn of a new century. It appeared late in what scholars define as the first period of ...

Over the next nine weeks, nine of the world's leading Beethoven conductors will each explore a Beethoven symphony. We begin with Sir Roger Norrington on Symphony No 1... The piece is dedicated to ...

Tempo warning: Christian Theilemann's Beethoven is not the one we have become accustomed to over during the 25 year spasm of "historically informed" or "period" performance. Theilmann's tempi are ...

Symphony No. 1 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Symphony No. 2 Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Ludwig van ...

Beethoven's symphony's form one of the most important bodies of work in musical history. The third, the fifth and the ninth get all the headlines and are generally the most well-loved, but the first ...

With his First Symphony Beethoven staked his claim as a rightful heir to the Classical symphonic tradition. After its premiere, at a typically gargantuan benefit concert in Vienna’s Burgtheater on 2 ...