complete - Jaap Schroder and Jos van Immerseel (DHM)
Gidon Kremer/Martha Argerich DG 445 652-2GH
Op.24 Grumiaux/Arrau (PHONOGRAM)
Op.24 & 47 Menuhin/Kempff (DG 459 356-2)
Complete - Wallfisch/York EMI CD-EMXD2506
Op.69 Feuermann/Hess (EMI)
Op.69 Virsaladze/Gutman (LIVE CLASSICS)
Vogler/Canino (BERLIN CLASSICS)
Noras/Rigutto (FINLANDIA)
Karttunen/Hakkila - (FINLANDIA)
Immerseel/Byisma - (VIVARTE)
Complete - Talich Quartet Calliope CAL9633/9
Hungarian Quartet EMI CZS7
Nos. 1-6 Quartetto Italiano Philips 426 046-2PM3
Nos.8 & 9 Vegh Quartet Auvidis Valois V4404
Nos.7-11 Quartetto Italiano PHILIPS 420 797-2PM3
Nos 12-16 (+Grosse Fugue) Quartetto Italiano Philips 426 050-2PM4
Op.59 1-3 /Op.74 Hungarian Quartet (EMI/HMV)
Complete - Richard Goode -Elektra Nonesuch 7559-79328--2
Complete - Brendel - Philips 412 575-2PH11
Jean-Bernard Pommier Vol. 1, Sonatas 1-10: 3 CDs, Erato 2292-45598-2 (1991) Vol.
2, Sonatas 11-20: 3 CDs, Erato 2292-45812-2 (1992) Vol. 3, Sonatas 21-27: 3 CDs,
Erato 4509-91727-2 (1994)
Vol. 1: Piano Concerto No. 4, with Martin Turnovsky conducting The Orchestra of the
Vienna Musikverein;Sonata 27; 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80 VAI Audio VAIA 1021
(1963, 1966, 1992)Vol. 2: Sonatas 8, 14, 23, 26 VAI Audio VAIA 1069 (1962-1970, 1994)
Murray Perahia
Sonatas 1-3
Sony Classical SK 64397 (1995)
Charles Rosen
Sonatas 27-32
2 CDs, Sony Essential Classics SB2K 53531 (1971, 1994)
COMPLETE - Schnabel (1935 - mono) (PEARL)
Alexei Lubimov
Pianoforte: John Broadwood & Son, 1806
Sonatas 8, 14, 21
Erato 4509-94356-2 (1994)
Paul Komen
Pianoforte: Salvatore la Grassa, Viennese school c. 1815
Sonatas 16-18
Globe GLO 5136 (1995)
Paul Komen
Pianoforte: Johann Fritz, Vienna 1825
Sonatas 21-23, Globe GLO 5118 (1994)
Paul Komen
Pianoforte: Conrad Graf, Vienna c. 1830
Sonatas 30-32 Globe GLO 5106 (1993)
b) Variations
Diabelli Op.120 & 32 Variations in C min - Benjamin Frith - ASV Quicksilva CDQS6155
c) Bagatelles
Op.33/Op.119/Op.126 Stephen Bishop Kovacevich - Philips 426 976-2
COE - Harnoncourt TELDEC-4509-94560-2
Norman & Goldberg; Haitink (Philips 426308 DDD )
Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry
Ingeborg Hallstein, Gerhard Unger & Franz Crass
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra
OTTO KLEMPERER
1962 (EMI 69324 ADD )
Harnoncourt /Chamber orchestra of Europe: Teldec 94560
II.) Incidental music
Egmont Op.84 - VPO/Szell - Decca 448 593 -2DCS
Missa Solemnis in D, Op. 123; Mass in C, Op. 86; Funeral Cantata for the death of
Emperor Joseph II, WoO87; Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, WoO88;
Cantata: The Moment of Glory, Op. 136; Choral Fantasy in C minor, Op.80; Calm Sea
and Prosperous Voyage, Op.112; Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op.85 - Various artists
(DG Beethoven Edition Vol 19 -- DG 453 798 - 2) (5 CDs)
Missa Solemnis - New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus/Otto Klemperer (EMI CMS 7
69538 2).
Missa Solemnis - English Baroque Soloists/Elliot Gardiner Archiv production 429 779-
2AH
Missa Solemnis - Orchestre des Champs Elysses and the Choeurs de la Chapelle Royale
et du Collegium Vocale, directed by Philippe Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi HMC 901557)
II.) Cantatas
(WoO.87 & WoO.88) - Hyperion
I.) Lieder With piano
Selection (inc.Adelaide, An die ferne Geliebte) Genz/Vignoles - Hyperion CDA67055
II.) Folksong arrangements with Piano trio accompaniment
Complete - 7 CD's - D.G.G
Channel Classics, CCS 1491
'Volkslieder, Weltliche Vokalwerke'
Arts, 47519-2
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Complete - Chamber orchestra of Europe / Harnoncourt ( Teldec 2292-46452-2 )
Symphony 2 & 4 - Günter Wand/ North German Radio Symphony Orchestra RCA Red Seal
RD60058
Symphony 3 "Eroica" - Günter Wand/ North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies 5 & 7 - Carlos Kleiber/ Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Deutsche Grammophon
447400-2
Symphonies 5 & 8 - Günter Wand/ North German Radio Symphony Orchestra RCA Red Seal
60092-2-RC
Symphony 6 "Pastorale" - Günter Wand/North German Radio Symphony Orchestra RCA Red
Seal 60094-2-RC
Symphony 6 "Pastorale" - Karl Bohm/ Vienna Philharmonic - DG 447 433-2GOR
Symphony 9 "Choral" - Carol Vaness (soprano), Janice Taylor (mezzosoprano), Siegfried
Jerusalem (tenor), Robert Llyod (bass-baritone)/ Christoph von Dohnanyi/ Cleveland
Orchestra & Chorus Telarc CD-80120
Complete - Wilhelm Furtwangler, Vienna Phil.. . no. 1 (1952), 2 (1948 live London),
3 (1952), 4 (1952), 5 (1954), 6 (1952), 7 (1950), 8 (1948 live Stockholm) and 9 (1951).
EMI, 1952, 1986
Symphony No 9 - Furtwangler - Schwarzkopf, Hongen, Hopf, Edelmann; Bayreuth Festival(1951)
/EMI CDH 769 0812
Symphony no.9 - Furtwangler, Philharmonia Orchestra - Schwarzkopf, Cavelti, Haefliger
& Edelmann, Lucerne 1954 (Tahra, FURT 1003)
Period instrument performances
Complete - Franz Brüggen, The Orchestra of the 18th century (Philips)
Complete - London Classical Players - Roger Norrington
Complete - The Hanover Band - (Nimbus)
Symphony no.3 in Eb 'Eroica' - Jordi Savall and Les Concert Des Nations (Astree,
ES 9959)
Complete - Kurt Massur/ Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Philips)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Teldec 0630-13140-2
Complete - Hanover Band - Nimbus
1. With several instruments
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra - Kurt Massur/Beaux Arts Trio Philips 438 005-2PH
Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter, Karajan/BPO (Angel)
Itzhak Perlman, violin (Op.56) / Yo-Yo Ma, cello (Op.56) / Daniel Barenboim, piano
/ Chorus of the Deutschen Staatsoper / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniel Barenboim
(EMI CDC7 243 5 55516 2)
2. Piano
Complete - BPO/Abbado/Pollini DG 439 770-2GH3
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lars Vogt & City of Birmingham Orchestra/Rattle EMI
Classics CDC 556266 2 2 [66'12" & 34'42"]
Concertos 1-4 Emil Gilels, George Szell/Cleveland Orch. Emd/Emi Classics - #69506
/ November 26, 1996
Concerto 5 "Emperor" - Claudio Arrau (piano), Sir Colin Davis/Dresden State Orchestra
Philips 416215-2
Piano Concertos 1-5 and Triple Concerto /Leon Fleischer , George Szell/Cleveland
Orchestra Sony Essential Classics SB3K48397
Complete - Bernard Haitink , Andras Schiff. Played on Beethoven's Broadwood piano
3. Violin
COE - Nikolaus Harnoncourt/Gidon Kremer -Teldec 9031-74881-2
Perlman/Giulimi/Philharmonia Orch EMI CDC 47002
Menuhin/Furtwängler/Philharmonia Orch EMI CDH 69799
Jascha Heifetz (violin), Charles Munch/Boston Symphony Orchestra RCA Living Stereo
a) Trios
Complete - Beaux Arts Trio Philips 438 948-2PM3
2 Piano Trios - Beaux Arts Trio - 4 "Ghost" and 6 "Archduke"/Philips 412891-2
3 Piano Trios - Castle Trio - 1, 6 "Archduke" and 8/Virgin Classics Veritas VC7590442
b) Violin Sonatas
complete - Perlmann/Ashkenazy DECCA 421 453-2DM4
