This week I am joined by Professor Laura Tunbridge, whose book Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces (published earlier this year by Viking Books) offers new perspectives on the man, the music and early nineteenth-century Vienna in this, the year of his 250th anniversary. Laura guides us through the nine works that she chose for the book, offering new perspectives on some of the choices made by this complicated genius. 

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You can buy Laura's book here:

Beethoven: A Life in Nine Pieces
Laura Tunbridge

https://www.prestomusic.com/books/products/8719490--beethoven-a-life-in-nine-pieces

The recordings in this episode:

Beethoven: Septet, Op. 20 & Clarinet Trio, Op. 11
Berkeley Ensemble
Resonus Classics - RES10255
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8719600--beethoven-septet-op-20-clarinet-trio-op-11

Beethoven: Spring & Kreutzer Sonatas
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) & Lambert Orkis (piano)
DG -  4791679
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8031599--beethoven-spring-kreutzer-sonatas

Beethoven – Complete Symphonies & Concertos
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Warner Classics – 2564637792
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7951068--harnoncourt-beethoven

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Choral Fantasy
Christiane Karg (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo), Werner Güra (tenor), Florian Boesch (baritone), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Freiburger Barockorchester, Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Pablo Heras-Casado
Harmonia Mundi - HMM90243132
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8784812--beethoven-symphony-no-9-choral-fantasy

Beethoven: Lieder
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Jan Lisiecki (piano)
DG – 4838351
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8736187--beethoven-lieder

Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), Nina Stemme (Leonore), Falk Struckmann (Pizarro), 
Lucerne Festival Orchestra & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Claudio Abbado
Decca – 4782551
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7997601--beethoven-fidelio-op-72

Beethoven - The late Piano Sonatas
Maurizio Pollini
DG – 4497402
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7930708--beethoven-the-late-piano-sonatas

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Lucy Crowe (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Matthew Rose (bass). Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique & Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
SDG - SDG718
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8034633--beethoven-missa-solemnis-in-d-major-op-123

Beethoven - Late String Quartets
Takács Quartet
Decca - 4708492
https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7933919--beethoven-late-string-quartets

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