Beethoven - 250th Anniversary (newly recorded works)

[Richard Moss]

Friends,

There are a number of 'complete works' box-sets and CDs on sale or due very shortly and undoubtedly more will follow to celebrate this event.  The reason for this post is that, although the web-site 'Unheard Beethoven' has a list of seldom/never before heard works that can be downloaded as mp3 files, these are, as far as I know, all on a synthesised rendering of the works. 

As these box sets come to market, I would really appreciate it if members, as and when they become aware, can post a notification of any non-synthesised work they think has previously not been available on CD.  Whilst my own particular interest is orchestral (symphonic/concertante works), I appreciate many members have interests in choral/vocal, chamber and instrumental works so I would not wish to restrict any such notifications to my own narrow interest.

If anyone knows anywhere else I could look for this info with the same 'authority' that UC members are able to give, please let me know.  Similarly, although Classic FM are having a 'once a week' year long celebration, there rarely play anything not already on CD and I don't know if the regime at Radio 3 are (or are not) making any special plans

Any help (in due course) will be much appreciated.  Like dogs, a list is not just for Christmas!

Best wishes ti all

Richard Moss

[TerraEpon]

Naxos has a list here https://www.naxos.com/beethoven250/recordings.html
The 'rarities' disc from Universal is https://www.beethoven-playon.com/new-releases/6-44525/560551/rarities though a review on Amazon claims some of these may have been released on a disc 10 years ago (not sure if he was refering to the stuff here or some other works)

[Richard Moss]

Tks Terrapon,

I'll  get my walking boots  out and go for as stroll.

Best wishes

Richard

[Jonathan]

I believe Radio 3 is devoting Composer of the Week every other week throughout 2020 to Beethoven. Hope this helps!

There's also a recently released CD on Naxos which includes the solo piano version of Wellington's Victory and the WoO 1, the "Ritterballet"

[Alan Howe]

I believe Radio 3 is devoting Composer of the Week every other week throughout 2020 to Beethoven

Complete overkill. Another blow to the expansion of the repertoire.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Of course - but what do you expect of Radio 3? Someone with a bit of imagination could have planned a series of programmes involving perhaps a headline piece by Beethoven surrounded by the works of his contemporaries, or those he taught; or maybe we could have had programmes devoted to pieces inspired by (or dedicated to) Beethoven (or his memory). What a lot of interesting music might have been given an airing as part of the celebrations of the great man. What about a programme headlining the Diabelli Variations, then exploring the music of the OTHER composers who contributed variations to Diabelli's theme - and not just their variation either? These include: Kalkbrenner, Czerny, Drechsler, Mayseder, Tomasek, Vorisek, Pixis, Conradin Kreutzer, Schubert, Liszt, Hummel, Moscheles, F.X. Mozart, Gansbacher, as well as a host of others whose music is now completely forgotten. But no, just the same old totally unimaginative programming from unimaginative (and often ignorant) people. One despairs.

[eschiss1]

Hopefully, some of the individual COTW programs -will- do just that- as still happens even now- and (as happened recently with the week-or-so of concerts dedicated to Clara Schumann and contemporaries/etc) one got, a few weeks ago, 5 programs (not COTW but elsewhere @ BBC listing) of lieder by Felix Mendelssohn mainly interspersed with others connected with the Schumann family in some way.
(I agree, though, of course. I think Concertzender seems to do better with their Unknown is Unloved? and other series, for instance...)