Ludwig van Beethoven

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Vox Satanae 488: The Classical Part II

Vox Satanae – Episode 488: The Classical, Part II – Week of September 07, 2020

Vox Satanae – Episode 488 – 143 Minutes – Week of September 07, 2020 The Classical – Part II This week we hear works by Giovanni Battista Viotti, Franz Ignaz Danzi, Joseph Leopold Eybler, Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Mauro Giuliani. Stream Vox Satanae Episode 488. Download Vox Satanae Episode 488.

Beethoven Lives!

Beethoven Lives!

On this 249th anniversary of the birth of one of our greatest composers, you might want to take a listen to his revolutionary 9th Symphony, which has challenged, haunted and inspired many composers who followed. This performance by Anima Eterna Brugge and the Collgium Vocale Gent, directed by Korneel Bernolet, is with an ensemble that is somewhat like what listeners of Beethoven’s time might have heard—sadly, Ludvig was completely deaf when he wrote and then later conducted this work’s premiere, so these glorious sounds only lived in his mind’s ears. But you, dear listener, can feast upon this mighty music. […]

Vox Satanae

Vox Satanae – Episode 413 – Week of October 29 2018

Vox Satanae – Episode 413 – 174 Minutes – Week of October 29 2018 This week we hear works by Antonio Vivaldi, Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schumann, Richard Wagner, Sir Granville Bantock, Hamish MacCunn, Henry Cowell, John Corigliano, and William Bolcom with performances by William Bennett, The English Chamber Orchestra, George Malcolm, Vera Beths, Anner Bylsma, Jos Van Immerseel, Jean-Marc Luisada, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, James Levine, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Sorrel Hays, Victoria Livengood, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Scott Scully, Christopher Maltman, Patricia Racette, The Los Angeles Opera Chorus and Orchestra, James […]