Ludwig van Beethoven

Hillevi Martinpelto sings ten arias by a variety of composers from Verdi to Wagner. All of the arias have been performed by the soprano on various opera stages in Sweden, and here she showcases her favourites in a new disc for Swedish Society.

Formed in 1993, the Gryphon Trio continues to delight audiences around the globe with their highly refined and dynamic performances. Their celebrated recordings include works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Lalo and Shostakovich. With a strong commitment to expanding the piano trio repertoire, the trio has commissioned and premiered over 50 works.

The RSO Vienna’s Beethoven cycle under Bertrand de Billy is continually developing. These carefully illuminated recordings do not rely on external sensational effects but on fidelity to the score and highly precise musical co-operation i.e. chamber music culture in a great symphony orchestra.

This is a remastered Quadro Recording of classic recordings by this world renowned string quartet.

Celebrated by the audience, rejected by the critics: Mahler’s adaptation of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony has been polarising from the very beginning. Over a century after the first performance conducted by Mahler himself, the Tonkünstler Orchestra of Lower Austria brought Mahler’s Beethoven back to the Wiener Musikverein under the musical direction of Kristjan Järvi.