Beethoven 2020 by Outhere Music Two hundred and fifty years ago, the city of Bonn saw the birth of one of the most important composers in the history of music – Ludwig van Beethoven. To mark this anniversary, Outhere Music pays tribute to this colossal artist through a series of projects and re-releases in order to appreciate his work from a fresh perspective, just as Beethoven himself constantly strove to reinvent his work, open new paths and new musical languages. As its name suggests, the ‘Beethoven Rediscovered’ boxed set will be an opportunity to rediscover the composer’s repertoire through original approaches to interpretation, notably through recordings on the fortepiano by Alexei Lubimov, Olga Pashchenko, Arthur Schoonderwoerd and Yury Martynov, who perform the famous symphonies transcribed by Franz Liszt between 1837 and 1865. This trend for organological reconstruction also explains the presence in this set of the complete symphonies and overtures performed on period instruments by Jos Van Immerseel and his Anima Eterna ensemble – a good way to come as close as possible to the sounds that Beethoven may have heard in his time… Among the new projects from Alpha for the occasion are also the complete sonatas for cello and fortepiano, recorded by Nicolas Altstaedt on an instrument with gut strings and classical bow and Alexander Lonquich on a Graf piano. Jos Van Immerseel has recorded the best-known sonatas on the fortepiano (the ‘Pathétique’, the ‘Moonlight Sonata’, the ‘Rondo alla ingharese’), while the Arcana label will re-release the complete legendary sonatas performed by the great late pianist Paul-Badura Skoda. Finally, the Belgian jazz group Aka Moon will highlight the pioneering aspect of Beethoven’s music with an astonishing reinterpretation of his Opus 111, considered to be a pioneering work in the harmonic language of jazz. And the list goes on… Ori and Omri Epstein of the Busch Trio will also release their complete cello sonatas at Linn Records; Martin Helmchen will share his unique vision of the piano concertos, with Andrew Manze leading the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Lorenzo Gatto and Julien Libeer will do the same for the violin and piano sonatas, while the young prodigy Filippo Gorini will take on – among others – the colossal ‘Hammerklavier’. Meanwhile, the Orchester Wiener Akademie and its conductor Martin Haselböck continue the ‘Resound Beethoven’ series, a complete set of symphonies on period instruments that scrupulously respect the 200-year-old orchestra layout. On the Ramée label, flautist Tami Krausz and Shuann Chai on the fortepiano will present their interpretation of Beethoven’s Serenade Op. 41, a high point of composition for the flute and piano. In addition to this abundance of new and original projects, there are also older recordings, which have marked Beethoven’s discography in recent years: the complete string quartets by the Belcea Quartet, the complete piano sonatas by François-Frédéric Guy and the last string quartets performed by the Brentano Quartet... A life and work that Outhere Music will celebrate with many other projects!
New Releases ALPHA 565
CKD 627
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos.3, 6, 7 & 8 Lorenzo Gatto Julien Libeer 1 CD
Beethoven: Complete Works for Piano & Cello Ori & Omri Epstein
11/2019
ALPHA 585
11/2019
2 CDs
A 203
01/2020
01/2020
Beethoven: String quintets op.29 & 104, Fugue op.137 WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players 1 CD
Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas Played on Period Instrument Paul Badura-Skoda 9 CDs
ALPHA 584
A 117
02/2020
03/2020
Beethoven: 32 Sonatas
Beethoven: Works for Mandolin and Fortepiano
Konstantin Lifschitz
Raffaele La Ragione & Marco Crosetto
10 CDs
1 CD
RAM 1903
ALPHA 479
Beethoven & Kuhlau: Kühl nicht lau
Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 (Resound Vol.8) Orchester Wiener Akademie & Martin Haselböck 1 CD
03/2020
Tami Krausz & Shuann Chai 1 CD
03/2020
ALPHA 575
ALPHA 594
Beethoven: Piano Concertos 4 & 1 Martin Helmchen, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Andrew Manze 1 CD
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Jos Van Immerseel
03/2020
05/2020
3 CDs
ALPHA 598 03/2020
Various Artists 16 CDs
Back Catalogue Highlights ALPHA 079
ALPHA 177
ALPHA 194
Beethoven: Concerti 4 & 5 pour le pianoforte avec accompagnement d’orchestre Arthur Schoonderwoerd Cristofori
Mozart & Beethoven: Sonates pour pianoforte & violon
Beethoven: Moonlight, Waldstein & Storm
Rémy Cardinale Hélène Schmitt
Alexei Lubimov
1 CD
1 CD
1 CD
ALPHA 201
ALPHA 227
ALPHA 239
Beethoven: Variations
Beethoven / Liszt: Symphony No. 9 (Piano Transcription by Franz Liszt)
Beethoven: Sonata No. 29 & Bagatelles, Op. 126
Olga Pashchenko
Yury Martynov
Nelson Goerner
1 CD
1 CD
1 CD
ALPHA 240
ALPHA 296
ALPHA 365
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos 9 «Kreutzer», 4 & 2
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Beethoven: Appassionata, Les adieux & Waldstein
Lorenzo Gatto Julien Libeer
Filippo Gorini
Olga Pashchenko
1 CD
1 CD
1 CD
ALPHA 380
ALPHA 385
ALPHA 386
Beethoven: Symphonies & Ouvertures
Haydn & Beethoven: Piano Sonatas
Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
Anima Eterna Brugge Jos van Immerseel
Olivier Cavé
Martin Helmchen
6 CDs
1 CD
1 CD
ALPHA 405
ALPHA 407
ALPHA 470
Beethoven: Trios for Clarinet, Cello & Piano
Beethoven: Violin Sonatas No. 1, 10 & 5 «Spring»
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 & 2 (Resound Collection, Vol. 1)
Éric Le Sage, Paul Meyer & Claudio Bohórquez
Lorenzo Gatto Julien Libeer
Orchester Wiener Akademie Martin Haselböck
1 CD
1 CD
1 CD
ALPHA 472
ALPHA 474
ALPHA 477
Beethoven: Egmont (Resound Collection, Vol. 3) Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck, Herbert Föttinger & John Malkovich
Beethoven: Symphony 3 (Resound Collection, Vol. 4) Orchester Wiener Akademie Martin Haselböck
Beethoven: Symphony 8... (Resound Collection, Vol. 6) Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck & Gottlieb Wallisch
2 CDs
2 CDs
1 CD
ALPHA 478
ALPHA 544
ALPHA 607
Beethoven: Symphony 4 (Resound Collection, Vol. 7) Orchester Wiener Akademie, Martin Haselböck & Gottlieb Wallisch 1 CD
Beethoven: Symphony 3 & Strauss: Metamorphosen
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas
Sinfonia Grange au Lac Esa-Pekka Salonen 1 CD
Éric Le Sage
ALPHA 820
FUG 530
FUG 564
Beethoven: Complete Fortepiano Concertos
Beethoven: Variations sur le duo «La Stessa, La Stessissima»...
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 6 «Pastorale»
Arthur Schoonderwoerd & Cristofori 3 CDs
Plamena Mangova 1 CD
Musica Viva Alexander Rudin 1 CD
FUG 598
FUG745
CKD 572
Dussek, Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Transitions
Beethoven: An Eternal Love
Beethoven: Music for Winds
Olga Pashchenko
Piet Kuijken
1 CD
2 CDs
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists 1 CD
1 CD
AECD 1110
AECD 1223
AECD 1438
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Op.127 & Op.131
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Op.135 & Op.132
Beethoven: The Late String Quartets Op.130 & Grosse Fuge Op.133
Brentano String Quartet
Brentano String Quartet
Brentano String Quartet
1 CD
1 CD
1 CD
LPH 007
LPH 023
RIC 287
Beethoven: Missa solemnis
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13...
Beethoven: Bläsermusik
Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées & Philippe Herreweghe
Edding Quartet Northernlight & Maude Gratton
Ricercar Academy, Claude Maury & Guy Penson
1 CD
1 CD
2 CDs