"Ode to Joy" Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Pachelbel
	Artist: Barrymoore Chamber Orchestra

Happy Birthday, Beethoven! What are you guys listening to this evening?

Beethoven's piano sonatas are among the greatest works of music ever composed. In my opinion, of course...

Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Autumn III

Nigel Kennedy has done much to popularise classical music, particularly among young people. He has also performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti.

Although his carefully maintained loutish persona is seen by some as abrasive (including a 'mockney' accent instead of the received pronunciation he had when he was interviewed as a child) and limiting to his career. [snip] Currently, he has been exploring Polish music with the Polish jazz band Kroke.v[snip]

Kennedy expresses concern for the immediate appeal of live performance, and often records entire works or movements in single 'takes' to preserve this sense in his recordings. He also introduces improvisatory elements in his performances, as in his Jimi Hendrix-inspired cadenza to the Beethoven violin concerto and his jazz and fusion recordings.

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (Complete); Nigel Kennedy

C&L's Late Night Music Club with Beethoven

I've always been a huge Beethoven fan, but who isn't. The Ninth Symphony and his many Piano Sonatas are all incredible works of music and are on my iPod. Wikipedia "He is widely regarded as one of classical music's greatest composers, and was the predominant figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music. His reputation and genius have inspired—and in many cases intimidated—ensuing generations of composers, musicians, and audiences...read on"

via pgw: "Krystian Zimerman plays an excerpt from the 1st movement (Allegro moderato) of Ludwig van Beethoven's Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 4 in G major, Op. 58"