Composed in 1824, Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9" will celebrate its bicentennial in 2024. With its famous finale based on Schiller's poem "An die Freude" (Ode to Joy), this colossal work is now one of the symbols of European unity. How was this symphony created? And how has it survived two centuries of history?

Ian Hislop and John Eliot Gardiner reveal the story behind Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Described as ...
Conductors Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly, and Petr Popelka will take turns conducti...

In this recording, seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim tackles t...

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle...

In Search of Beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great comp...

Recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan playing Beethoven's ...
Recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan playing Beethoven's ...

An award-winning wordless documentary that explores the architecture of the then new St. Peter's Sem...

If Daniel Barenboim is not the world's greatest living classical musician he is certainly the most v...

Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven serve up an evening of glittering virtuosity and transcendent melody ...

Can a work of art remain relevant 200 years after its creation? Ludwig van Beethoven’s last complete...

A woman in her daily life at home. A ballerina practicing her art. Realities mix in a remembrance of...
"Ta-ta-ta-taaa" - everyone knows these four notes and they are more than 200 years old. This world-f...

This is a 4-DVD set, featuring the Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi and the chamber orchestra (around ...

Even as a young boy, Beethoven marched to the beat of a different drummer. Trained in the traditiona...

Beethoven was a musician who overcame an incurable deafness disease and left behind many masterpiece...

Claudio Abbado conducted Beethoven’s symphonies on many occasions in the Philharmonie in Berlin. But...