Beethoven's Most Beautiful Work

[laura Childers]

Hi! I'm new here. I wanted just wanted to ask your opinion, what do you think is Beethoven's most beautiful work?

Laura

[Beyond Within]

While Beethoven has many beautiful moments, a lot of my favorite moments are when he is violent and intense.

However...

The Tempest, third movement, is finesse encapsulated in sound.

[v russo]

Originally posted by laura Childers:
Hi! I'm new here. I wanted just wanted to ask your opinion, what do you think is Beethoven's most beautiful work?

Laura

Welcome Laura,

...many of the adagios and slower moments of the late piano sonatas are deeply rewarding (actually, most of Beethovens adagios are deeply rewarding)




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[Peter]

Originally posted by laura Childers:
Hi! I'm new here. I wanted just wanted to ask your opinion, what do you think is Beethoven's most beautiful work?

Laura

There are many, but surely the slow movement of the 5th piano concerto and that of the 9th symphony must rank as the most beautiful.

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'Man know thyself'

[Pastorali]

Hi laura
This is our fate as Beethovians, it gives innumerable of it!

The Violin Concerto, Op.61, is one you could check out in every case.

[Steppenwolf]

What about the first movement of the Pastoral Symphony??

[Chaszz]

I also vote for the adagios, and there are so many candidates it's impossible to choose just one. It is interesting that several posters feel the adagios are the most beautiful.

[Sorrano]

Originally posted by Peter:
There are many, but surely the slow movement of the 5th piano concerto and that of the 9th symphony must rank as the most beautiful.

I have to second that! The 5th Piano Concerto adagio is my all time favorite piece.

[Andrea]

Welcome and greetings from Vienna, Laura.

This is a difficult question to answer while there are so many beautiful works of Beethoven's to choose from. One of favorites is the 2nd movement (the Allegretto) from Beethoven's Sym. #7. Another favorite of mine is his "Egmont" Overture, Op. 84.

[laura Childers]

Well, one of the reason's I was asking was that I am still new to Beethoven, but I pretty much know what I like. I love the mellow, languid, yet beautiful works on the piano. I would love to hear some of the things you suggested. Is there any chance that someone could send me some Mp3's???
Thanks
Laura

[Rod]

Originally posted by laura Childers:
Well, one of the reason's I was asking was that I am still new to Beethoven, but I pretty much know what I like. I love the mellow, languid, yet beautiful works on the piano. I would love to hear some of the things you suggested. Is there any chance that someone could send me some Mp3's???
Thanks
Laura

Well soon at the mp3 page of the Beethoven Reference Site you'll find a beautiful piece I think hasn't been mentioned yet in this chain, the Largo from Piano Concerto No.3


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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod Corkin

[Chaszz]

Originally posted by laura Childers:
Well, one of the reason's I was asking was that I am still new to Beethoven, but I pretty much know what I like. I love the mellow, languid, yet beautiful works on the piano. I would love to hear some of the things you suggested. Is there any chance that someone could send me some Mp3's???
Thanks
Laura

If you can buy some CDs, I'm sure many here can recommend beautiful Beethoven languid piano movements. If money is a factor for you, I can email you, offline, instructions for using the Naxos website to hear movements from Beethoven works for free. Let me know with a reply.

[Tony John Hearne]

Originally posted by Beyond Within:
While Beethoven has many beautiful moments, a lot of my favorite moments are when he is violent and intense.

However...

The Tempest, third movement, is finesse encapsulated in sound.

For me 'Grosse Fugue' Sheer limitless power and an inspiration for decades of budding jazz performers

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Love from London

[v russo]

Originally posted by Tony John Hearne:
For me 'Grosse Fugue' Sheer limitless power and an inspiration for decades of budding jazz performers

Jazz performers?? Its timeless music that is inspiration to all performers, in all types of music, for all ages hence. Stravinsky said it was a piece "that will be modern forever".

Why Jazz??
Jazz died in the 70's didn't it?




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[Ahmad]

Originally posted by Chaszz:
I also vote for the adagios, and there are so many candidates it's impossible to choose just one. It is interesting that several posters feel the adagios are the most beautiful.

I do agree with adgios and slow movements. I can add the beutiful adagio from B's trio for Piano,clarinet and cello.