Beethoven: A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times

Audio Examples for

Beethoven:
A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times

by William Kinderman

This page has the audio examples cited in Beethoven: A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times by William Kinderman. The files are in .mp3 format. Tracks 1-5 were recorded in the Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017, and they were produced by Frank Horger. Track 6 was recorded in Smith Memorial Recital Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with Christina Lixandru on violin and Diana Flesner on cello. Tracks 7-8 were recorded in the Chamber Music Hall of the Beethoven-Haus Bonn with the support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which has given permission, and they were produced by Martin Pfitzenmeier. The author plays piano on all tracks.

Examples
  1. “Tempest” Sonata in D minor, Mvt. 1, Draft 1 [.mp3]
  2. “Tempest” Sonata in D minor, Mvt. 1, Draft 2 [.mp3]
  3. “Tempest” Sonata, op. 31, no. 2, Mvt. 1: Largo; Allegro [.mp3]
  4. “Tempest” Sonata, op. 31, no. 2, Mvt. 2: Adagio [.mp3]
  5. “Tempest” Sonata, op. 31, no. 2, Mvt. 3: Allegretto [.mp3]
  6. F Minor Trio, reconstructed partial draft of Mvt. 1 [.mp3]
  7. Sonata in C minor, op. 111, Mvt. 1: Maestoso; Allegro con brio ed appassionato [.mp3]
  8. Sonata in C minor, op. 111, Mvt. 2: Arietta: Adagio molto semplice e cantabile [.mp3]