• 貝多芬誕生250週年慶賀專輯。
• Sony旗下有史以來最優秀且經典的演奏錄音。
• 掌握貝多芬的作品精神，理解其創作意念，並感嘆於其偉大，不可或缺之專輯。

為歡慶貝多芬誕生250週年，Sony唱片公司特別從旗下的所有錄音，挑選有史以來最優秀且最經典的演奏，集結成這一套專輯。所有錄音都是由最頂尖音樂家演奏，且母帶都已經過重新處理，展現錄音當時最真實的音效。

貝多芬出生於1770年12月17日，2020年正好是他誕生250週年。貝多芬被尊為「樂聖」是有其道理的，他徹底改變了每一種曲式，換言之，促成了音樂的重大變革，解放了音樂藝術，使之民主化，讓音樂不再只是音樂，不再只是炫技的工具，而是出於內心的需要而創作。這個觀念深深影響了後世的音樂家，從而開創出百年的浪漫樂派。

專輯包含25張CD，共59部貝多芬的作品，分別為：九首交響曲、小提琴協奏曲、兩首浪漫曲、五首鋼琴協奏曲、合唱幻想曲、三重協奏曲、三重奏「大公」＆「鬼魂」、雷奧諾爾序曲、費黛里奧序曲、柯利奧蘭序曲、小提琴奏鳴曲「春」＆「克羅采」、大提琴奏鳴曲、鋼琴奏鳴曲「月光」、「悲愴」、「熱情」、「華德斯坦」、「告別」、「漢馬克萊維」、「葬禮進行曲」、狄亞貝里變奏曲、弦樂四重奏、莊嚴彌撒、負心的人（Ah! Perfido, 作品65）、橄欖山上的基督、阿黛萊德等，全都是認識貝多芬不可或缺的曲目。

參與演出者皆為最頂尖的音樂藝術家，包括：華爾特、伯恩斯坦、塞爾、萊納、孟許、顧爾德、魯賓斯坦、馬友友、塞爾金、普萊亞、李希特、海飛茲、畢約林、奧曼第、東京弦樂四重奏、茱利亞弦樂四重奏、布達佩斯弦樂四重奏、哥倫比亞交響樂團、紐約愛樂管弦樂團、克里夫蘭管弦樂團、波士頓交響樂團、費城管弦樂團等。

藉由上述頂尖音樂家以一生精力所焠煉出的完美詮釋，愛樂者能悠遊於貝多芬的音樂，並掌握其作品精神，理解其創作意念，並感嘆於其意志之偉大。這套精挑細選的專輯絕對是慶祝貝多芬誕生250週年，愛樂者朝聖貝多芬，必不可少的錄音經典。

【收錄曲目】

CD1

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (Remastered) - Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Walter [1959]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Remastered) - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1964]

CD2

Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1964]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1963]

CD3

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner [1959]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 (Remastered) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Reiner [1955]

CD4

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (Remastered) - Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1962]

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (Remastered) - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1963]

CD5

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op.125 "Choral" - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1958]

CD6

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1955]

Beethoven: Romance No. 1 in G Major, Op. 40 - Isaac Stern, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ozawa [1980]

Beethoven: Romance No. 2 in F Major, Op. 50 - Isaac Stern, violin; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Ozawa [1980]

CD7

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15 (Remastered) - Glenn Gould, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Golschmann [1958]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19 (Remastered) - Glenn Gould, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra - Bernstein [1957]

CD8

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 (Remastered) - Leon Fleisher, piano; Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1961]

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (Remastered) - Leon Fleisher, piano; Cleveland Orchestra - Szell [1959]

CD9

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 73 in E-flat Major (Remastered) - Arhur Rubinstein, piano; Boston Symphony Orchestra - Leinsdorf [1963]

Beethoven: Choral Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 - Emanuel Ax, piano; New York Philharmonic - Mehta [1983]

CD10

Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C Major, Op. 56 "Triple Concerto" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano; Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy [1964]

Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in B-flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1965]

CD11

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]

Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138 - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]

Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1955]

Beethoven: Coriolan, Op.62: Overture - Boston Symphony Orchestra - Munch [1956]

CD12

Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost" - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1969]

Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E-flat Major, Op. 70, No. 2 - Isaac Stern, violin; Leonard Rose, cello; Eugene Istomin, piano [1970]

CD13

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 24 "Spring" (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1961]

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 9, Op. 47 "Kreutzer" (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1958]

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 No. 1 (Remastered) - Zino Francescatti, violin; Robert Casadesus, piano [1958]

CD14

Beethoven: Sonata No. 3 in A Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69 (Remastered) - Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano [1983]

Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 2 (Remastered) - Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Emanuel Ax, piano [1983]

CD15

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata" - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1962]

CD16

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.3 in C Major, Op.2 No.3 - Murray Perahia, piano [1990]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" - Vladimir Horowitz, piano [1972]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-Flat Major, Op. 81a "Les Adieux" - Murray Perahia, piano [1984]

Beethoven: Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Für Elise" - Murray Perahia, piano [1994]

CD17

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-Flat Major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" (Remastered) - Charles Rosen, piano [1964]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in A-Flat Major, Op. 26 "Funeral March" (Remastered) - Sviatoslav Richter, piano [1960]

CD18

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1976]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1960]

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 - Rudolf Serkin, piano [1967]

CD19

Beethoven: 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120 - Igor Levit, piano [2015]

CD20

Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1 in F Major - Tokyo String Quartet  [1991]

Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4 in C minor - Tokyo String Quartet  [1991]

Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6 in B-Flat Major - Tokyo String Quartet  [1992]

CD21

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Rasumovsky" (Remastered) - Juilliard String Quartet [1964]

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky" (Remastered) - Juilliard String Quartet [1964]

CD22

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127 (Remastered) - Budapest String Quartet [1952]

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (Remastered) - Budapest String Quartet [1951]

CD23

Beethoven: String Trio in D Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Gregor Piatigorsky, cello [1960]

Beethoven: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Jakob Lateiner, piano [1964]

Beethoven: Serenade for Violin, Viola and Cello in D Major Op. 8 (Remastered) - Jascha Heifetz, violin; William Primrose, viola; Gregor Piatigorsky, cello [1960]

CD24

Beethoven: Ah! Perfido, Op. 65 - New York Philharmonic - Schippers [1965]

Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 (Christ on the Mount of Olives) - The Philadelphia Orchestra - Ormandy [1963]

Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46 - Jussi Björling, tenor; Frederick Schauwecker, piano [1955]

CD25

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op. 123 - New York Philharmonic - Bernstein [1960]