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Almost all of Beethoven’s
music has a symphonic character. A great pianist himself, he overrode the
boundaries of the piano to bring out of the instrument a new range of
expression. Barenboim demonstrates this range with excerpts from the
Pastoral Sonata, Opus 28, and the Hammerklavier. But the musical
strength evinced here can lead to a misunderstanding of Beethoven’s happier
works. It is a mistake to read Beethoven’s work programmatically, to laud
the struggle of the odd symphonies and dismiss the lighter even ones.
Barenboim conducts the New Philharmonia Orchestra in the first movement of
the Symphony No. 8. (28 minutes)
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