Ilker Arcayurek - Beethoven ArrangedLudwig van Beethoven's artistic greatness is measured not only by his symphonies, piano sonatas, and string quartets but also in the smaller dimensions of songs, duos, and ensemble music. Beethoven also set standards, created new things, and encouraged experiments in these secondary or occasional works and did so with an impact felt right through to the present, as the arrangements by Andreas N. Tarkmann on this album demonstrate for example, in the

as well as the Audience Choice Award

When Kamilla Schatz plays the violin

features a collection of songs that are pristinely recorded

and those points of reference give a basis for the listener to focus and to enjoy the music thoroughly

In this legendary performance from the Salzburg Festival

the March to the Scaffold passes us by as a musically realistic nightmare

Ramses Shaffy and Antonio Carlos Jobin

Originally released in late 1981

contribute to the further development of the unique Karlsruhe School at their professional homes

Through months of personal visits and detailed correspondence

an eager doctor at Sacred Heart Hospital

and subsequently a hit-making solo artist on both sides of the Atlantic during the 1950s