English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. Fidelio is Beethoven's only opera and the composition he is said to have loved the most. Elizabeth Forbes introduces the background and composition of the opera,written and revised over the years when Europe was caught up in the Napoleonic campaigns. Basil Deane's musical commentary is the fruit of a life's study and devotion to the work. The last contribution is an extract from Ernest Newman's translation of Romain Rolland's classic study of Beethoven the Creator.

Product Description: Title: Symphony No. 7 Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Original Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel The complete orchestral score to Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, Op. 92, as originally published by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1863. Performer’s Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project...read more

Product Description: Ludwig Van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia" Commonly referred to as the "Moonlight Sonata".

Product Description: Ludwig Van Beethoven's piano sonata #8 in C minor, Op. 13, known commonly as the "Sonata Pathétique".

Product Description: Ludwig Van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 2, No. 2

Product Description: Ludwig Van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 2, No. 1

Product Description: This is an organ arrangement of Beethoven's Eroica Variations. Based on a theme from the Eroica symphony, it actually allows us to see into the mind of Beethoven. It starts by variations on just the bass line, and then the 15 main variations take us on a musical journey that includes humorous variations, a canon in the manner of Clementi, a composer whom Beethoven particularly liked and admired, then a variation that's like a Beethoven slow movement, and finally a three part fugue in the manner of Bach, before a finale grandiose statement of the theme...read more

Product Description: Piano Sonata No.20, Op.49 No.2 by Ludwig van Beethoven. This sonata consists of 2 movements: I. Allegro ma non troppo II. Tempo di menuetto