Playlist
Beethoven and the Romantics
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By defying fate and celebrating the individual, the composer sparked a whole expressive style.
Updated Aug 20, 2026
Tracks 64
- 1Beethoven: String Quartets, Vol. 34:45
- 2Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" and Leonore Overture No. 35:43
- 3Beethoven: Complete Variations for Piano, Vol. 33:13
- 4Beethoven Piano Sonatas (Live at Wigmore Hall, London, 2025)7:22
- 5Beethoven: The Late String Quartets6:54
- 6Handel, R. Schumann & Schulz-Evler2:27
- 7Solitude with Schubert4:04
- 8Inferno3:47
- 9Beethoven/5 Vol. 59:52
- 10Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 Nos. 1 & 26:20
- 11Unspoken1:38
- 12Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 38:23
- 13Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Major, D. 850 – Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 151:41
- 14Mendelssohn, Brahms & Grieg: Violin Sonatas8:38
- 15Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 "Spring", 9 'Kreutzer" & 34:14
- 16Schubert + Schumann8:56
- 17Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Op. 12 & Op. 249:47
- 18Puccini: Orchestral Music2:45
- 19Beethoven: The Sonatas for Piano and Cello8:49
- 20Adorations3:11
- 21Beethoven 5, Vol. 3 (Live)5:55
- 22Beethoven & Barber: Violin Concertos8:22
- 23Schubert: Complete Works for Piano Four Hands, Vol. 76:38
- 24Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1 / Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost" / Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"5:01
- 25Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2, Op. 52, "Lobgesang"6:41
- 26Schumann: Violin Concerto & Works for Violin and Piano by Clara and Robert Schumann15:53
- 27Liszt: Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works1:26
- 28Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 Nos. 1 & 210:00
- 29Chopin Orbit5:21
- 30Schubert: Complete Works for Piano Four Hands, Vol. 33:32
- 31Rachmaninoff: Piano Works4:06
- 32Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 1 / Op. 70, No. 1 "Ghost" / Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"3:40
- 33Beethoven 5, Vol. 420:06
- 34In Her Hands4:43
- 35Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas2:18
- 36Beethoven: The Late Piano Sonatas6:46
- 37Schubert: Piano Trios, Vol. 26:48
- 38Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan Williams7:39
- 39Opus 110:50
- 40Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 & Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 984:57
- 41Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 6813:31
- 42Coleridge-Taylor: Orchestral Works6:30
- 43Rachmaninov: Préludes3:38
- 44Dvořák: Slavonic Dances5:26
- 45Voyager6:53
- 46Chopin Orbit4:26
- 47Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan Williams6:53
- 486 Preludes - EP4:46
- 49Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 2 in C Major, Op. 72 - EP14:34
- 50Schubert: Death & The Maiden - Songs4:00
- 51Schumann: Fantasie, Op. 17 - Carnival Scenes from Vienna - Humoreske4:32
- 52Santtu Conducts Strauss: Ein Heldenleben4:28
- 53Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky5:33
- 54Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117 (Live)4:20
- 55Resonance7:07
- 56The Mendelssohn Legacy6:41
- 57Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream11:28
- 58Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117 (Live)9:11
- 59Edward Gardner conducts Dvořák & Schumann9:03
- 60Schumann: Dichterliebe & Kerner-Lieder1:30
- 61Mendelssohn: Ein Sommernachtstraum (A Midsummer Night's Dream - Complete Melodrama)4:25
- 62Chopin: Fantaisie in F Minor - Ballades - Mazurkas - Nocturnes10:53
- 63Fantasie8:55
- 64Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert6:55
About this playlist
Though he started composing during the Classical era, Beethoven is probably best remembered as a proto-Romantic, a composer who broadened the emotional range of Western music. Lyrical, demonstrative, even a little tempestuous, the works here (produced between the late 18th century and the early 20th) signal a shift towards expressivity that changed composition forever, culminating in the radical revisions of Modernism. We regularly update this playlist with new recordings. If you like a piece, add it to your library.