The onset of deafness at the turn of the century gradually shifted Beethoven's career from a virtuoso performer to a composer, allowing him to develop his gifts for counterpoint.
Composer Biography
Beethoven's father was a singer in the musical establishment of the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne, and his grandfather was the Archbishop's former Kapellmeister.
Performer Biography
Maria Kliegel, the cellist on this recording, is one of the most recorded cello virtuosi on CD and won first prize at the Rostropovich Competition in 1981.
Performer Biography
Nina Tichman is a Professor of Piano at the Cologne Musikhochschule and has performed the complete piano works of Debussy in three evenings in New York and Frankfurt.
Performer Biography
Nina Tichman, the pianist on this recording, is an American musician acclaimed as a leading pianist of her generation and a winner of numerous international competitions, including the Busoni, Mendelssohn, and Casagrande.
Composer Biography
Beethoven was sent to Vienna twice to study, first with Mozart in 1787 and later with Haydn in 1792.
Performer Biography
Maria Kliegel plays the legendary 'Ex-Gendron' cello, made by Stradivarius in 1693, which was previously owned by Maurice Gendron for over thirty years.
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