The Three Periods of Beethoven @classicalmusic1175
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The performers I am aware of for each piece are:

Symphonies: Herbert Von Karajan and Berlin Philharmonic
Piano Concerto No. 2 and No. 4: Vienna Philharmonic and Maurizio Pollini
String Quartet No. 4: The Amadeus Quartet
String Quartet No. 11: The Emerson Quartet
String Quartet No. 14: LeSalle Quartet
Große Fuge: The Alban Berg Quartet
Piano Sonatas: Wilhlem Kempff
Missa solemis: Vienna Philharmonic

Early period (1790-1802)

0:00 Cantata On The Death of Emperor Joseph II: WoO 87 - III Arie mit Chor (1790)
6:24 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat, Op. 15 - III. Rondo. Molto allegro (1795)
12:26 Piano Sonata No. 8 Pathétique in C minor, Op. 13 - II. Adagio cantabile (1798)
17:24 String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op.18 - Allegro ma non tanto (1799)
23:55 Piano Sonata No. 14 Moonlight in C sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 - III. presto agitato (1801)
29:37 Symphony No. 2 in D major op 36 - I. Adagio, Allegro con brio (1802)
39:52 Romance for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in G major, Op. 40 (1802)

Middle period (1803-1814)

47:50 Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55 'Eroica' - I. Allegro con brio (1803-1804)
1:02:35 Piano Sonata No. 23 Appassionata in F minor, Op. 57 - I. Allegro assai (1805)
1:12:29 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58 - II. Andante con moto (1805-06)
1:17:39 Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro Con Brio (1804-1808)
1:24:53 Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, Pastoral - V. Allegretto (1804-1808)
1:33:44 String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, Allegro con brio (1810)
1:37:40 Fidelio op.72 - Act 1 No. 9 Rezitativ und Arie - Abscheulicher! (Revised version 1814)

Late period (1814-1827)

1:45:51 Fugue for String Quintet in D, Op. 137 - Allegretto (1817)
1:48:07 Piano Sonata No. 29 Hammerklavier in B flat, Op. 106 - IV. Largo - Allegro risoluto (1817-1818)
2:00:13 Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111 - II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile (1821-1822)
2:15:38 Missa solemnis in D major, op. 123 - II. Gloria Gloria in excelsis Deo (1819-1823)
2:18:15 Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Choral - V. Presto - O Freunde, Nicht Diese Töne!, Allegro Assai (1817-1824)
2:35:46 String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, op. 131 - 7. Allegro (1826)
2:42:25 Große Fuge, Op. 133 (1825)
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