Celebrating the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth

In celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birth year, we have curated a special Celebrate Beethoven playlist which is refreshed monthly according to various interesting themes based on his life, compositional periods, genre, and more. The tracks are sourced from the Naxos Complete Beethoven Edition, a new 90-disc boxed set also released to mark the anniversary year, hailed by the critics or being the most comprehensive set available.

Follow the Celebrate Beethoven playlist on your favourite streaming platform to discover a wide range of works from one of the most influential composers in the history of classical music.

Beethoven’s inexhaustible genius covered nearly all genres of music and this selection of award-winning performances offers a conspectus of single movements from his very greatest and most famous works. His unequalled legacy is represented by three epochal symphonies, excerpts from his quartets and the named piano sonatas. From the mighty Missa solemnis to the delicate solo piano favourite Für Elise by way of concertos for violin, piano and the Triple Concerto, all facets of Beethoven’s genius are explored.