Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He wrote nine symphonies. A symphony is a long piece for orchestra usually split into four sections known as movements. His Symphony No.

Discover more about Beethoven in a season featuring Barenboim's entire symphony cycle. See the Highlights Collection for more great extracts from BBC Proms 2012. 1st mvt Beethoven 1st in C major ...

If Daniel Barenboim is not the worlds greatest living ... his name is attached to many of the celebrated recordings of opera symphony small ensemble and piano solo With the later half of his ...

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1942 into a Russian Jewish family, Daniel Barenboim was a piano prodigy who first made his name in the 1960s as a performer of the classical keyboard repertory.