Product Review

The blockbuster Beethoven biopic also sports a blockbuster score, with excerpts from his most, er, beloved works- Symphonies 3, 5, 6, 7 & 9; Piano Concerto No. 5; Violin Concerto; "Pathetique" Sonata; Fur Elise (complete); Missa Solemnis; Piano Trio No. 4 , and the "Kreuzer" Sonata -performed by an all-star international cast that includes Emmanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Murray Perahia, Gidon Kremer and the London Symphony Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti conducts.