Seldom-Heard BeethovenWhile this site is devoted to Beethoven works that have not been recorded, there are a number of the Master's works which have been recorded only on rare occasions. This list is much, much shorter than it would have been just two years ago, thanks to the issuance of the "Complete Beethoven Edition" by Deutsche Grammophon in December of 1997. A great many previously unrecorded works can be found in that immense set, which is invaluable to anyone seeking the complete Beethoven on record.However, the DG Complete Beethoven Edition (the "CBE") is by no means complete; there are still a great many works which are excluded from its scope, as can be seen from this website. In addition, there are a significant number of Beethoven pieces which have on occasion been recorded, but which are for one reason or another omitted (in whole or in part) from the CBE. The following list is designed to aid in tracking down those elusive pieces. We do not pretend to have provided a comprehensive list of all such recordings; where there are both LP and CD versions of pieces, we have typically listed only the CD unless there is a particular significance to the LP version. LP versions are denoted as such; if no indication otherwise is given, then the catalog information refers to a CD. In most cases, if a CD is listed, it is still in print, though it may only be available as a special import in certain counties. We would appreciate any corrections or additional information which can be provided on these or other elusive recordings. Thanks are due to Frank en Janneke, to Leon Krejci, to Vincent Chang, to Rob Ritchie, to Gerald Dault, and to James F. Green of Raptus Records, who provided recording data on several of the entries within.
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