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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Childhood and Youth
    0:22
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 7 in A (finale)
    5:11
  3. 3.
    Hammerklavier Sonata, op. 106 (exc.)
    4:31
  4. 4.
    Beethoven as a pianist
    4:24
  5. 5.
    Sonata in C, op. 2 No. 3 (finale)
    4:58
  6. 6.
    Beethoven as Pianist
    4:25
  7. 7.
    German Dance, WoO 8, No. 4
    6:24
  8. 8.
    Beethoven's Vienna
    7:50
  9. 9.
    Sextet in E flat, op. 81b (first movement)
    2:13
  10. 10.
    Beethoven as Friend, Pupil and Artist
    7:41
  11. 11.
    Trio in C Minor, op. 1 no. 1 (finale)
    7:14
  12. 12.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat (finale)
    5:59
  13. 13.
    The Onset of Deafness
    3:29
  14. 14.
    Appassionata Sonata (finale)
    8:10

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    The Crest of the Wave
    0:38
  2. 2.
    Septet in B flat (Scherzo)
    6:53
  3. 3.
    Sonata Pathétique, op. 13 (Exc.)
    3:18
  4. 4.
    Beethoven in Love
    3:37
  5. 5.
    Piano Sonata in C-Sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 2 (exc.)
    1:24
  6. 6.
    A Winning Streak
    1:11
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 2 in D, finale (exc.)
    3:04
  8. 8.
    Beethoven in Crisis: the Heiligenstadt Testament
    5:24
  9. 9.
    Eroica Symphony: Funeral March (exc.)
    3:55
  10. 10.
    Beethoven and Heroism
    6:24
  11. 11.
    Eroica Symphony, finale (exc.)
    1:52
  12. 12.
    Beethoven the Revolutionary
    2:54
  13. 13.
    Razumovsky Quartet No. 1 pp.59 no. 1, Adagio (exc.)
    3:58
  14. 14.
    Beethoven and Women
    8:15
  15. 15.
    Violin Concerto in D, op. 61, First movement (exc.)
    6:24
  16. 16.
    Beethoven the Performer
    6:56
  17. 17.
    Emperor Concerto, finale (complete)
    10:00

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Beethoven and Suffering
    0:56
  2. 2.
    Coriolan Overture
    8:24
  3. 3.
    Beethoven and Fate
    3:59
  4. 4.
    Fifth Symphony, first movement (complete)
    7:30
  5. 5.
    Fifth Symphony, finale (exc.)
    4:27
  6. 6.
    Beethoven and the Transcendence of Suffering
    2:17
  7. 7.
    Seventh Symphony, first movement (exc.)
    4:16
  8. 8.
    Beethoven, Goethe and Self-pity
    2:59
  9. 9.
    Beethoven on his Method of Composing
    1:57
  10. 10.
    Beethoven and Unrequited Love
    3:11
  11. 11.
    Serioso Quartet, op. 95. first movement
    4:52
  12. 12.
    The Immortal Beloved
    7:59
  13. 13.
    Violin Sonata in G, op. 96, first movement
    10:03
  14. 14.
    To the Brink of Suicide-and beyond
    3:00
  15. 15.
    Battle Symphone (exc.)
    2:54
  16. 16.
    Prisoner's Chorus from Fidelio
    7:12

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    Archduke Trio
    4:07
  2. 2.
    Beethoven 'kidnaps' Karl
    8:48
  3. 3.
    Beethoven's Manner & Appearance
    3:16
  4. 4.
    Pastoral symphony (exc.)
    2:55
  5. 5.
    Beethoven as a ' parent '
    17:22
  6. 6.
    Piano sonata No. 32, Op. 111
    4:50
  7. 7.
    Beethoven and Friendship
    4:27
  8. 8.
    His attitudes to Publication
    1:10
  9. 9.
    Beethoven as Conductor
    1:21
  10. 10.
    Ninth symphony (Scherzo) (exc.)
    3:53
  11. 11.
    His Final Works
    1:53
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in B flat, Op. 130 ('Cavatina')
    7:06
  13. 13.
    Beethoven's Death
    5:29
  14. 14.
    Music 6: Ninth Symphony (exc.)
    4:01

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