In 1999, conductor Daniel Barenboim and literary theorist Edward Said joined forces to create the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, an ensemble of young Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab musicians united in common cause, to show that there are no boundaries between people when they play music together. The symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven hold a special significance for them, because many of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's concerts have featured them as symbols of international harmony, and their recordings have been brought ...
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In 1999, conductor Daniel Barenboim and literary theorist Edward Said joined forces to create the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, an ensemble of young Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab musicians united in common cause, to show that there are no boundaries between people when they play music together. The symphonies of Ludwig van Beethoven hold a special significance for them, because many of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra's concerts have featured them as symbols of international harmony, and their recordings have been brought together in this box set under the title Beethoven for All, a clear statement of their egalitarian aims. [Note: this set should not be confused with Barenboim's earlier disc, called Beethoven for All, which was a collection of excerpts from the symphonies, piano concertos, and piano sonatas.] Barenboim's interpretations of the symphonies should be considered mainstream, since his tempos, phrasing, dynamics, and expressions are quite conventional, and he employs modern instrumentation...
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