Deutsche Welle Festival: Beethoven - Made in the Rhineland

A composer like Ludwig van Beethoven towers over others, but even that singular genius didn't come out of the blue.

This concert explores the musical environment that brought forth the young Beethoven.

Music by Andrea Luca Luchesi, Ferdinand Ries and Beethoven himself.

Recorded in the Church of the Cross, Bonn.

Church of the Cross, Bonn Photo: VIGILUX PRESSEFOTO Meike Boeschemeyer