Beethoven Consort - Beethoven : Symphony No. 5

As a violinist B. belonged to a purely virtuoso direction, as a composer was one of the few Italian. 19th century masters who cultivated instr. to the music. Wrote a symph. the poem Francesca da Rimini (1890), orc. overture “Saul” (1877) and “King Lear” (1880), 6 strings. quartets, quintet, plural production for violin. Op. B. , distinguished by high skill and carefully designed texture, academic. Among his pieces for violin and fp. widely popular virtuoso, fantastic. according to the color of "Round dance of the elves", which is still preserved at the end. the repertoire of violinists. In 1867, in Milan, the theater "La Scala" was a post. opera B. "Turanda" (according to C. Gozzi).