10 of the best arrangements of Beethoven’s music

1) Symphonies Nos 1-9 Liszt made fiendish piano works from all 9.

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2) Beethoven arranged his Symphony No. 2 for piano trio.

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3) Beethoven’s pupil Ries turned Symphony No. 3 into work for piano quartet.

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4) Hummel rewrote Symphony No. 4 for flute, violin, cello and piano.

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5) Wagner lent a domestic air to the Symphony No. 9 with his arrangement for piano, soloists and choir.

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6) Try the String Quartets in Robert Wittmann’s piano duet version.

7) Conductor and pianist Mikhail Pletnev crafted the Violin Concerto for clarinet.

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8) Uri Caine’s version of the Diabelli Variations for jazz piano and orchestra is quirky and fun.

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9) Four of the Six Waltzes were rescored for two guitars by Alexandre Heeser.

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10) A guitar, lute and bandurria version of the Piano Sonata No. 14 ‘Moonlight’ was written by Antonio López Villanueva

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