Beethoven: Immortal Beloved (Soundtrack)

The film — a biopic — treats the identity of the "Immortal Beloved" (Unsterbliche Geliebte) of composer Ludwig Van Beethoven as a mystery to be solved by his secretary and first biographer, Anton Schindler. The search for a solution leads to a journey of discovery which takes Schindler to all corners of the Austrian Empire to interview the women who might have some claim to candidacy.
The core of fact upon which the film's speculations are built is as follows:
After Beethoven's death in 1827, three short letters were found among his private papers addressed to a woman whom he calls "immortal beloved". The letters still exist, but there is no consensus among Beethoven scholars as to the identity of the intended recipient. The letters— probably written in the summer of 1812 from the spa town of Teplice — are certainly in Beethoven's handwriting.
Among the most plausible candidates put forward to date are Giulietta Guicciardi, Thérèse von Brunswick, Antonie Brentano, Johanna van Beethoven, Countess Anna-Marie Erdödy, all but one of whom feature in the film.
The film's writer and director, Bernard Rose, has controversially claimed that he himself has successfully identified the woman whom Beethoven loved, a task that has eluded researchers for nearly two hundred years. No scholar or writer on Beethoven has so far endorsed Rose's claim. One, Gail S. Altman, has vociferously disputed it in a book devoted specifically to the question of the woman's identity and Beethoven's relationships in general.



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01 - Symphony No. 5 in C minor
02 - Fur Elise
03 - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major (Eroica)
04 - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor (Moonlight)
05 - Symphony No. 6 in F Major (Pastoral)
06 - Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major (Ghost)
07 - Violin Concerto in D Major
08 - Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (Pathetique)
09 - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major (Emperor)
10 - Missa Solemnis in D Major
11 - Symphony No. 7 in A Major
12 - Violin Sonata in A Major (Kreutzer)
13 - Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Ode to Joy)