I love classical music...but I only like Three of them. But I only wish they would allow ode to joy to be bought. Because I would buy it without hesitation. So apple please fix it so I may buy this song... Because I'm not spending money on songs that I may not listen too. So please apple allow ode to joy to be brought without buying the album.

Beethoven>all. This is an awesome selection but if you really love his music you should buy all of his symphonies because there are some amazing ones that are compleatly overlooked.

For the beginner a great collection

Nothing is like Solti conducting works by Beethoven. I love them both. A must have album!

can any one tell me which tarck these are the one song i smy favorite its the part of the movie when hes playing piano and everything falls silent and everyone starts laughing at him and he says from the beginning the second is the fast piano song you hear when one of the women are talking about his lovers, and one girl is running in the woods taking her shirt off as shes running those are my two favorite songs from the film...i wish i could know what symphony they are from bc i have all his music on CD, and i cant find them =(

The combination of the LSO and George Solti, one of the greatest conductors in music history, creates a rich, evocative, and transparent sound that can be appreciated by all, not just music-lovers. The soundtrack is unrivaled in beauty (except maybe by the soundtrack to Amadeus). Ludwig van Beethoven hid most of his emotions and most personal thoughts within his music. One needs only to listen. This album definitely helps us to do so. Bravo.

Murray Perahia is probably the greatest classical pianist of our time, and the fact that he is playing the Piano parts makes me really happy. I bought the album because he was playing on it

Sample these excerpts and be taken by one of, if not the greatest composer. This barely scratches the surface of his incredible body of works. Dig deeper and you will be rewarded.

This is a great soundtrack with some of the best and most famous work from a musical genius. Highly recommend the whole album in all it's grace and beauty. You won't be disappointed.

This is an awesome album. I only give it a poor rating because of Apple's decision to prevent the downloading of certain tracks--in particular track #13, the excerpt from the 9th symphony. Such is why iTunes is usually my third "go to" for downloading music.