'In everything that concerned his art, Beethoven is so true and so sovereign that no artist dares approach him. In the rest of his life, however, he is so naive that you can do anything you like with him.'
Bettina von Arnim, in a letter to Goethe

Well nowadays you can do anything you like with Beethoven's art too, as this proves. Out of interest, and wanting to get my money's worth out of my broadband subscription, I downloaded the whole shebang here, and it's really quite relaxing, although I obviously haven't listened to it all. Eno was right. Anyone can make ambient music now. Even Beethoven.