When the world celebrated Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday in 2020, Deutsche Grammophon invited electronic music producer Christian Löffler to rework four Beethoven tracks from original 1920 recordings of the pieces. This cooperation sparked the idea for the record “Parallels”, bringing together Löffler’s atmospheric signature soundscapes with works by Bach, Chopin, Wagner, Smetana, Bizet and, of course, Beethoven.