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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus / Bosch, Cappella Aquileia
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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus / Bosch, Cappella Aquileia

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Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist
Cappella Aquileia, Clemens Weigel
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jan 06, 2023
Catalog #
555303-2
UPC
761203530328

About

Ludwig van Beethoven and the stage: this is the story of a predominantly unhappy love affair with an unexpected happy ending - the late breakthrough of Fidelio. If this paean to husbandly love had not triumphed at the third attempt, there would be little more left in the dramatic field, apart from some very fragmentary operatic attempts, than the festival music for The Ruins of Athens and King Stephen, Hungary's First Benefactor, which Marcus Bosch and the Capella Aquileia have already recently recorded for cpo. Of course, the "more" also includes two pieces for dance theatre: the cute music for a knight's ballet written in Bonn's time and - far more weighty - the extensive score for the work by the famous choreographer and dancer Salvatore Viganò, which premiered under the title The Creatures of Prometheus at Vienna's Burgtheater on 28 March 1801. What the audience saw was a rather idyllic excerpt from the wildly eventful life of the disobedient titan. He has just formed his creatures out of clay, but they cannot get beyond mindless emotions. In his anger, Prometheus at first wants to stomp them out, but then he takes them to Parnassus, where the Muses teach them basic knowledge and artistic behavior under the eyes of Apollo. A general dance performance brings the predominantly cheerful, charming event to a close.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 Overture 04:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    Overture
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  2. 2 Introduction 02:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Introduction
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  3. 3 Act I: Poco adagio 02:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Poco adagio
    Duration
    02:25
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  4. 4 Act I: Adagio - Allegro con brio 01:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: Adagio - Allegro con brio
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  5. 5 Act I: Allegro vivace 01:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  6. 6 Act II: Maestoso - Andante 01:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Maestoso - Andante
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  7. 7 Act II: Adagio - Andante quasi allegretto 06:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II: Adagio - Andante quasi allegretto
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  8. 8 Act II: Un poco adagio - Allegro 01:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II: Un poco adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  9. 9 Act II: Grave 04:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II: Grave
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  10. 10 Act II: Allegro con brio - Presto 07:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: Allegro con brio - Presto
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  11. 11 Act II: Adagio - Allegro molto 03:29
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: Adagio - Allegro molto
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  12. 12 Act II: Pastorale: Allegro 02:26
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Pastorale: Allegro
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  13. 13 Act II: Coro di Gioja: Andante 00:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Coro di Gioja: Andante
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  14. 14 Act II: Solo di Gioja: Maestoso - Allegro 02:54
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: Solo di Gioja: Maestoso - Allegro
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  15. 15 Act II: Terzettino, Grotteschi: Allegro 04:15
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II: Terzettino, Grotteschi: Allegro
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  16. 16 Act II: Solo della Signora Cassentini: Andante - Adagio - Allegro - Allegretto 04:55
    Track
    16
    Title
    Act II: Solo della Signora Cassentini: Andante - Adagio - Allegro - Allegretto
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  17. 17 Act II: Coro e Solo di Viganò: Andantino - Adagio - Allegro 04:13
    Track
    17
    Title
    Act II: Coro e Solo di Viganò: Andantino - Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch
  18. 18 Act II: Finale: Allegretto - Allegro molto 06:11
    Track
    18
    Title
    Act II: Finale: Allegretto - Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cappella Aquileia
    Conductor
    Marcus Bosch