Beethoven: Egmont / Zirner, Landshamer, Fiore, Munich Radio Orchestra

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BR Klassik
Release Date
October 14, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ludwig van Beethoven
    • PERFORMER
      August Zirner, Muenchner Rundfunkorchester
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 14, 2022
    • UPC
      4035719003406
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRK900340
    • LABEL
      BR Klassik
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    2. Vernommen habt ihr die gewaltigen Töne (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    3. Lied: Die Trommel gerühret! (Klärchen)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christina Landshamer

      Conductor: John Fiore

    4. So freue dich, denn kurz ist alle Freude (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    5. Zwischenakt I: Andante - Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    6. Wo Egmont wandelt hoch auf steilem Pfad (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    7. Zwischenakt II: Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    8. Freudvoll und leidvoll - Das ist das Los des Lebens und der Liebe (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    9. Lied: Freudvoll und leidvoll (Klärchen)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christina Landshamer

      Conductor: John Fiore

    10. Egmont tritt herein in einem Reitermantel (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    11. Zwischenakt III: Allegro - Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    12. Erwache, Held! In deinem Vaterlande muss, wer es liebt, der Freude nun entsagen (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    13. Zwischenakt III: Marcia vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    14. Umgarnt vom Netz des schlauen Jägers steht nun Egmont (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    15. Zwischenakt IV: Poco sostenuto e risoluto - Larghetto - Andante agitato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    16. Du Klärchen, treues Herz, wie kannst du leben (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    17. Klärchens Tod bezeichnend: Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    18. Gesprochen ist das Urteil, wenn sich der Morgen rötet (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    19. Melodrama: Süßer Schlaf! Du kommst wie ein reines (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    20. Verschwunden ist der Kranz (Narrator)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: August Zirner

      Conductor: John Fiore

    21. Siegessymphonie

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    22. Overture

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    23. Lied: Die Trommel gerühret! (Klärchen)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christina Landshamer

      Conductor: John Fiore

    24. Zwischenakt I: Andante - Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    25. Zwischenakt II: Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    26. Lied: Freudvoll und leidvoll (Klärchen)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Christina Landshamer

      Conductor: John Fiore

    27. Zwischenakt III: Allegro - Marcia vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    28. Zwischenakt IV: Poco sostenuto e risoluto - Larghetto - Andante agitato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    29. Klärchens Tod bezeichnend: Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    30. Melodrama: Poco sostenuto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    31. Siegessymphonie

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore

    32. Overture in C Major, Op. 115, "Namensfeier" (Name Day Celebration)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: John Fiore


In September 1809, the Vienna Hofburg Theatre commissioned Ludwig van Beethoven to create new incidental music for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Egmont". The tragedy had premiered in Mainz on January 9, 1789. It calls for incidental music, but various attempts – some commissioned by the poet himself – had remained unfinished or were unsatisfactory. The music was required in several sections of the drama, however, and the Vienna production of "Egmont" was to include it. Beethoven set to work. He made good progress, because the subject suited him: the tragedy is set in Brussels, under threat from Spanish troops, and deals with resistance against oppression and foreign rule. The Viennese theatre premiere of "Egmont" on May 24, 1810 still had to make do without music, however – the score was only finally completed by the third performance. Beethoven's incidental music was premiered on June 15, 1810.

The music itself makes it clear that this commission was close to Beethoven's heart - it far exceeds the level of incidental music common at that time. That applies not only to the compositional demands but also to the relationship of the music to the drama. Eschewing mere illustration, Beethoven provided an interpretation and therefore an additional level of meaning. The well-known Egmont Overture, the most dramatically dense part of the incidental music, anticipates the action and introduces the characters. A clear reference to the drama is made in the ending, which corresponds exactly to the symphony of victory called for by Goethe at the end of the tragedy. The finale - a clear reference to the drama - corresponds exactly to the “symphony of victory” called for by Goethe at the end of the tragedy.