Beethoven: Great Composers in Words & Music

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Label: Naxos
Release Date: May 13, 2022

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COMPOSER

Ludwig van Beethoven
PERFORMER

Various

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

May 13, 2022
UPC

747313836376
CATALOG NUMBER

8578363
LABEL

Naxos
NUMBER OF DISCS

1
GENRE

Classical

Works ⌄

Introduction
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73, "Emperor": I. Allegro (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Capella Istropolitana

Performer: Stefan Vladar

Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Wild, untamed, arresting, yearning, tortured, passionate…
9 Variations in C Minor on a March by Dressler, WoO 63, "Dresselver Variations" (original version) (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Sergio Gallo
Beethoven, it should be said, was no Mozart…
Musik zu einem Ritterballet (Music for a Knightly Ballet), WoO 1 (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Conductor: Béla Drahos
It was probably Waldstein who, in the following months…
Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: IV. Finale: Prestissimo (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Stuttgart Piano Trio
Notwithstanding his simmering resentment towards Haydn…
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: I. Allegro con brio (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Performer: Boris Giltburg

Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
Eight months after the charity concert…
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 5, No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo - Allegro molto più tosto presto (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Maria Kliegel, Nina Tichman
The next few years witnessed multiple performances…
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13, "Pathétique": I. Grave - Allegro di molto e con brio (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Boris Giltburg
Less than two years later…
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2, "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Jenő Jandó
Unfortunately for Beethoven, the sorrowful mood…
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Conductor: Béla Drahos
Beethoven's productivity continued on his return to Vienna
Fidelio, Op. 72, Act I: Recitative and Aria: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Performer: Inga Nielsen

Conductor: Michael Halász
Wrapped up with the complicated genesis…
Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, "Eroica": IV. Finale: Allegro molto (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Conductor: Béla Drahos
During this period of creative inspiration…
Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral": I. Pleasant, cheerful feelings aroused on approaching the countryside: Allegro ma non troppo (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Kölner Kammerorchester

Conductor: Helmut Müller-Brühl
Before the mega-concert took place…
Der glorreiche Augenblick (The Glorious Moment), Op. 136: Chorus: Es treten hervor (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Westminster Boys' Choir, City of London Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton
Searching for popular acclaim at home in Vienna…
Mass in D Major, Op. 123, "Missa solemnis": Agnus Dei: Dona nobis pacem (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Chorus, Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Performer: Lori Phillips, Robynne Redmon, James Taylor, Jay Baylon

Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn
Beethoven interrupted work on the Archduke's mass…
33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli in C Major, Op. 120, "Diabelli Variations": Variation 21: Allegro con brio (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Edmund Battersby
Beethoven now turned his attention to a work…
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": IV. Finale: Presto: bars 92-134

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Conductor: Béla Drahos
After completion of the Ninth Symphony…
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, "Choral": IV. Finale: Presto: bars 843-940

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Nicolaus Esterházy Chorus, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia

Conductor: Béla Drahos
If Beethoven's life was a Hollywood blockbuster…
String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo (excerpt)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ensemble: Kodály Quartet

When we think of Ludwig van Beethoven images of a stormy and passionate but tortured genius are brought to mind, alongside the transformative effect of his work on musical history. All of these things are true, but no artist lives in a vacuum, and even music that opens a portal onto ‘the infinite realm of the spirit’ has its wider context. Illustrated with music from each period, this enlightening life history by esteemed musicologist Davinia Caddy tells us about Beethoven’s place in society from his earlier career as a fine pianist, his life on the edge of the Napoleonic war, his professional triumphs and many romantic misfortunes, and that famous defiance of deafness and declaration that he would ‘seize Fate by the throat’. The musical excerpts include the ‘Pathétique’ and ‘Moonlight’ Sonatas, ‘Diabelli’ Variations, Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 6 and 9, ‘Emperor’ Concerto, Missa solemnis and Fidelio, among many others.

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