Beethoven: Konig Stephan / Bosch, Cappella Aquileia

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CPO
Release Date
February 5, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Czech Philharmonic Choir Of Brno
    • PERFORMER
      Tauber, Cappella Aquileia, Bosch
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 05, 2021
    • UPC
      761203777129
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      777771-2
    • LABEL
      CPO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Overture

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    2. Monologue: Ich, König Stephan, herrsche über Ungarn (Stephan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Bernd Tauber

    3. Chorus: Ruhend von seinen Taten

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir, Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    4. Monologue: Seid mir gegrüßt an dieses Thrones Stufen (Stephan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Bernd Tauber

    5. Chorus: Auf dunkelm Irrweg in finstern Hainen

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir, Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    6. Monologue: Ein Bote bringt von Weitem frohe Kunde (Stephan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Bernd Tauber

    7. Siegesmarsch

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    8. Monologue: Ihr tapfer'n Krieger, Ungarns Stolz und Zier (Stephan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Performer: Bernd Tauber

    9. Chorus: Wo die Unschuld Blumen streute

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir, Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    10. Melodrama: Du hast Dein Vaterland (Stephan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Performer: Bernd Tauber

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    11. Chorus: Eine neue strahlende Sonne

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir, Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    12. Melodrama: Ihr edlen Männer! (Stephan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Performer: Bernd Tauber

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    13. Andante maestoso - Monologue: Ich kann nicht eure Fürstin sein (Stephan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Performer: Bernd Tauber

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    14. Geistlicher Marsch - Chorus: Heil unser'm Könige! - Melodrama: Ich schmücke ehrfurchtsvoll mein Haupt mit dieser Krone (Stephan)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir, Cappella Aquileia

      Performer: Bernd Tauber

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    15. Chorus: Heil unsern Enkeln!

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Brno Czech Philharmonic Choir, Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    16. Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    17. Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    18. Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch

    19. Fidelio, Op. 72: Overture

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cappella Aquileia

      Conductor: Marcus Bosch


The focus of our further cooperative effort with the Cappella Aquileia and Marcus Bosch – for the Beethoven Year and with “Beethoven and the Theater” as its theme – is formed by a complete recording of this composer’s stage music for Konig Stephan (King Stephen). Archduke Franz Josef Karl of Austria had a new theater built for the city of Pest as a reward for the loyalty of the Hungarians to the Austrian monarchy. As was fitting for the occasion, Beethoven was given the commission for music commemorating the establishment of the Kingdom of Hungary by King Stephen I, and the music was premiered in the new edifice in 1812. The text for Konig Stephan was penned by August von Kotzebue and surely would have been forgotten long ago if not for Beethoven’s music. The pathos and hero worship in its verses are not so easily grasped today, but this should not stand in the way of the work’s performance. Understood as a historical memorial, Konig Stephan, in particular in the meticulous modernization of the text produced by Kai Weßler for this recording, is a rewarding work. Three versions each of the Leonore Overture and the Fidelio Overture round off the album.