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Beethoven - Ideals of the French Revolution | RCA - Red Seal 88697400842

Beethoven - Ideals of the French Revolution

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Label: RCA - Red Seal

Cat No: 88697400842

Barcode: 0886974008422

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 1st June 2009

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Contents

Works

Beethoven/Griffiths
The General

Beethoven
Symphony No.5

Beethoven
Egmont (excerpts)

Artists

Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano)
Maximilian Schell
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Chorus

Conductors

Kent Nagano
Marika Kuzma

Works

Beethoven/Griffiths
The General

Beethoven
Symphony No.5

Beethoven
Egmont (excerpts)

Artists

Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano)
Maximilian Schell
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Chorus

Conductors

Kent Nagano
Marika Kuzma

About

The first disc of this double album contains a world premiere recording of The General, a piece based on an original idea by Maestro Nagano, which he premiered with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in 2007. Scored for orchestra, soprano, chorus and narrator, it brings together excerpts from works by Beethoven interspersed with readings of an original text by author, critic and musicologist Paul Griffiths. The narration pays tribute to Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire and recounts the events that took place in Rwanda in 1994.

Disc 2 of this double album of Beethoven’s music is devoted to his 5th Symphony and excerpts from Egmont.

Internationally renowned Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, actor Maximilian Schell and the OSM Chorus under the direction of Marika Kuzma also took part in the recording.

Track Listing:
CD 1
1. Egmont, Op.84 : I. Overture
2. Le Général : No.1 Chanson: Au loin un tambour [Egmont: No.1, Chanson: Die Trommel gerühret]
3. Le Général : No.2 Mélodrame: Une chose que j’ai apprise [König Stephan: No.7, Mélodrame]
4. Le Général : No.3 Mélodrame: Délateurs, espions [König Stephan: No.5, Mélodrame]
5. Le Général : No.4 Entracte 1 [Egmont: No.6, Entr’acte 4]
6. Le Général : No.5 Entracte 2 [Leonore Prohaska: Marche funèbre]
7. Le Général : No.6 Entracte 3 / Mélodrame: Je pourrais faire quelque chose [Egmont: No.2, Entr’acte 1]
8. Le Général : No.7 Entracte 4 [Egmont: No.3, Entracte 2]
9. Le Général : No.8 Entracte 5 [Egmont: No.7, La Mort de Klärchen]
10. Le Général : No.9 Mélodrame: Je n’étais qu’un être humain [Egmont: No.8, Mélodrame]
11. Le Général : No.10 Chanson: Désespéré, tu te sens seul ici [Egmont: No.4, Chanson: Freudvoll und leidvoll]
12. Le Général : No.11 Entracte 6 [Egmont: No.5, Entracte 3]
13. Le Général : No.12 Entracte 7 [König Stephan: No.8, Marche solennelle]
14. Le Général : No.13 Mélodrame: Je n’avais rien à dire à ces gens [König Stephan: No.8, Mélodrame, de la section Grave risoluto e ben marcato]
15. Le Général : No.14 ‘Symphonie de victoire’ [Egmont: No.9]
16. Le Général : No.15 Final [Opferlied, Op.121b]

CD 2
1. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 : I. Allegro con brio
2. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 : II. Andante con moto
3. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 : III. Allegro
4. Symphony No.5 in C minor, Op.67 : IV. Allegro
5. Egmont, Op.84 : I. Overture
6. Egmont, Op.84 : II. «Die Trommel gerühret»
7. Egmont, Op.84 : III. «Freudvoll und Leidvoll»
8. Opferlied, Op.121b : "Die Flamme lodert"

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