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Beethoven - Ideals of the French Revolution

Maximilian Schell (narrator) & Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano)

OSM Chorus & Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano

The Beethoven pair is in the first place an oddity. We have the Fifth Symphony… It is a brisk, almost violent performance… On the same disc there are excerpts from Egmont, of which the one... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 1st Jun 2009
  • Catalogue No: 88697400842
  • Label: RCA
  • Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

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Contents

Beethoven: The General

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  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Maximilian Schell (speaker), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus
  • Kent Nagano

1. Overture

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2. No. 1 - Song: A drum in the distance

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3. No. 2 - Melodrama: One thing I learned

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4. No. 3 - Melodrama: Informants, spies

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5. No. 4 - Interlude I

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6. No. 5 - Interlude II

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7. No. 6 - Interlude III; Melodrama: I could do something

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8. No. 7 - Interlude IV

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9. No. 8 - Interlude V

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10. No. 9 - Melodrama: I was one human being

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11. No. 10 - Song: Lost and despairing

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12. No. 11 - Interlude VI

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13. No. 12 - Interlude VII

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14. No. 13 - Melodrama: I had nothing to say to these people

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15. No. 14 - 'Victory Symphony'

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16. No. 15 - Finale

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

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I. Allegro con brio

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II. Andante con moto

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III. Allegro

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IV. Allegro

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Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84 (excerpts)

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  • Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Adrianne Pieczonka (soprano), Maximilian Schell (speaker), Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus
  • Kent Nagano

Overture

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Lied No. 1: Die Trommel gerühret

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Lied No. 4: Freudvoll und leidvoll

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Opferlied ("Die Flamme lodert"), Op. 121b

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