Orchesterwerke ; Bühnemusik = Orchestral works ; Music for the stage / Ludwig van Beethoven.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Contributor:

Karajan, Herbert von, conductor.

Abbado, Claudio, conductor.

Berliner Philharmoniker, performer.

Series:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. 1997 ; Works. vol. 3.

Complete Beethoven edition ; vol. 3

Complete Beethoven edition ; vol. 3.

Standardized Title:

Orchestra music. Selections

Language:

English

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Orchestral music.

Ballets.

Incidental music.

Genre:

Orchestral music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

5 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, 1997, 1960.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Disc 1: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus : op. 43

Disc 2: Musik zu einem Ritterballett : WoO 1 ; Gratulations-Menuett : WoO 3 ; Zwölf Menuette für Orchester : WoO 7 ; Zwölf Deutsche Tänze : WoO 8 ; Zwölf Contretänze für Orchester : WoO 14

Disc 3: Ouvertüre Coriolan : op. 62 ; Grosse Ouvertüre C-dur : "Zur Namensfeier" : op. 115 ; Musik zu J.W. von Goethes Trauerspiel Egmont : op. 84 (Cheryl Studer, soprano; Bruno Ganz, speaker) ; Wellingtons Sieg

Disc 4: Die Ruinen von Athen : op. 113 [and] Die Weihe des Hauses : Hess 118 (Arleen Augér, Sylvia McNair, sopranos, Klaus Hirte, baritone, Franz Crass, bass, Bruno Ganz, speaker, RIAS Kammerchor, Rundfunkchor Berlin) ; Leonore Prohaska (Sylvia McNair, soprano, Karoline Eichhorn, speaker, Rundfunkchor Berlin)

Disc 5: König Stephan : op. 117 (Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ulrike Jackwerth, Helmut Rühl, Frank-Thomas Mende, Boris Aljinovicz, speakers, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia) ; Zwei Arien zu Ignaz Umlauf's Singspiel Die schöne Schusterin : WoO 91. O welch ein Leben! (Nicolai Gedda, tenor) ; Soll ein schuh nicht drücken (Anneliese Rothenberger, soprano) Einleitung zum 2. Akt : Zwischenmusik : probably to Christoph Kuffner's tragedy Tarpeja : WoO 2b ; Triumphmarsch : zu Christoph Kuffners Trauerspiel Tarpeja : WoO 2a (BBC Singers) ; Germania : WoO 94 (Gerald Finley, bass, BBC Singers) ; Es ist vollbracht : WoO 97 (Gerald Finley, bass, BBC Singers) ; Szene aus Vestas Feuer : Hess 115 (Susan Gritton, soprano, David Kuebler, Robin Leggate, tenors, Gerald Finley, bass).

Participant:

Variously: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra ; Berliner Philharmoniker ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Herbert von Karjan, Lorin Maazel, Claudio Abbado, Bernhard Klee, conductors ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, conductor ; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung, conductor ; Convivium musicum München, Erich Keller, conductor ; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, conductor ; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, conductor.

Notes:

"Much of the music for The Consecration of the House [Hess 118] is identical to that of The Ruins of Athens" -- notes inserted, p. 15. Each excerpt is on the disc only once, and directions are given (p. 13, 15) for programming the CD player to achieve a complete performance of either piece.

Recorded at various times between Nov. 1959 and Oct. 1996.

Compact discs.

Program notes in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, and German texts with English and French translations (209 p. : ill.) inserted in outer container.

Contains:

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Geschöpfe des Prometheus.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Muzik zu einem Ritterballett.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Gratulations-Menuett.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Minuets, orhcestra, WoO 7.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Deutsche Tänze, WoO 8

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Country dances, orchestra, WoO 14

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Coriolan.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Overtures, op. 115, C major

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Egmont.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Wellingtons Sieg.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Ruinen von Athen.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Weihe des Hauses.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Leonore Prohaska.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. König Stephan.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Arien zu Ignaz Umlaufs Singspiel Die schöne Schusterin.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Tarpeja.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Germania.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Es ist vollbracht.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Vestas Feuer.

OCLC:

37913790

Publisher Number:

453 713-2 Deutsche Grammophon