Beethoven: The Complete Works (80 CD). Warner Classics / © 2019 Parlophone Records Limited. Also available on Spotify etc. I bought my box set from Fuga at Helsinki Music Centre.
Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827.
Beethoven 250 / corona lockdown listening.
CD 13 / 80
Opus 117: König Stephan – Singspiel (1811). King Stephen, or Hungary's First Benefactor, music for A. von Kotzebue's festive prologue. Ten tracks.
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Myung Whun Chung.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Boris Aljinovicz, Helmut Ruhl, Frank-Thomas Mende
Ulrich Jackwerth, recitation.
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / chorus master Norbert Balatsch, 1996 Rome.
WoO 1: Musik zu einem Ritterballett (1791). Music for a ballet on horseback. Eight tracks.
Swedish Chamber Orchestra Örebro / Thomas Dausgaard, 1998 Örebro Concert Hall.
WoO 2a: Triumphmarsch - for C. Kuffner's tragedy Tarpeja
Philharmonia Hungarica / Hans Ludwig Hirsch, 1975
WoO 91: Zwei Arien zum Singspiel Die schöne Schusterin für Tenor bzw. Sopran mit Orchester
Hanne-Lore Kuhse, Eberhard Büchner
Staatskapelle Berlin / Artur Apelt, 1972
WoO 94: Arie „Germania“ aus dem Singspiel Die gute Nachricht
Gerald Finley
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis, 1996
WoO 96: Schauspielmusik Leonore Prohaska, music for J. F. L. Duncker's drama. Four tracks.
Sylvia McNair (soprano), Karoline Eichhorn (recitation)
Rundfunkchor Berlin / Dietrich Knothe
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado, 1994
WoO 97: Arie „Es ist vollbracht“ aus dem Singspiel Die Ehrenpforten
Gerald Finley
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis, 1996
WoO 104: Gesang der Mönche aus Schillers Wilhelm Tell für zwei Tenöre und Bass
Joachim Vogt (tenor), Günther Beyer, Siegfried Hausmann (basses), 1976
WoO = Werk ohne Opusnummer.
AA: Beautiful but not unforgettable tracks from Beethoven's compositions for theatre and ballet, performed by great singers and musicians. Leonore Prohaska is intepreted by Sylvia McNair and ends with a moving funeral march.
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