Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Beethoven 250: music for theatre and ballet


I. István magyar király. A Wikipédiából, a szabad enciklopédiából. / Stephan I. der Heilige / Stephen I of Hungary, King Saint Stephen. Image: Portrayal of Stephen I on the Hungarian coronation pall from 1031. Textile, embroidery. Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum / Hungarian National Museum. Scanned by Szilas from A magyar Szent Korona by Tóth Endre, Szelényi Károly, Kossuth 2000, Budapest.

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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