A true ‘apotheosis of the dance’ in the words of Richard Wagner, Beethoven’s Seventh has enjoyed perennial popularity ever since its premiere - unlike his sole ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus, of which only the overture has remained (more or less) familiar to us. To offer a new version of a key work in Beethoven’s corpus while reviving the complete version of one of his most unjustly forgotten masterpieces: such is the challenge brilliantly taken up by the musicians of the Freiburger Barockorchester, under the direction of their Konzertmeister Gottfried von der Goltz.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827] Symphony No. 7 Op. 92
A major / La majeur / A-Dur
· I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace (14'02)
· II. Allegretto (8'17)
· III. Presto - Assai meno presto (9'26)
· IV. Allegro con brio (9'01)
The Creatures of Prometheus Op. 43 Les Créatures de Prométhée / Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
· Overture. Adagio - Allegro molto e con brio (4'34)
· Introduction "La Tempesta". Allegro non troppo (2'01)
· 1. Poco adagio - Allegro con brio (2'58)
· 2. Adagio - Allegro con brio (1'37)
· 3. Allegro vivace (2'00)
· 4. Maestoso - Andante (1'20)
· 5. Adagio - Andante quasi allegretto (6'58)
· 6. Un poco adagio - Allegretto (1'19)
· 7. Grave (3'50)
· 8. Marcia. Allegro con brio - Presto (6'38)
· 9. Adagio - Allegro molto (3'32)
· 10. Pastorale. Allegro (2'38)
· 11. Coro di Gioja. Andante (0'20)
· 12. Solo di Gioja. Maestoso - Adagio - Allegro (2'52)
· 13. Terzettino - Grotteschi. Allegro - Comodo (4'04)
· 14. Solo della Signora Cassentini. Andante - Adagio - Allegro - Allegretto (5'17)
· 15. Coro e Solo di Viganò. Andantino - Adagio - Allegro (4'10)
· 16. Finale. Allegretto - Allegro molto - Presto (6'11)
