BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 7, THE CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS, COMPLETE - FREIBERGER BAROCKORCHESTER (2 CDS)

Freiburger Barockorchester

Gottfried von der Goltz - Conductor

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.


Disc 1

Symphony No. 7 Op. 92
A major / La majeur / A-Dur

1I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace 14'02
2II. Allegretto 8'17
3III. Presto - Assai meno presto 9'26
4IV. Allegro con brio 9'01
Disc 2

The Creatures of Prometheus Op. 43
Les Créatures de Prométhée / Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus

5Overture. Adagio - Allegro molto e con brio 4'34
6Introduction "La Tempesta". Allegro non troppo 2'01
71. Poco adagio - Allegro con brio 2'58
82. Adagio - Allegro con brio 1'37
93. Allegro vivace 2'00
104. Maestoso - Andante 1'20
115. Adagio - Andante quasi allegretto 6'58
126. Un poco adagio - Allegretto 1'19
137. Grave 3'50
148. Marcia. Allegro con brio - Presto 6'38
159. Adagio - Allegro molto 3'32
1610. Pastorale. Allegro 2'38
1711. Coro di Gioja. Andante0'20
1812. Solo di Gioja. Maestoso - Adagio - Allegro 2'52
1913. Terzettino - Grotteschi. Allegro - Comodo 4'04
2014. Solo della Signora Cassentini. Andante - Adagio - Allegro - Allegretto 5'17
2115. Coro e Solo di Viganò. Andantino - Adagio - Allegro 4'10
2216. Finale. Allegretto - Allegro molto - Presto 6'11