Beethoven Unleashed
大象传媒 Radio 3 launches its 2020 celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven鈥檚 birth with overtures for his 'rescue' opera Fidelio. Plus music reflecting political oppression.
大象传媒 Radio 3 launches its 2020 celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven鈥檚 birth. Before tonight鈥檚 live opera broadcast of David Lang鈥檚 Prisoner of the State, we hear all four overtures Beethoven wrote for his 'rescue' opera Fidelio plus music by composers experiencing state censorship or using texts by banned poets. Including works by Shostakovich, Gubaidulina, Britta Bystrom and, after tonight's Opera on 3, Britten and Viktor Ullmann.
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 2 Op 72a
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
David Zinman (conductor)
Britta Bystr枚m: Notes from the City of the Sun
Malin Bystr枚m (soprano)
Malmo Symphony Orchestra
Eun Sun Kim (conductor)
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 3 Op 72b
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Nicolas Harnoncourt (conductor)
Gubaidulina: Hommage 脿 Marina Tsvetaeva
Danish National Symphony Choir
Stefan Parkman (conductor)
Shostakovich: Waltz from The Return of Maxim
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Constantine Orbelian (conductor)
Beethoven: Leonora Overture No. 1 Op.138
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
Daniel Harding (conductor)
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonora Overture No.2 Op.72a 1805
Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: David Zinman.- ARTE NOVA.
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Britta Bystr枚m
Notes from the City of the Sun
Singer: Malin Bystr枚m. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Eun Sun Kim. -
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonora Overture No.3 Op 72
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- TELDEC.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Hommage a Marina Tsvetayeva - All Magnificence
Performer: Stefan Parkman. Singer: Marianne Lund. Singer: Annette Simonsen. Singer: Kim Giles Nandfred. Singer: Jorgen Ditlevsen. Choir: Danish National Symphony Choir.- CHANDOS.
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Sofia Gubaidulina
Hommage a Marina Tsvetayeva - Interlude
Performer: Stefan Parkman. Singer: Marianne Lund. Singer: Annette Simonsen. Singer: Kim Giles Nandfred. Singer: Jorgen Ditlevsen. Choir: Danish National Symphony Choir.- CHANDOS.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
The Return of Maxim Waltz
Orchestra: Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian.- DELOS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore - overture no.1 Op.138
Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.- VIRGIN CLASSICS.
Broadcast
- Sat 11 Jan 2020 18:30大象传媒 Radio 3
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