BEETHOVEN, L. van: Beethoven and His Contemporaries, Vol. 1: Concert 1 (Berlin Akademie fur Alte Musik, Forck)
Orchestra:
Berlin Akademie fur Alte Musik
Conductor:
Forck, Bernhard
Composer:
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Composer:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Venue: SWR Schwetzinger Festspiele, Schlosstheater Schwetzingen
Date of Concert: 24-10-2020
Festival: Schwetzingen Festival
Playing Time: 01:23:39
Television Director:
Radulescu, Alexander
Catalogue Number: NRE05201
The award-winning Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin has become of the world's leading chamber orchestras on period instruments. These concerts reveal some of the foundations of Beethoven's genius, and capture vital performances from the 2020 SWR Schwetzingen Festival, the biggest radio festival for classical music in the world. These first two concerts of four see Beethoven's revolutionary development through his first three symphonies set against C.P.E. Bach's novel orchestration, Mozart's pre-echo of a theme from Eroica Symphony, and Paul Wranitzky's richly narrative Grande sinfonie caracteristique, a work banned by the Viennese authorities of the day for its provocative movement titles.
