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Segerstam: Beethoven – The Ruins of Athens (24/96 FLAC)

Segerstam: Beethoven - The Ruins of Athens (24/96 FLAC)
Segerstam: Beethoven – The Ruins of Athens (24/96 FLAC)

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Angela Eberlein, Claus Obalski, Juha Kotilainen, Reetta Haavisto, Roland Astor, Leah Sinka, Ernst Oder
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2020
Size: 1.37 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

01. Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124

Die Weihe des Hauses, incidental music, Hess 118
02. No. 1, Folge dem mächtigen Ruf der Ehre!

03. Chorus with soprano solo: “Wo sich die Pulse”, WoO 98

Incidental music to The Ruins of Athens
04. No. 6, Schmückt die Altare, Op. 114

Incidental music to The Ruins of Athens
05. Overture
06. No. 1, Tochter des mächtigen Zeus
07. Versöhnt?
08. No. 2, Ohne Verschulden Knechtschaft dulden
09. Wo sind wir?
10. No. 3, Du hast in deines Ärmels Falten
11. Ha! Welchen Unsinn hat mein Ohr vernommen!
12. No. 4, Marcia alla turca
13. No. 5, Musick hinter der Scene
14. Wo sind wir nun?
15. No. 6, Schmückt die Altare
16. No. 6a, Mit reger Freude
17. No. 7a, Wir tragen empfängliche Herzen im Busen
18. No. 7b, Will unser Genius noch einen Wunsch gewähren?
19. Nicht in des Königs furchtgebietendem Glanze
20. No. 8, Heil unserm König

Die Ruinen von Athen (‘The Ruins of Athens’) was composed to celebrate the opening of the new German theatre in Pest in 1812. Designed to accompany the play of that name by August von Kotzebue, its incidental music is substantial enough to form a kind of one-act Singspiel. It is full of attractive arias, duets and choruses and includes the famous Turkish March. Though the work’s theme was rooted in Greek mythology, in reality it was explicitly political in nature, celebrating Pest as ‘the new Athens’. This is the first ever recording of the work with full narration.

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