Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: Luca Montebugnoli
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Evil Penguin
Catalogue: EPRC0059
Release: 2024
Size: 235 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Haydn: The Creation: Overture ‘Representation of Chaos’
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
02. I. Allegro con brio
03. II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai
04. III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
05. IV. Finale: Allegro molto / Poco andante / Presto
06. Gluck: Orphée et Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Gluck: Echo et Narcisse
07. Prologue, Scene 2: Air de danse—Air des peines, Andante grazioso
08. Act III, Scene 5: Air de danse, Allegro vivace
October 1803: On hearing Beethoven play the “Eroica” Symphony on his new Erard Fre\u0300res piano, a witness remarked, “Heaven and Earth must shake at its performance.” Inspired by this historical scene, Luca Montebugnoli has created a new arrangement of the symphony designed for and played on a unique replica of Beethoven’s Erard piano. By delivering a novel interpretation of an iconic work, Montebugnoli revives the neglected art of piano arrangement, while also exploring the full potential of what was in Beethoven’s life a revolutionary instrument.