Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Maximilian Schell, Adrianne Pieczonka, OSM Chorus
Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: RCA
Catalogue: 88697400842
Release: 2009
Size: 436 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
The General
01. 1. Overture (Egmont: Overture)
02. 2. No. 1 – Song: A drum in the distance (Egmont: Nr. 1, Lied: Die Trommel gerühret)
03. 3. No. 2 – Melodrama: One thing I learned (König Stephan: Nr. 7, Melodrama)
04. 4. No. 3 – Melodrama: Informants, spies (König Stephan: Nr. 5, Melodrama)
05. 5. No. 4 – Interlude I (Egmont: Nr. 6, Entr’acte 4)
06. 6. No. 5 – Interlude II (Leonore Prohaska: Funeral March)
07. 7. No. 6 – Interlude III; Melodrama: I could do something (Egmont: Nr. 2, Entr’acte 1)
08. 8. No. 7 – Interlude IV (Egmont: Nr. 3, Entr’acte 2)
09. 9. No. 8 – Interlude V (Egmont: Nr. 7, Claras Tod)
10. 10. No. 9 – Melodrama: I was one human being (Egmont: Nr. 8, Melodrama)
11. 11. No. 10 – Song: Lost and despairing (Egmont: Nr. 4, Lied: Freudvoll und leidvoll)
12. 12. No. 11 – Interlude VI (Egmont: Nr. 5, Entr’acte 3)
13. 13. No. 12 – Interlude VII (König Stephan: Nr. 8, Solemn March)
14. 14. No. 13 – Melodrama: I had nothing to say to these people (König Stephan: Nr. 8, Melodrama from Grave risoluto e ben marcato)
15. 15. No. 14 – ‘Victory Symphony’ (Egmont: Nr. 9)
16. 16. No. 15 – Finale (Pferlied, Op. 121b)
CD 02
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Allegro
04. IV. Allegro
Egmont, Op. 84
05. Overture
06. Lied No. 1: Die Trommel gerühret
07. Lied No. 4: Freudvoll und leidvoll
08. Opferlied (“Die Flamme lodert”), Op. 121b
Disc 2 of this double album of Beethoven’s music is devoted to his 5th Symphony and excerpts from Egmont. The first disc is a world premiere recording of The General, a piece based on an original idea by Maestro Nagano, which he premiered with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal in 2007. Scored for orchestra, soprano, chorus and narrator, it brings together excerpts from works by Beethoven interspersed with readings of an original text by author, critic and musicologist Paul Griffiths. The narration pays tribute to Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire and recounts the events that took place in Rwanda in 1994. Internationally renowned Canadian soprano Adrianne Pieczonka, actor Maximilian Schell and the OSM Chorus under the direction of Marika Kuzma also took part in the recording.