Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: SWR Music
Catalogue: SWR19121CD
Release: 2022
Size: 235 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138
02. Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a
03. Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
04. Egmont Overture, Op. 84
05. Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
06. The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
This recording presents Ludwig van Beethoven’s most important overtures composed for his stage works, which were few and far between yet cover a wide variety of styles: the three overtures for his only opera Leonore which was later known as Fidelio followed by the introductory music to the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus and by music for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s play Egmont, which had previously been rather unsuccessful on stage but enjoyed greater popularity once Beethoven set it to music. The last piece is the Overture to Collin’s tragedy Coriolan, written at a time when the drama was hardly performed anymore, and which therefore became a concert overture.