Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Étienne Méhul
Orchestra: Les Siècles
Conductor: François-Xavier Roth
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Release: 2021
Size: 505 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai
03. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace – Alla breve – Tempo primo
04. IV. Finale. Allegro molto – Poco andante – Presto
05. Méhul – Les Amazones ou La Fondation de Thèbes: Overture. Adagio – Allegro agitato
Continuing their exploration of Beethoven’s Symphonies, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles give us an opportunity to rediscover the Eroica in all its modernity and power. Thanks to the magic of period timbres, Beethoven’s intended instrumental balances and effects are restored in revelatory fashion. The Overture to Méhul’s opera Les Amazones, written eight years later, will be a discovery for many listeners. This time it was a French composer who established a further milestone in the new aesthetic of Romanticism.