Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Leif Segerstam
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2019
Size: 1.27 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43
Act 1
01. Ouverture. Adagio – Allegro molto con brio
02. Introduction “La Tempesta”. Allegro non troppo
03. No. 1, Poco adagio – Allegro con brio
04. No. 2, Adagio – Allegro con brio
05. No. 3, Allegro vivace
Act 2
06. No. 4, Maestoso – Andante
07. No. 5, Adagio – Andante quasi allegretto
08. No. 6, Un poco adagio – Allegro
09. No. 7, Grave
10. No. 8, Marcia. Allegro con brio – Presto
11. No. 9, Adagio – Allegro molto
12. No. 10, Pastorale. Allegro
13. No. 11, Andante
14. No. 12, Maestoso – Adagio – Allegro
15. No. 13, Allegro – Comodo
16. No. 14, Andante – Adagio – Allegro – Allegretto
17. No. 15, Andantino – Adagio – Allegro
18. No. 16, Finale. Allegretto – Allegro molto
Beethoven was commissioned to write his first stage work- a ballet score for Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (‘The Creatures of Prometheus’)- for the dancer and choreographer Salvatore Vigano, nephew of composer Luigi Boccherini. In the myth, Prometheus is punished by Zeus for stealing fire for the benefit of mankind; in the allegorical ballet, Prometheus brings Enlightenment ideas of art and science to humanity. The overture remains popular and the finale- the theme of which Beethoven was later to use in his ‘Eroica’ Symphony- offers a heroic conclusion.