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Beethoven: Overtures

Beethoven: Overtures

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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. (Warner Classics)

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Product Description:

  • Release Date: October 14, 2022


  • UPC: 747313912186


  • Catalog Number: SWR19121CD


  • Label: SWR


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: Classical


  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven


  • Conductor: Karl Bohm, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Carl Schuricht, Hans Knappertsbusch, Hans Rosbaud, Kurt Sanderling, Kirill Kondrashin, Leopold Stokowski, Carlos Kleiber, Roger Norrington, Michael Gielen, George Pretre


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR


  • Performer: Roger, Norrington



Works:

  1. Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: Southwest Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

    Conductor: Roger Norrington


  2. Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: Southwest Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

    Conductor: Roger Norrington


  3. Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: Southwest Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

    Conductor: Roger Norrington


  4. Egmont, Op. 84: Overture

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: Southwest Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

    Conductor: Roger Norrington


  5. Coriolan, Op. 62: Overture

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: Southwest Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

    Conductor: Roger Norrington


  6. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: Overture

    Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

    Ensemble: Southwest Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

    Conductor: Roger Norrington