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Manze takes a surprisingly Romantic view of the Eroica… with accomplished playing from the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2008
Catalogue No: HMU807470
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 69 minutes

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Work length50:29

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Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze

I. Allegro con brio

Track length16:53

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II. Marcia funebre: adagio assai

Track length16:11

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III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace - Trio)

Track length5:29

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$1.30

IV. Finale (Allegretto mesto - Poco andante - Presto)

Track length11:56

$1.40

$2.60

Beethoven: Contredanses (12), WoO 14

Work length12:58

$12.00

$15.60

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze

I. C Major

Track length0:36

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$1.30

II. A Major

Track length0:37

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III. D Major

Track length1:12

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$1.30

IV. B-Flat Major

Track length0:55

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V. E-Flat Major

Track length1:23

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$1.30

VI. C Major

Track length1:43

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$1.30

VII. E-Flat Major

Track length0:44

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VIII. C Major

Track length0:55

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IX. A Major

Track length0:32

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X. C Major

Track length1:21

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XI. D Major

Track length0:41

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XII. E-Flat Major

Track length2:19

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Beethoven: The Creatures Of Prometheus, Op. 43: Finale from the Ballet Music

Work length6:31

$1.00

$1.30

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze

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Emerging from a dark depression, Beethoven chose art rather than death, thus embracing a notion of destiny and heroism which links him to heroes of the past - and of his present.The Eroica Symphony, dedicated initially to Napoleon, and ultimately 'to the memory of a great man', was to prompt contemporary commentators to seek out interpretations in the Iliad.

It was this work which first inspired the concept of a 'symphonic poem': here, it is the metaphor that serves the music and not the contrary.

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April 2008

Manze takes a surprisingly Romantic view of the Eroica… with accomplished playing from the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.

May 2008

Precise drive in the Scherzo, with brazen horns in the Trio, presages a finale of real stature.

15th June 2008

Andrew Manze has had the ingenious idea of coupling the Eroica with the set of contredanses in which the theme of the symphony’s finale first appeared, and with the finale of Beethoven’s ballet score The Creatures of Prometheus, the melody’s second appearance. What makes the disc exceptional, however, is the superb clarity and incisiveness of the performances. The splendid Swedish orchestra plays the Eroica as if discovering and revelling in its beauty and audacity for the first time. Manze sets a spanking tempo for the opening movement, but always gives the music room to breathe, and the rest is equally inspiring.

Beethoven - Symphony No. 3

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