Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center & Gianandrea Noseda

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21:
• 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio 09:05
• 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: II. Andante cantabile con moto 07:46
• 3 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace 03:58
• 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro molto e vivace 05:47
• Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica":
• 5 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio 16:41
• 6 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai 14:21
• 7 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 05:19
• 8 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": IV. Finale. Allegro molto 11:17
• Total Runtime 01:14:14

Info zu Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

Symphony No 1 in C major Op 21 (1800):

The energy with which the 22-year-old Beethoven threw himself into Viennese music life was truly astounding. As he was leaving his native Bonn for Vienna in 1792, one of his patrons, Count Waldstein, inscribed the following in the young man’s book of souvenirs: 'With the help of assiduous labor you shall receive Mozart’s spirit from Haydn’s hands.' Thus, Waldstein became the first person to mention Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven in the same breath. The prophecy came true: Beethoven soon became the most talked-about musician in the imperial capital, equally famous as a composer and a pianist, courted by the aristocracy and admired by the public.

Beethoven’s first 20 opus numbers, published between 1795 and 1801, cover just about every current genre of instrumental music: two piano concertos, sonatas for solo piano, for violin and piano, for cello and piano, string trios, piano trios, string quartets, quintets, as well as the Septet in E flat which became the most popular of all his works. One significant type of music was still missing from this list, however, and Beethoven knew he couldn’t fully be an heir of Haydn and Mozart until he had written a symphony....

Symphony No 3 in E flat major 'Eroica' Op 55 (1802-1804):

Beethoven’s third symphony represents a quantum leap within the composer’s oeuvre as it does in the history of music in general. The sheer size of the work—almost twice the length of the average 18th-century symphony—was a novelty, to say nothing of what amounted to a true revolution in musical technique and, even more importantly, in musical expression.

Music had never before expressed the idea of struggle in such a striking way. Beethoven’s encroaching deafness is surely part of the reason why that idea took center stage in the composer’s thinking at the time, and it is fair to assume that his physical affliction was behind the spectacular change that Beethoven’s style underwent in what has come to be called his 'heroic' period. Yet in the case of the third symphony, the personal crisis was compounded by the dramatic political events of the day, and in particular by Beethoven’s ambivalent relationship with the leading political figure of era—Napoleon Bonaparte.

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

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