City of London Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Boys of Westminster Under School Senior Choir, Hilary Davan Wetton - Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick - Choral Fantasy (2012) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136: Europa steht! (Chorus)
02. Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136: Recitative. O seht sie nah' und naher treten! (Fuhrer des Volkes, Genius, Chorus)
03. Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136: Aria with Chorus. O Himmel, welch' Entzucken! (Vienna, Chorus)
04. Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136: Recitative. Das Auge schaut (Seherin, Chorus)
05. Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136: Recitative and Quartet: Der den Bund im Sturme fest gehalten (Seherin, Vienna, Fuhrer des Volkes, Genius)
06. Der glorreiche Augenblick, Op. 136: Es treten hervor (Chorus)
07. Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy": Fantasia in C Minor, Op. 80, "Choral Fantasy"


Beethoven’s unusual cantata Der glorreiche Augenblick (The Glorious Moment) is filled with patriotic praise for Vienna and tributes to the kings and princes of Europe after the defeat of Napoleon. It was performed alongside his symphonic Wellington’s Victory at its première in 1814. The Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus and orchestra opens with a virtuosic, improvisatory Adagio for the piano. The work’s main theme anticipates the famous Ode to Joy setting Beethoven later devised for his Choral Symphony.

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