BEETHOVEN, Kent Nagano, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal – Beethoven: Ideals of the French Revolution

Kent Nagano - Beethoven: Ideals of the French Revolution (Disc 1) The General, for orchestra with soprano, choir & narrator (after Beethoven): 01. Overture [Egmont: Overture] (8:31) 02. No. 1. Song: A drum in the distance [Egmont: No. 1, Song: Die Trommel gerühret] (3:56) 03. No. 2. Melodrama: One thing I learned [König Stephan: No. 7, Melodrama] (2:04) 04. No. 3. Melodrama: Informants, spies [König Stephan: No. 5, Melodrama] (0:50) 05. No. 4. Interlude 1 [Egmont: No. 6, Entr'acte 4] (3:34) 06. No. 5. Interlude 2 [Leonore Prohaska: Funeral March] (5:09) 07. No. 6. Interlude 3 / Melodrama: I could do something [Egmont: No. 2, Entr'acte 1] (3:19) 08. No. 7. Interlude 4 [Egmont: No. 3, Entr'acte 2] (5:37) 09. No. 8. Interlude 5 [Egmont: No. 7, Clärchen's death] (2:09) 10. No. 9. Melodrama: I was one human being [Egmont: No. 8, Melodrama] (3:10) 11. No. 10. Song: Lost and despairing [Egmont: No. 4, Song: Freudvoll und leidvoll] (1:20) 12. No. 11. Interlude 6 [Egmont: No. 5, Entr'acte 3] (4:04) 13. No. 12. Interlude 7 [König Stephan: No. 8, Solemn March] (1:39) 14. No. 13. Melodrama: I had nothing to say to these people [König Stephan: No. 8, Melodrama from Grave (3:29) 15. No. 14. Victory Symphony [Egmont: No. 9] (0:28) 16. No. 15. Finale [Opferlied, Op. 121b] (5:34) Kent Nagano - Beethoven: Ideals of the French Revolution (Disc 2) Symphony No. 5 in C minor (-Fate-), Op. 67 01. 1. Allegro con brio (7:00) 02. 2. Andante con moto (8:49) 03. 3. Allegro (8:03) 04. 4. Allegro (10:15) 05. Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84- Overture (8:00) 06. Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84- No. 1. Lied -Die Trommel gerühret- (3:03) 07. Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84- No. 4. Lied -Freudvoll und Leidvoll- (1:26) 08. Opferlied (-Die Flamme lodert-), for soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 121b (5:35)