CD93200 Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Plays Beethov
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CD93200 Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Plays Beethov
From the WQXR website:
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Plays Beethoven
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
On Wednesday night, John Eliot Gardiner conducted the Orchestre Révolutionnaire
et Romantique in three works by Beethoven: the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies and
the Egmont Overture. If you missed this sold-out concert and broadcast, you can
listen to it above.
It was a generation ago that this period-instrument orchestra from London first
took up Beethoven, seeking to re-establish the lost performance practices of the
composer's time. Their lean and mean sound shocked some of the classical
establishment as they went head to head with the great symphony orchestras. Yet
today their approach been gradually integrated into the mainstream and many
modern orchestras practice a more historically minded approach.
This concert is a chance to hear the ORR as they bring out the unique drama in
three Beethoven classics.
Program Details
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Artistic Director and Conductor
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Egmont Overture
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Streamed from the WQXR website and recorded in WAVE format (48.0kHz, 32-bit)