Incidental Music of Egmont & The Ruins of Athens

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Dennis Russell Davies & Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Incidental Music for Egmont and The Ruins of Athens is a set of theatrical works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1810–1811. The music blends dramatic overtures, choral passages and orchestral dances within an early Romantic idiom, combining lyrical themes, bold orchestration and folkloric colour, and it documents Beethoven's engagement with theatre and a move toward more programmatic orchestral writing in his middle period.
First released: 2005

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: Overture
    7:28
  2. 2.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 1, Die Trommel geruhret
    2:55
  3. 3.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 2, Entr'acte I (Andante)
    2:59
  4. 4.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 3, Entr'acte II (Larghetto)
    4:53
  5. 5.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 4, Freudvoll und leidvoll
    2:02
  6. 6.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 5, Entr'acte III (Allegro)
    4:30
  7. 7.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 6, Entr'acte IV (Poco sostenuto e risoluto)
    3:18
  8. 8.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 7, Clärchen’s Death
    2:44
  9. 9.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 8, Melodrama
    2:52
  10. 10.
    Incidental Music for Goethe’s Egmont, op. 84: No. 9, Symphony of Victory
    1:24
  11. 11.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: Overture
    4:38
  12. 12.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: No. 1, Tochter des mächtigen Zeus
    3:38
  13. 13.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: No. 2, Ohne Verschulden
    3:50
  14. 14.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: No. 3, Chorus of Dervishes
    2:26
  15. 15.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: No. 4, Marcia alla turca
    2:04
  16. 16.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: No. 5, Music Behind the Scene (Assai allegro ma non troppo)
    1:51
  17. 17.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: No. 6, March & Schmückt die Altäre
    8:48
  18. 18.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: No. 7, Wir tragen empfängliche Herzen
    7:51
  19. 19.
    Incidental Music for Kotzebue’s Die Ruinen von Athen, op. 113: No, 8, Heil unserm König
    3:51

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