The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Melbourne Symphony Orchestra & Michael Halász

The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 is a ballet by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed and first performed in 1801. The score employs Classical-era orchestral textures, clear formal structures and danceable episodic passages while introducing harmonic and motivic ideas that foreshadow the expanded expressive language of his middle period, placing the work as an early-stage composition that bridges his youthful output and later 'heroic' phase.

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  1. 1.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act I: Overture
    5:03
  2. 2.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act I: Introduction
    2:04
  3. 3.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act I: No. 1. Poco adagio
    3:17
  4. 4.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act I: No. 2. Adagio - Allegro con brio
    1:51
  5. 5.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act I: No. 3. Minuetto
    2:28
  6. 6.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 4. Maestoso
    1:17
  7. 7.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 5. Adagio
    7:01
  8. 8.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 6. Un poco adagio
    1:29
  9. 9.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 7. Grave
    4:56
  10. 10.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 8. Allegro con brio
    7:06
  11. 11.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 9. Adagio
    4:07
  12. 12.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 10. Pastorale
    3:03
  13. 13.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 11. Andante
    0:22
  14. 14.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 12. Maestoso
    3:17
  15. 15.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 13. Allegro
    3:49
  16. 16.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 14. Andante
    5:03
  17. 17.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 15. Andantino
    4:31
  18. 18.
    The Creatures of Prometheus: Act II: No. 16. Finale
    6:18

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