Beethoven: Ruinen von Athen [The Ruins of Athens]

 
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LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Ruinen von Athen [The Ruins of Athens]
Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra Leif Segerstam, with Angela Eberlein (narrator)

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 20 March 2020

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Die Ruinen von Athen ('The Ruins of Athens') was composed to celebrate the opening of the new German theatre in Pest in 1812. Designed to accompany the play of that name by August von Kotzebue, its incidental music is substantial enough to form a kind of one-act Singspiel. It is full of attractive arias, duets and choruses and includes the famous Turkish March. Though the work's theme was rooted in Greek mythology, in reality it was explicitly political in nature, celebrating Pest as 'the new Athens'. This is the first ever recording of the work with full narration.

Tracks:

Die Weihe des Hauses, Op. 124
Musik zu Carl Meisls Gelegenheitsfestspiel, Hess 118
Wo sich die Pulse, WoO 98
Die Ruinen von Athen
Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113 (Version with Narration)