- Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van | Griffiths, Paul
- Performers: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal | Nagano, Kent | Millaire, Albert | Pieczonka, Adrianne
Analekta is proud to present the label's first recording with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under the direction of Kent Nagano.
Conceived on the basis of an original idea of Maestro Nagano's, The General offers an entirely new interpretation of Beethoven's Egmont, itself based on a poem by Goethe.
Offered as a tribute to Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, this original work, written ...
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Conceived on the basis of an original idea of Maestro Nagano's, The General offers an entirely new interpretation of Beethoven's Egmont, itself based on a poem by Goethe.
Offered as a tribute to Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, this original work, written ...
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Praises and critical
Juno Award Winner 2009 - Classical Album of the Year: Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment
Beethoven: Ideals of the French Revolution (French version)
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Egmont, Op. 84 |
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1 | I. Overture | 8:27 |
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Le Général |
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2 | No. 1 Song: Au loin un tambour [Egmont: No. 1, Song: Die Trommel gerühret] | 3:52 |
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3 | No. 2 Melodrama: Une chose que j'ai apprise [König Stephan: No. 7, Melodrama] | 2:02 |
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4 | No. 3 Melodrama: Délateurs, espions [König Stephan: No. 5, Melodrama | 0:53 |
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5 | No.4 Interlude 1 [Egmont: No 6, Entr'acte 4] | 3:43 |
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6 | No.5 Interlude 2 [Leonore Prohaska: Funeral March] | 5:21 |
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7 | No.6 Interlude 3 / Melodrama: Je pourrais faire quelque chose [Egmont: No 2, Entr'acte 1] | 3:18 |
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8 | No.7 Interlude 4 [Egmont: No. 3, Entr'acte 2] | 5:33 |
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9 | No.8 Interlude 5 [Egmont: No.7, Clara's Death] | 2:08 |
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10 | No. 9 Melodrama: Je n'étais qu'un être humain [Egmont: No. 8, Melodrama] | 3:10 |
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11 | No. 10 Song: Désespéré, tu te sens seul ici [Egmont: No. 4, Song: Freudvoll und leidvoll] | 1:19 |
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12 | No. 11 Entr'acte 6 [Egmont: No. 5, Entr'acte 3] | 4:03 |
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13 | No. 12 Entr'acte 7 [König Stephan: No. 8, Solemn March] | 1:38 |
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14 | No.13 Melodrama: Je n'avais rien à dire à ces gens [König Stephan: No. 8, Melodrama, from Grave risoluto e ben marcato] | 3:28 |
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15 | No.14 ‘Victory Symphony' [Egmont: No 9] | 0:30 |
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16 | No. 15 Finale [Opferlied, Op.121b] | 5:34 |
