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Elisabeth Breuer, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Aapo Hakkinen – Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:26 minutes | 943 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ondine
Beethoven was really following his heart when he chose to set Goethe’s dramas to music. The work is a dream of a utopia of a free humanity; a dream Beethoven had already held up in his opera Fidelio and that reached its culmination in his Ninth Symphony. Written in 1788, Goethe’s piece has the Count of Egmont grappling with a despotic Duke, who represents the Spanish invader in Flanders. Arrested, imprisoned and abandoned, he is condemned to death. But his martyrdom turns out to be a victory against absolutism. For Beethoven, this was a goldmine. With great enthusiasm, he sent his score to the poet… And got no response.
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