Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony No. 7 - The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet)

CD1

1. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
2. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - II. Allegretto
3. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - III. Presto - Assai meno presto
4. Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 - IV. Allegro con brio

CD2

1. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - Overture. Adagio - Allegro molto e con brio
2. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - Introduction "La Tempesta". Allegro non troppo
3. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 1. Poco adagio - Allegro con brio
4. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 2. Adagio - Allegro con brio
5. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 3. Allegro vivace
6. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 4. Maestoso - Andante
7. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 5. Adagio - Andante quasi allegretto
8. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 6. Un poco adagio - Allegretto
9. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 7. Grave
10. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 8. Marcia. Allegro con brio - Presto
11. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 9. Adagio - Allegro molto
12. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 10. Pastorale. Allegro
13. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 11. Coro di Gioja. Andante
14. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 12. Solo di Gioja. Maestoso - Adagio - Allegro
15. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 13. Terzettino - Grotteschi. Allegro - Comodo
16. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 14. Solo della Signora Cassentini. Andante - Adagio - Allegro - Allegretto
17. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 15. Coro e Solo di Viganò. Andantino - Adagio - Allegro
18. The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43 - 16. Finale. Allegretto - Allegro molto - Presto

A true ‘apotheosis of the dance’ in the words of Richard Wagner, Beethoven’s Seventh has enjoyed perennial popularity ever since its premiere - unlike his sole ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus, of which only the overture has remained (more or less) familiar to us. To offer a new version of a key work in Beethoven’s corpus while reviving the complete version of one of his most unjustly forgotten masterpieces: such is the challenge brilliantly taken up by the musicians of the Freiburger Barockorchester, under the direction of their Konzertmeister Gottfried von der Goltz.