Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84, has been a staple of symphonic programs almost ever since there has been such a thing, but the rest of the music he wrote for Goethe's historical drama is much less commonly heard. the music includes songs, instrumental entr'actes and other instrumental interludes, and even a melodrama with music and spoken text. It's something less than a potential second Beethoven opera -- the structures, except in the overture, are pretty simple (the vocal pieces are, after all, diegetic songs) -- and ...
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Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Op. 84, has been a staple of symphonic programs almost ever since there has been such a thing, but the rest of the music he wrote for Goethe's historical drama is much less commonly heard. the music includes songs, instrumental entr'actes and other instrumental interludes, and even a melodrama with music and spoken text. It's something less than a potential second Beethoven opera -- the structures, except in the overture, are pretty simple (the vocal pieces are, after all, diegetic songs) -- and something more than potboiler Beethoven. The instrumental pieces have plenty of examples of the ecstatic slow melody mode that would truly flower during Beethoven's late period. These are nicely handled by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra under James Judd, although the Overture breaks no new ground and sometimes seems to have trouble getting off the ground it does cover. The singing of soprano Madeleine Pierard in the role of Clärchen is a plus; she's a strong dramatic singer whom...
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