Beethoven - Symphony no.3; Mehul - Symphony no.1 | Rubicon RCD1020

Beethoven - Symphony no.3; Mehul - Symphony no.1

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Label: Rubicon

Cat No: RCD1020

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 17th November 2017

Contents

Artists

Soloists Europeens Luxembourg

Conductor

Christoph König

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.3 in E flat major, op.55 'Eroica'

Mehul, Etienne

Symphony no.1 in G minor

Artists

Soloists Europeens Luxembourg

Conductor

Christoph König

About

‘For our first live recording on Rubicon Classics we have been thinking carefully which repertoire to choose from. When we observe music history and its repercussion on our times, it can be rather puzzling that our view of some of the most famous and influential composers seems to be rather monochromatic. We emphasise the influence of composers like Bach and Beethoven on their own and later generations of musicians, and tend to neglect the reciprocal influence all their contemporaries have had on them. In this sense it is striking to see the influence composers of the French Revolution - Grétry, Méhul, and Gossec and the Italian (but French-based) Cherubini exerted on Ludwig van Beethoven. More so, because they are generally forgotten whilst Beethoven - and Bach for that matter - remain pillars of classical music. For a long time it has been my wish to juxtapose in concert and recording works by Méhul and Beethoven. Especially the last movement of Méhul’s First Symphony in G minor is a puzzling reminder of how embedded Beethoven actually was in a much wider field of musical activity than nowadays perceived and what he, only a short time later, has achieved with very similar material, style, and attitude.’ - Christoph König

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