034571154794

Beethoven: Early Cantatas

Matthew Best: Corydon Orchestra

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Cat No: CDH55479

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Release Date:  01 August 2014

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571154794

Genres:  Classical  Gospel  

  • Description

    This second disc of Beethoven choral works from the Corydon Singers and Matthew Best features two rarely performed and fascinating early works, the Cantatas written around 1790 to mark the death of Joseph II and the accession of his brother Leopold II. Both pieces are full of dramatic action and forthright representation of mood, and the ‘Joseph’ Cantata can quite legitimately be counted one of the composer’s most important early works, displaying remarkable maturity for a nineteen-year-old composer.
    Also included are the composer’s homage to Goethe, Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt, and the famous Opferlied, here performed beautifully by Jean Rigby in the version for soprano, choir and orchestra.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II, WoO 87
      • 2. Cantata on the Accession of Emperor Leopold II, WoO 88
      • 3. Opferlied Op 121b
      • 4. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt, Op 112