Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Michael Halász (Conductor), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Michael Halász
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
• Audio CD (June 2, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0000060CC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,772 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beethoven's only ballet, October 18, 2011

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D. R. Schryer (Poquoson, VA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus (Audio CD)

Most music lovers are well aware that Beethoven wrote nine symphonies, several concerti, and a host of outstanding piano sonatas and chamber music. He also wrote one opera, Fidelio, for which he composed four overtures and also wrote several other magnificent overtures, including Coriolanus and Egmont. But how many lovers of Beethoven's music are aware that he also wrote a ballet, The Creatures of Prometheus? The Creatures of Prometheus is a fairly early ballet and is much more classical in style than the later highly-Romantic ballets of Tchaikovsky and Delibes. But still it is by Beethoven and is quite good. In fact, Beethoven used one of its themes for the last movement of his Eroica Symphony and the Eroica Variations. If you love the music of this great composer, please listen to this music.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Basic album in your collection!, March 20, 2005

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Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus (Audio CD)

I don't have any shadow of doubt that Prometeheus and Achilles were the real patterns in Beethoven's attitude for facing life. There have been countless proofs and additional testimonies that his head bed books were the most famous Homer's books. This composition reveals the best and most productive period of the Heroic stage in the life of this genius. Prometheus shaped the man from earth and water, gave the best characteristics found in all animals, gave him his soul from the sun.

Prometheus comes from a period of Beethoven's life which combines retrospective and future thoughts . His mind in an absolute state of creative effervescence and epic ardor. Despite the fact that many pieces remind us of Haydn and Mozart: No. 7 (Grave) , but other sounds foretell the coming of Schubert.

If you want to explore the spiritual and soul essence and the joyful of living in its maximum splendor , go for this work.

Being first and foremost a thinker besides a musician, Beethoven knew to mold as any other composer the fierceness and spirit force. In this fortunate period you can perceive as any other else the astonishing conviction and the certainness supported in the will and not exactly in the faith. Beethoven bet to the will flattening the destiny. So it's very hard to find a tragic mood all along these works.

I have ever heard this work as a Theme with Variations instead a ballet, the reason is very simple as Mozart's Magic flute that is much more than an opera, The creatures goes far beyond a simple ballet.

After you listen this energizing and bravura piece you will understand better the world and even condescend with it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting, January 25, 2007

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This review is from: Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus (Audio CD)

Very few CDs available for this work. So I am very happy to receive this CD.