Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Live) Orchestre d'Île-de-France & Case Scaglione

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica":
• 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": I. Allegro con brio (Live) 16:43
• 2 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": II. Adagio assai (Live) 15:00
• 3 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": III. Scherzo (Live) 05:37
• 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica": IV. Finale (Live) 11:15
• Total Runtime 48:35

Info for Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" (Live)

With his third symphony, Beethoven offers his contemporaries the most developed and longest score ever composed in this genre in is time. What aspects of this work do you still retain today as the fundamental characteristics of musical romanticism? – This symphony gives us the feeling of experiencing the world as conscious beings. Nothing could be more illustrative of the Romantic Era than that. Before Beethoven music was about creating an esthetic outside of ourselves. From this symphony onward we have the feeling of being the thinker of thoughts and the ones with agency, the idea that art lies in our subjective experience of the world. Through this means of expression we are able to experience music that is reflective of the human experience, its' joys and sorrows. He doesn't use many chords or instruments that were not used before him but somehow, we sense the fault lines of history shifting beneath our feet. This power and magnitude are something that remains until this day and that is the true genius. ...

Orchestre national d'Ile-de-France
Case Scaglione, conductor