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Created in 1804 in Vienna before an audience of French officers, none of whom understood any German, Beethoven’s only opera, Leonore, was not successful. Based on a true story which took place during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution -- the story of an intrepid young woman who dresses up as a man in an attempt to rescue her husband, a victim of arbitrary arrest and imprisoned in a dark cell -- Beethoven took his inspiration from several sources. The story, very in keeping with the troubled times, was indeed put to music in 1798 by the French composer Pierre Gaveaux from a libretto by Nicolas Bouilly, then again a little while later in Italian, in 1804 in a smaller-scale work by Ferdinando Paër. The Italian-German composer Simon Mayr then created a “sentimental farce” in Padua not long after Beethoven’s Leonore.
Having dreamed of a tragically utopian level of universal human fraternity his whole life, as well as the image of a couple whose relationship is ideally based on marriage and loyalty, Beethoven had found a story which perfectly corresponded to his own political opinions, formed as a result of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution (before the emergence of Napoleon’s power). We now know that he reworked this lyrical work twice, turning it into the format we know it as today with its new name Fidelio.
For René Jacobs, the original 1804 version is preferable to the successive amendments and deletions which were made. And we can’t blame him for this, his new recording highlighting all the beauty and modernity of this unfortunately destined first version of Leonore. In 1804, Beethoven has all his resources at his disposal: it’s the year of the Eroica symphony and the Appassionata sonata. By means of his directorial verve, his acute sense of theatrics and a distinguishably well-chosen cast, René Jacobs does this original version of Leonore justice in all its wonder, with all the delights which Beethoven, worried about being portrayed at the opera, ruthlessly scored from his work. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Johannes Weisser, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist - Matthias Klosinski, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Weisser, Soloist, MainArtist - Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Johannes Weisser, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist - Matthias Klosinski, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Weisser, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
DISC 2
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Florian Feth, Soloist, MainArtist - Julian Popken, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Johannes Weisser, Soloist, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist - Zürcher Sing-Akademie, Choir, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maximilian Schmitt, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilian Schmitt, Soloist, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maximilian Schmitt, Soloist, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Johannes Weisser, Soloist, MainArtist - Maximilian Schmitt, Soloist, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Johannes Weisser, Soloist, MainArtist - Maximilian Schmitt, Soloist, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maximilian Schmitt, Soloist, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Maximilian Schmitt, Soloist, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Johannes Chum, Soloist, MainArtist - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - René Jacobs, Conductor, MainArtist - Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Maximilian Schmitt, Soloist, MainArtist - Marlis Petersen, Soloist, MainArtist - Robin Johannsen, Soloist, MainArtist - Tareq Nazmi, Soloist, MainArtist - Dimitry Ivashchenko, Soloist, MainArtist
2019 harmonia mundi 2019 harmonia mundi
Album review
Created in 1804 in Vienna before an audience of French officers, none of whom understood any German, Beethoven’s only opera, Leonore, was not successful. Based on a true story which took place during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution -- the story of an intrepid young woman who dresses up as a man in an attempt to rescue her husband, a victim of arbitrary arrest and imprisoned in a dark cell -- Beethoven took his inspiration from several sources. The story, very in keeping with the troubled times, was indeed put to music in 1798 by the French composer Pierre Gaveaux from a libretto by Nicolas Bouilly, then again a little while later in Italian, in 1804 in a smaller-scale work by Ferdinando Paër. The Italian-German composer Simon Mayr then created a “sentimental farce” in Padua not long after Beethoven’s Leonore.
Having dreamed of a tragically utopian level of universal human fraternity his whole life, as well as the image of a couple whose relationship is ideally based on marriage and loyalty, Beethoven had found a story which perfectly corresponded to his own political opinions, formed as a result of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution (before the emergence of Napoleon’s power). We now know that he reworked this lyrical work twice, turning it into the format we know it as today with its new name Fidelio.
For René Jacobs, the original 1804 version is preferable to the successive amendments and deletions which were made. And we can’t blame him for this, his new recording highlighting all the beauty and modernity of this unfortunately destined first version of Leonore. In 1804, Beethoven has all his resources at his disposal: it’s the year of the Eroica symphony and the Appassionata sonata. By means of his directorial verve, his acute sense of theatrics and a distinguishably well-chosen cast, René Jacobs does this original version of Leonore justice in all its wonder, with all the delights which Beethoven, worried about being portrayed at the opera, ruthlessly scored from his work. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 34 track(s)
- Total length: 02:19:47
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Freiburger Barockorchester René Jacobs
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Classical Opera
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