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Few recordings exist of Beethoven’s unique oratorio which drew influence from Händel’s work Haydn’s The Creation and the Seasons. A revelation came in 1966 Philadelphia when Eugene Ormandy made a beautiful recording of the oratorio. Ormandy’s lead was then followed by several more recordings. But, the composition remains a rarity within repertoires, even the monumental Beethoven edition published by Deutsche Grammophone for the 200th anniversary of the composers birth omitted this deserving oratorio.
Christ on the Mount of Olives’ writing and theatricality varies in an experimental fashion that would give birth to Leonore the following year and then Fidelio ten years later. Beethoven seems to oscillate between several genres with a writing style that mixes academia, operatic vocal virtuosity and innovation (stemming from his own language). The bad reception of his 1803 work seems to shadow this oratorio like a malediction.
This new recording by Sir Simon Rattle, captured during a concert performed at the Barbican Centre in London in February 2020, turns a salutary spotlight onto an all too often neglected work. Elsa Dreisig plays the seraph with great virtuosity and Pavol Breslik as a determined Christ.
It was the first time that a composer had had Christ sang by a tenor and not by a bass singer, as was tradition. David Soar accurately plays the role of Peter, who is somewhat treated as secondary on the score. The choirs are omnipresent in their representation of the crowds (the “turba”) and their cries and murmurs. The one hundred and twenty-five singers in the London Symphony Choir are the true heroes of this vigorous interpretation which is brought to life with energy and dramatism by a particularly inspired and elated Sir Simon. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85 (Christ on the Mount of Olives) (Ludwig van Beethoven)
London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
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Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
Elsa Dreisig, Soprano (Seraph) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
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Elsa Dreisig, Soprano (Seraph) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
Elsa Dreisig, Soprano (Seraph) - London Symphony Chorus (Simon Halsey, Chorus Director) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano (Seraph) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
Elsa Dreisig, Soprano (Seraph) - Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus (Simon Halsey, Chorus Director) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - London Symphony Chorus (Simon Halsey, Chorus Director) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus (Simon Halsey, Chorus Director) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
David Soar, Bass-Baritone (Petrus) - Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
David Soar, Bass-Baritone (Petrus) - Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - Elsa Dreisig, Soprano (Seraph) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
Pavol Breslik, Tenor (Christus) - London Symphony Chorus (Simon Halsey, Chorus Director) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus (Simon Halsey, Chorus Director) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Chorus (Simon Halsey, Chorus Director) - London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Franz Xaver Huber, Lyricist
2020 London Symphony Orchestra 2020 London Symphony Orchestra
Album review
Few recordings exist of Beethoven’s unique oratorio which drew influence from Händel’s work Haydn’s The Creation and the Seasons. A revelation came in 1966 Philadelphia when Eugene Ormandy made a beautiful recording of the oratorio. Ormandy’s lead was then followed by several more recordings. But, the composition remains a rarity within repertoires, even the monumental Beethoven edition published by Deutsche Grammophone for the 200th anniversary of the composers birth omitted this deserving oratorio.
Christ on the Mount of Olives’ writing and theatricality varies in an experimental fashion that would give birth to Leonore the following year and then Fidelio ten years later. Beethoven seems to oscillate between several genres with a writing style that mixes academia, operatic vocal virtuosity and innovation (stemming from his own language). The bad reception of his 1803 work seems to shadow this oratorio like a malediction.
This new recording by Sir Simon Rattle, captured during a concert performed at the Barbican Centre in London in February 2020, turns a salutary spotlight onto an all too often neglected work. Elsa Dreisig plays the seraph with great virtuosity and Pavol Breslik as a determined Christ.
It was the first time that a composer had had Christ sang by a tenor and not by a bass singer, as was tradition. David Soar accurately plays the role of Peter, who is somewhat treated as secondary on the score. The choirs are omnipresent in their representation of the crowds (the “turba”) and their cries and murmurs. The one hundred and twenty-five singers in the London Symphony Choir are the true heroes of this vigorous interpretation which is brought to life with energy and dramatism by a particularly inspired and elated Sir Simon. © François Hudry/Qobuz
Details of original recording : Recorded live on 19 January & 13 February 2020 at the Barbican, London (England)
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:14
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sir Simon Rattle London Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Chorus Pavol Breslik Elsa Dreisig David Soar
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: LSO Live
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Romantic Music
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