Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43

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a recording that has you an the edge of your seat...The grainy sound of the period instruments gives a lightness and transparency to the texture, and George Petrou keeps the music moving so that... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Jun 2014
Catalogue No: 4786755
Label: Decca
Length: 64 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

October 2014

Orchestral Choice

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Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43

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Armonia Atenea
George Petrou
Recorded: 2013-09-17
Recording Venue: Dimitris Metropoulos Hall, Athens

Overtura. Adagio - Allegro molto con brio

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Introduzione. La Tempesta. Allegro non troppo

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No. 1 Poco Adagio

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No. 2 Adagio - Allegro con brio

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No. 3 Allegro vivace

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No. 4 Maestoso - Andante

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No. 5 Adagio - Andante quasi Allegretto

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No. 6 Un poco Adagio - Allegro

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No. 7 Grave

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No. 8 Allegro con brio

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No. 9 Adagio

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No. 10 Pastorale. Allegro

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No. 11 Coro di Gioja. Andante

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No. 12 Solo di Gioja. Maestoso - Adagio

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No. 13 Terzettino. Grotteschi. Allegro

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No. 14 Solo della Signora Cassentini. Andante - Adagio

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No. 15 Coro (e) Solo di Viganò. Andantino - Adagio

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No. 16 Finale. Allegretto

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As part of a major partnership with Parnassus Arts (which previously brought Handel’s Alessandro and ROKOKO, the January 2014 solo album from Max Emanuel Cencic), this is the first album from the Athens-based orchestra and their conductor.

Rejecting academic coolness, Armonia Atenea, under the baton of conductor George Petrou, injects dramatic energy and bright colour to Beethoven’s bold ballet score

Beethoven’s ballet music was written in 1801 (between the First and Second symphonies) and the theme from the overture provided the subject for the finale of the Eroica Symphony and Eroica Variations

Based on the Greek fire-stealing myth, the story of The Creatures of Prometheus is conveyed with music full of drama and verve, but was the only ballet score that Beethoven wrote

Armonia Atenea and George Petrou’s Decca recording of Handel’s Alessandro has received numerous accolades including the Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize, the ‘Complete Opera CD of the Year Award’ at the International Opera Awards, a nomination for the Opera of the Year by viewer of Mezzo TV, as well as being singled out by Classica, Diapason, Fono Forum and the BBC Music magazine

“For all the star quality, the performance remains a supremely ensemble effort, singers and instrumentalists striking sparks off each other under the energised and energising musical direction of George Petrou.” BBC Music magazine (of Alessandro)

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October 2014

a recording that has you an the edge of your seat...The grainy sound of the period instruments gives a lightness and transparency to the texture, and George Petrou keeps the music moving so that you can easily imagine it being danced...playing that's subtle and individual - chamber music on a large scale.

Awards Issue 2014

The Overture is regularly played, the rest largely forgotten. But this beginning might impel you to listen to the lot...Petrou, though anything but prosaic that he is keen to move the music on...[the disc] varies from excellent to outstanding, from a group bristling with enthusiasm.

4th September 2014

Petrou, conducting Armonia Atenea on period instruments, has full measure of the music’s dramatic qualities, which can be sinewy (No 2) or gently bucolic (No 10). The refined shaping, firm attack and piquant timbres underline the strength and suppleness of Beethoven’s inspiration.

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