Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 - Méhul: Les Amazones Overture - Harmonia Mundi: HMM902421 - CD or download

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Roth and his period-instrument orchestra give a fine account of the Eroica with a beautifully balanced sound, and with the detail brilliantly brought out. With its measured tread the funeral... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 23rd Apr 2021
Catalogue No: HMM902421
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 54 minutes

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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Work length46:53

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Les Siècles
François-Xavier Roth

I. Allegro con brio

Track length15:58

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II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

Track length14:28

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III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Alla breve - Tempo primo

Track length5:29

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IV. Finale. Allegro molto - Poco andante - Presto

Track length10:58

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Méhul: Les Amazones: Overture

Work length7:19

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Les Siècles
François-Xavier Roth

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Recording of the Week, François-Xavier Roth conducts Beethoven's Eroica Symphony

23rd April 2021

Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth return to the music of Beethoven with a dramatic, illuminating account of the Third Symphony, coupled with an energetic performance of an overture by Méhul.

Continuing their exploration of Beethoven’s symphonies, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles give us an opportunity to rediscover the Eroica in all its modernity and power.

Thanks to the magic of period timbres, Beethoven’s intended instrumental balances and effects are restored in revelatory fashion.

The overture to Méhul’s opera Les Amazones, written eight years later, will be a discovery for many listeners.

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July 2021

Roth and his period-instrument orchestra give a fine account of the Eroica with a beautifully balanced sound, and with the detail brilliantly brought out. With its measured tread the funeral march is heroically conceived, and the Scherzo has a fleet-footed exuberance. The bombast of the finale is well handled.

September/October 2021

I came away convinced that this was the best period “Eroica” I have ever encountered, by far.

July 2021

An Eroica of lively insights and strong feeling, complemented by the high contrasts of strife and idyll in the overture for a politically motivated opera by Méhul.

23rd April 2021

Performing on period-appropriate instruments (or, where this was not possible, modern replicas) makes a huge impact, not only on the sound of the orchestra but also on the clarity of textures, aided by Roth's attention to detail (notably his scrupulous observance of the difference between forte and fortissimo)...The orchestra crackles with energy throughout, and the Méhul makes for a thrilling coda to a most ear-opening recording of the Eroica.

25th April 2021

Roth’s performance of Beethoven’s Eroica symphony…immediately startles the ear, a generously spread opening chord replacing the normally more abrupt call to order and signalling a fresh approach. What follows is clear textured, brisk, vividly coloured, yet still searching.

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