1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Other Title:
Orchestra music. Selections Gods, heroes, and men [CD]
Notes:
Compact disc Canadiana Liner notes by Kent Nagano and Robert Markow and biographical notes on the performers in English and French (23 p.) in container "Bonus download: In a bold move to bring the Prometheus story into the 21st century, Kent Nagano and the OSM premiered a new work featuring an original text by Yann Martel, narrated by renowned French actor Lambert Wilson, set to the complete incidental music for Beethoven's ballet score The creatures of Prometheus. This text revisits the myth of Prometheus who, after having stolen the fire from gods, uses it to breathe life into two clay statues he molded. Download it for free on analekta.com"--Notes Orchestre symphonique de Montréal ; Kent Nagano, conductor Recorded in the Multi-Media Room at the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, and at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place des Arts, Montréal, Québec
Contents:
Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Opus 43 = Les créatures de Prométhée, opus 43 = The creatures of Prometheus, op. 43. Excerpts : Overture ; Introduction ; V. Adagio ; VIII. Allegro con brio ; XVI. Finale - allegro molto Symphonie no 3 en mi bémol majeur, opus 55 "Héroïque" = Symphony no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 55, "Eroica"