redshifter
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dark angel-
being a beethoven expert i have to correct you on the 3rd symphony. it was originally dedicated to napolean, but when he crowned himself emperor of france, beethoven removed napoleon's name from the dedication. beethoven scratched out napoleon's name so firmly he ripped through 3 pages of his score. i think the dedication stands now as "to the memory of a great man".
for heroic music do try beethoven's 3rd symphony, i find the karl bohm version with the vienna philharmonic (from the 1970s i think) especially moving in the slow movement, when in the midst of the funeral march a lone french horn soars over the violins. i've never heard another version that captures that feeling of heroism better than that moment in that specific recording--in the midst of despair it is like an eagle soaring through a shaft of sunlight in a storm-torn sky. also, beethoven's 5th, 7th, and 9th symphonies are very heroic, and deal with triumph over fate.
wagner has written some amazing heroic music, try something from his ring cycle. the orchestral music that goerge szell recorded is especially good, and the funeral music and rhine journey stand out. i got to see the ring cycle and by the time gotterdammerung was over there were tears running down my face. i get goosebumps just thinking about it.
there are others but for me there is no music like beethoven's. it cuts me to the core every time. no matter how i'm feeling his music always leaves me smiling and happy. no other composer reaches me the way he does, from his smallest bagatelle to his largest symphony. he is the definition of "heroic". the best beethoven interpreters are:
karl bohm (cond.--introspective and expansive--slower tempos)
herbert von karajan (cond.--energy and polish--faster tempos)
w. furtwangler (cond.--spiritual and expansive)
alfred brendel (piano--powerful and undiluted--i believe he plays much like beethoven must have)
i know there are many others but these are my favorites.
being a beethoven expert i have to correct you on the 3rd symphony. it was originally dedicated to napolean, but when he crowned himself emperor of france, beethoven removed napoleon's name from the dedication. beethoven scratched out napoleon's name so firmly he ripped through 3 pages of his score. i think the dedication stands now as "to the memory of a great man".
for heroic music do try beethoven's 3rd symphony, i find the karl bohm version with the vienna philharmonic (from the 1970s i think) especially moving in the slow movement, when in the midst of the funeral march a lone french horn soars over the violins. i've never heard another version that captures that feeling of heroism better than that moment in that specific recording--in the midst of despair it is like an eagle soaring through a shaft of sunlight in a storm-torn sky. also, beethoven's 5th, 7th, and 9th symphonies are very heroic, and deal with triumph over fate.
wagner has written some amazing heroic music, try something from his ring cycle. the orchestral music that goerge szell recorded is especially good, and the funeral music and rhine journey stand out. i got to see the ring cycle and by the time gotterdammerung was over there were tears running down my face. i get goosebumps just thinking about it.
there are others but for me there is no music like beethoven's. it cuts me to the core every time. no matter how i'm feeling his music always leaves me smiling and happy. no other composer reaches me the way he does, from his smallest bagatelle to his largest symphony. he is the definition of "heroic". the best beethoven interpreters are:
karl bohm (cond.--introspective and expansive--slower tempos)
herbert von karajan (cond.--energy and polish--faster tempos)
w. furtwangler (cond.--spiritual and expansive)
alfred brendel (piano--powerful and undiluted--i believe he plays much like beethoven must have)
i know there are many others but these are my favorites.