COMPANY: Naxos
CATEGORY: CD
COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven was commissioned by the dancer and choreographer Salvatore Vigano to write the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus an allegorical story based on the myth of Prometheus and the composers piano version of the orchestral score was published not long after its premiere in 1801. Beethoven turned his symphonic style and skill in pictorial representation to conjure scenes of stormy excitement alongside elegant dances and the sublime aura of beauty surrounding the legendary musicians Orpheus, Amphion and Arion. The Finale is crowned by a theme that would later be used in the Eroica Symphony.

Beethoven: Die Geschopfe des Prometheus (The Creatures of Prometheus), Hess 90 (piano version of Op. 43)