Beethoven / Segerstam / Turku Philharmonic Orch: Creatures of Prometheus - CD

Title: Creatures of Prometheus
Artist: Beethoven / Segerstam / Turku Philharmonic Orch
Label: Naxos
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 747313385379
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-09-13
Number of Discs: 1

Beethoven was commissioned to write his first stage work- a ballet score for Die Geschopfe des Prometheus ('The Creatures of Prometheus')- for the dancer and choreographer Salvatore Vigano, nephew of composer Luigi Boccherini. In the myth, Prometheus is punished by Zeus for stealing fire for the benefit of mankind; in the allegorical ballet, Prometheus brings Enlightenment ideas of art and science to humanity. The overture remains popular and the finale- the theme of which Beethoven was later to use in his 'Eroica' Symphony- offers a heroic conclusion.

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