Fritz Wunderlich is starring in this rare recording of Beethoven's Oratorio.1. Christus Am Olberge, Op. 85 - Various Performers - Various Performers 2. Fidelio - Fritz Wunderlich - Fritz Wunderlich
Beethoven composed the oratorio Christus am ?lberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives) in just 'a fortnight, amid all sorts of tumult and other unpleasant and alarming events in my life'. It marked the...
By the time of Emperor Joseph II's death in 1790 Beethoven was a member of the court musical establishment in Bonn. To mark the occasion, Beethoven was commissioned to write to cantatas, one to mourn...
Beethoven was involved in theater in one way or another from boyhood, and the commission to compose incidental music for Goethe's play Egmont at the Royal Imperial Court Theatre in Vienna was the...
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...