Pierre Monteux - Beethoven- Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' by Pierre Monteux (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Pierre Monteux born into a Jewish family from the Comtat Venaissin, Pierre Monteux studied the violin from the age of six. Three years later, he entered the Paris Conservatory, in the chamber music and viola classes of Benjamin Godard and harmony of Lavignac. In 1896, he obtained the first violin prize, the same year as Jacques Thibaud. From fourteen to seventeen years old, pushed by his older brother, he worked as second violin at the Folies Bergère.

At the age of seventeen, he joined the Geloso Quartet, where he played the viola part, and thus traveled throughout France, but also to Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Austria, where the ensemble had the opportunity to perform in the presence of Johannes Brahms, who congratulated the young French performers. At the same time, he also frequented Pablo Casals, Georges Enesco and Alfred Cortot, with whom he went on a concert tour and formed a solid friendship.

TRACKLIST

1. Pierre Monteux - Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica' - I. Allegro con brio (Remastered 2023, Version 1962)
2. Pierre Monteux - Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica' - II. Marcia Funebre: Adagio assai (Remastered 2023, Version 1962)
3. Pierre Monteux - Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica' - III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace (Remastered 2023, Version 1962)
4. Pierre Monteux - Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica' - IV. Finale: Allegro molto (Remastered 2023, Version 1962)
5. Pierre Monteux - Marcia Funebre Rehearsal - Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 'Eroica' (Remastered 2023, Version 1962)



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