Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Pavol Breslik, Elsa Dreisig & David Soar - Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives (Christus am Ölberge) (2020)
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Classical, Opera | Label: LSO Live
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 193 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 105 Mb | 00:45:21
Classical, Opera | Label: LSO Live
Composed in 1803, while Beethoven was also writing the ‘Eroica’ Symphony, Christ on the Mount of Olives (Christus am Ölberge) is the composer’s only oratorio and combines the emotive force of his later Missa Solemnis with the theatre of a Bach Passion. With orchestra, chorus and soloists, it tells the story of Jesus’ prayer and arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane and also reflects the emotional pressure Beethoven was under at the time.