Episode 3
Donald Macleod investigates the story behind Eroica, Beethoven's tribute to Napoleon, and its deleted dedication.
It's the most famous musical tribute to Napoleon ever composed, yet no one is quite sure why and when Beethoven decided to remove the association of the Emperor from his 'heroic' symphony. Donald Macleod explores the evidence, and introduces rarely heard music from the man who might well have suggested the idea to Beethoven in the first place.
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The Grand Conversation on Napoleon
Performer: Gordon Hall (singer)
- VETERAN TAPES:VT131.
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Rodolphe Kreutzer
Ouverture
Performer: Orchestre d’Harmonie des Gardiens de la Paix de Paris, Performer: Claude Pichaureau (conductor)
- MUSIFRANCE: 2292450052.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.3 Eroica
Performer: Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Performer: John Eliot Gardiner
- Archiv:4778643.
- 3.
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Rodolphe Kreutzer
Ouverture
Performer: Orchestre d’Harmonie des Gardiens de la Paix de Paris, Performer: Claude Pichaureau (conductor)
- MUSIFRANCE: 2292450052.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.3 Eroica
Performer: Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Performer: John Eliot Gardiner
- Archiv:4778643.
- 3.
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- Wed 5 Dec 201212:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 5 Dec 201218:30BBC Radio 3
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