In the world of politics, a period dominated by Napoleon; in the world of music, a period overshadowed by the powerful personality of Beethoven whose stylistic development epitomised the musical revolution taking place in the early years of the 19th century - the passing of the Classical age and the dawn of Romanticism. Cherubini Overture: Anacreon
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
2.12* Beethoven
Sonata quasi una fantasia, in c sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight) PAUL BADURA-SKODA (Broadwood piano)
2.33' Krommer
Harmonie in r. Op 57 NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE
2.52* Haydn Hunting Scene (The Seasons)
SIEGFRIED JERUSALEM (tenor)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone)
CHORUS AND ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
3.0* Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E
GERARD SCHWARZ Who also directs the ' y ' CHAMBER SYMPHONY OF NEW YORK
3.35* Paganlni Sonata
Napoleone SALVATORE ACCARDO (violin)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by CHARLES DUTOIT
3.45*
Beethoven Florestan's aria (Fidelio, Act 2): RENt KOLLO (tenor) VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
4.10. Beethoven
Symphony No 3, in E flat, Op 55 (Eroica)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by ANDRE CLUYTENS
also including early Lieder by Beethoven and Weber, an American folk hymn, chamber music by Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, a folksong about the Battle of Austerlitz, and a march composed for Napoleon's coronation in 1804. gramophone records
Producer PATRICK LAMBERT