The Beethoven Symphonies - Symphony No. 2 (2007)

Synopsis

In the towering shadow of the“Eroica”, the novelties and idiosyncrasies of the Second Symphony seem insignificant – because we are looking down the wrong end of the telescope. In reality, the stride Beethoven took from his First to his Second is vast – not only in the expanded dimensions of the whole work but equally inthe enhanced assurance with which he fills these dimensions. The very introduct... Lees verder