Beethoven's Eroica

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 was dedicated to Napoleon, until his beloved hero crowned himself Emperor. He carved the title out with a knife and renamed it “Heroic Symphony” to champion the rights of all mankind. “Eroica” became the turning point for musical Romanticism and forced the world to rethink who was the true conqueror – Bonaparte or Beethoven?

Michael Butterman, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

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