Beethoven and his Contemporaries

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin at Schwetzingen Festival 2020. A co-production of SWR + NAXOS.

At this year’s Schwetzingen Festival, the acclaimed Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin performed a series of equally enjoyable and meaningfully compiled concert programmes. Beethoven’s symphonies are combined with works from some of his contemporary composers who influenced and even gave inspiration to Beethoven. Following the practice of authentic performance the orchestra plays without conductor, led by its concertmaster Bernhard Forck who is a renowned expert for period instrument performance.

English title Beethoven and his Contemporaries
Genre Orchestral
Recording location Schlosstheater Schwetzingen
Recording date 28. and 29. October 2020
Production year 2020
Duration 72' and 82'
Video format HD
Production Company SWR and Naxos
Co-Producer Erwin Stürzer
TV Director Alexander Radulescu
Producer Harald Letfuß
Distribution TV NAXOS AUDIOVISUAL DIVISION
Distribution DVD NAXOS AUDIOVISUAL DIVISION
Distribution VOD / SVOD NAXOS AUDIOVISUAL DIVISION
Musical style Orchestral
Original title of music work Ouverture to comédie-héroïque "Lodoïska"
Composer Luigi Cherubini
Original title of music work Sinfonie Nr. 1 g-Moll
Composer Ètienne-Nicolas Méhul
Original title of music work Sinfonie Nr. 5 c-Moll op. 67
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Original title of music work Sinfonie Es-Dur op. 4 Nr. 3 "La tempesta del mare"
Composer Ignaz Jacob Holzbauer
Original title of music work Sinfonie "Le portrait musical de la nature, ou Grande simphonie"
Composer Justin Heinrich Knecht
Original title of music work Sinfonie Nr. 6 F-Dur op. 68 "Pastorale"
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Orchestra / Band Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Conductor Bernhard Forck – concertmaster