Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 “Eroica“

- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (17 December 1770 -- 26 March 1827) - Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra - Conductor: Arturo Toscanini - Year of recording: 1939 (live) Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major (Op. 55), also known as the “Eroica“ (Italian for “heroic“), written in 1803-1804. 00:00 - I. Allegro con brio 13:58 - II. Marcia funebre: Adagio assai 30:04 - III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 35:22 - IV. Finale: Allegro molto Beethoven’s 3rd symphony was introduced privately in Vienna, chez Prince Lobkowitz, to whom it is dedicated. Beethoven also conducted the public premiere on 7 April 1805, in the Theater-an-der-Wien. Despite everything written to the contrary, the Sinfonia eroica was never a “portrait“ of Napoleon Bonaparte, although Beethoven did plan to dedicate it to the charismatic Corsican “First Consul of France.“ He went into a rage, however, when a pupil, Ferdinand Ries, brought news in May 1804 that Napoleon had crowned himself Emperor. According to Ries, Beethoven shouted that the General wa