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Track 4: Beethoven : Overture: Leonora No. 3

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Halle Orchestra
Leader: Martin Milner
Sir John Barbirolli, conductor
A BBC Lunchtime Concert recorded in Manchester on 4th July 1965 and
broadcast on 25th August 1965
Produced by Mark Hood

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from CRQ 479 AN AFTERNOON CONCERT WITH SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI AND THE HALLE ORCHESTRA IN 1965: KABALEVSKY, ELGAR, RAWSTHORNE, BEETHOVEN, released September 21, 2021
Beethoven struggled to produce an appropriate overture for Fidelio, and ultimately went through four versions. His first attempt, for the 1805 premiere, is believed to have been the overture now known as "Leonore No. 2". Beethoven then focused this version for the performances of 1806, creating "Leonore No. 3". The latter is considered by many listeners as the greatest of the four overtures, but as an intensely dramatic, full-scale symphonic movement it had the effect of overwhelming the (rather light) initial scenes of the opera. Beethoven accordingly experimented with cutting it back somewhat, for a planned 1808 performance in Prague; this is believed to be the version now called "Leonore No. 1". Finally, for the 1814 revival Beethoven began anew, and with fresh musical material wrote what we now know as the Fidelio overture. As this somewhat lighter overture seems to work best of the four as a start to the opera, Beethoven's final intentions are generally respected in contemporary productions.

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