Beethoven: "Tremate, Empi, Tremate" for 3 voices and orchestra, Op. 116 (with Score)

Описание: Ludwig van Beethoven:
"Tremate, Empi, Tremate" for 3 voices and orchestra, Op. 116 (with Score)
Composed: 1801-1802
Conductor: Arthur Apelt
Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin

Beethoven composed "Tremate, empi, tremate," Op. 116, in 1801-02, possibly with the guidance of Antonio Salieri (1750-1825). Beethoven revised the piece in 1814 for a benefit concert on February 27, featuring the premieres of both "Tremate" and Symphony No. 8, Op. 93. "Tremate" was well received. The piano-vocal score of "Tremate" was published in February 1826 by S. A. Steiner & Co. in Vienna, despite the fact that Beethoven had given the work to Steiner in 1815, possibly to pay off a loan. The full score was not printed until 1862-5 as part of the Complete Edition of Beethoven's Works, published in Leipzig by Breitkopf & Härtel. The text is by Bettoni.

There are numerous similarities between "Tremate" and the trio, "In meinen Adern," from the oratorio, Christus am Ölberg, Op. 85, including the forces (soprano, tenor, and bass), the key (B flat major) and the shape of the opening melody. In fact, it is reasonable to regard "Tremate" and two other works possibly composed under the supervision of Salieri--the soprano aria, No, non turbati, a duet for soprano and tenor, Nei giorni tuoi felici--as preparatory "exercises" for the oratorio, which contains similar numbers.

Beethoven must have either thought highly of "Tremate" or realized its potential for popular appeal, for he included it on programs for several concerts from 1814 until his death.