Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) is a German composer and is widely regarded as one of the most influential in Western music. He began to lose his hearing in 1801, and spent the last years of his life profoundly deaf; the tragic irony of this has been often observed.
The Seventh Symphony was written shortly after Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Civil unrest in France and the Napoleonic Wars had lasted for an entire generation, and the symphony seems to capture the celebratory mood in Europe. Indeed, Beethoven called it "one of the happiest products of my poor talents."
During his lifetime, the second movement was often performed separately from the rest of the symphony.
This recording is performed by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Alain Lombard, conductor.
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