Eroica most loved Symphony by conductors

[gprengel]

Today I read this interesting article :
https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...-mozart-mahler

Would you agree? (I dont know whether this has been discussed here before)

[Chris]

It's not my favorite, but as for it being the greatest...maybe. If we take into account how innovative it was when it was composed, then I do agree.

[Hollywood]

I love Beethoven's Sym. #3. I really didn't hear it performed mush at all back when I was a kid. It wasn't until 1987 when I watched the TV mini-series "Napoleon and Josephine" starring Armand Assante as Napoleon. I loved this series, especially Armand Assante's performance (I admit I had quite the crush on him as Napoleon). In this series the music of Beethoven's Eroica was to be heard often and that's when I feel in love with it. So, for the last 32 years, every time I hear Beethoven's Sym. #3, I think of Armand Assante as Napoleon. Crushes die hard.

[Michael]

The BBC put out this award-winning drama in 2003. It deals with the first performance of the Eroica:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtA7m3viB70

[Enrique]

I saw that picture. It's very good and the orchestra playing is the Revolutionary and Romantic.