Wiki
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Release Date
1995
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Length
11 tracks
My angel, my everything, my very self.
– only a few words today, and with a pencil (with yours) - … why this deep grief, where necessity speaks - can our love exist but by sacrifices, by not demanding everything. Can you change it, that you are not completely mine, that I am not completely yours … look upon beautiful Nature and calm your mind about what must be – love demands everything and completely with good reason, that is how it is for me with you, and for you with me - only you forget too easily, that I must live for myself and for you as well, if we were wholly united, you would not feel this as painfully, just as little as I would – my journey was terrible … Esterhazi had … the same problems … now quickly to the interior from the exterior. We will probably see each other soon, only, today I cannot convey to you my observations which I made during these few days about my life … my heart is full with so much to tell you - Oh - There are moments when I feel that language is nothing at all - cheer up - remain my faithful only darling, my everything, as I for you, the rest is up to the Gods, what must be for us and what is in store for us. –
your faithful ludwig –
Music
The Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Georg Solti
Instrumental soloists
Murray Perahia
(in order of appearance)
Symphony No 5, Op. 67.
Für Elise (complete).
Symphony No 3 In E-Flat Major Op.55 Eroica.
Piano Sonata No 14, Moonlight: Adagio Sostenuto.
Symphony No 6, Op. 68, Pastoral: Storm.
Piano Trio No 5 In D Major, Op. 70, No 1 Ghost.
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61.
Piano Sonata No 8, Pathetique.
Piano Concerto No 5, Emperor (love theme, ending credits).
Missa Solemnis: Kyrie.
Symphony No 7, Op. 92: Allegretto (Karl's theme)
Violin Sonata In A Major, Op. 47, Kreutzer: Adagio sostenuto- Presto.
Symphony No 9, Op 125: Ode to Joy.
Reception
Critical reaction for Immortal Beloved was mixed. From the 29 reviews collected from notable publications by popular review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, reviews tended towards the positive, with an overall approval rating of 55%. Of Rotten Tomatoes' "top critics", however, Roger Ebert was highly complimentary of the film. He gave it 3½ stars out of four, stating in his review: "Immortal Beloved has clearly been made by people who feel Beethoven directly in their hearts". He asserted that Oldman "at first seems an unlikely choice… then we see that he is right". Janet Maslin also offered a positive review, stating: "thanks to its hugely effective use of Beethoven's most thrilling, tumultuous music, this film exerts much the same hypnotic power". She praised the performance of Oldman, writing that "he captures Beethoven as a believably brilliant figure struggling with his deafness and other demons".
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