Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - "Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 3 »Eroica«" Original Source style_Lounge The album also became a

The album also became a major commercial success

The recording contains live versions of songs off their most recent album

all delivered with an emotional intensity that lingers long after the last note fades

" this album propelled the band to household-name status

Carlo Maria Giulini, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - "Beethoven: Sinfonie Nr. 3 »Eroica«" Original Source style_Lounge The album also became aBeethoven began composing his Third Symphony shortly after his increasing deafness and suicidal thoughts became public knowledge. The 'heroic' style of this symphony can be interpreted as a musical expression of his triumph over personal suffering. But the symphony also has enormous musical significance: with the 'Eroica,' Beethoven expanded the symphonic form and thus changed the expectations of a four part symphony for the next two centuries.