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Beethoven: Symphonie No. 9 "Avec Choeurs" - Schwarzkopf, Höngen, Hopf, Edelmann, Bayreuth Festpiele Orchester Und Chor, Wilhelm Furtwängler / EMI Audio CD Mono 1984 / CDH 7 69801 2
UPC 077776980126
The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. It was first performed in Vienna on 7 May 1824. The symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as Beethoven's masterpiece and one of the supreme achievements in the history of music. One of the best-known works in common practice music, it stands as one of the most frequently performed symphonies in the world.
The Ninth was the first example of a major composer using voices in a symphony. The final (4th) movement of the symphony features four vocal soloists and a chorus in the parallel modulated key D major. The text was adapted from the "Ode to Joy", a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with additional text written by Beethoven.
In 2001, Beethoven's original, hand-written manuscript of the score, held by the Berlin State Library, was added to the Memory of the World Programme Heritage list established by the United Nations, becoming the first musical score so designated.
| Label: | EMI – CDH 7 69801 2 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Références |
| Format: |
CD, Album, Mono
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
1984 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Romantic |
Tracklist:
| Symphony No. 9 "Choral" | (1:14:40) | ||
| 1 | I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Pocco Maestoso | 17:47 | |
| 2 | II. Molto Vivace | 11:57 | |
| 3 | III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile - Andante Moderato - Adagio | 19:35 | |
| 4 | IV. Presto - Allegro Ma Non Troppo - Allegro Assai - Presto - Allegro Assai - Allegro Assai Vivace, Alla Marcia - Andante Maestoso - Allegro Anergico, Sempre Ben Marcato - Allegro Ma Non Tanto - Poco Adagio - Prestissimo | 25:09 |
- Bass Vocals – Otto Edelmann
- Choir – Bayreuth Festspiele Chor
- Conductor – Wilhelm Furtwängler
- Contralto Vocals – Elisabeth Höngen
- Design Concept – Jc Trambouze
- Engineer [Balance Engineer] – Robert Beckett
- Liner Notes [English] – Peter J. Pirie
- Liner Notes [French] – André Tubeuf
- Liner Notes [German Translation] – Eckhardt Van Den Hoogen
- Orchestra – Bayreuth Festspiele Orchester
- Photography By [Cover: Wilhelm Furtwängler] – Harlip
- Producer – Walter Legge
- Soprano Vocals – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- Tenor Vocals – Hans Hopf
