Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

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Release Date: 21st Aug 2015
Catalogue No: 2564609030
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Original Jacket Reissues
Length: 65 minutes

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

Work length1:05:35

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Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Marga Höffgen (contralto), Otto Edelmann (bass), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Chor der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Herbert von Karajan

I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

Track length15:03

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II. Molto vivace - Presto

Track length10:16

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III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato

Track length15:58

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IV. Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" (Ode to Joy)

Track length24:18

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Herbert von Karajan made his first – and perhaps most thrilling – recording of the complete Beethoven Symphonies with the Philharmonia Orchestra in the early 1950s. The set, a jewel of the Warner Classics catalogue, was recorded in mono, but an experimental stereo version of the 9th Symphony was made in parallel at the sessions in Vienna. This, taken from the original tapes, is its first release as a single CD.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

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