Beethoven: Symphonie No. 9 "hymne a la joie"

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Release Date
November 28, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ludwig van Beethoven
    • PERFORMER
      Joseph Swensen, Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Choeur de l'Opera National de Bordeaux, Choeu
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 28, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624511633
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1163
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    2. II. Molto vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    3. III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    4. IVa. Finale. Presto - Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen

    5. IVb. Recitativo. O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Choeur de l'Opéra National de Bordeaux, Angers-Nantes Opéra Choir, Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra

      Performer: Angélique Boudeville, Anna Bonitatibus, Mauro Peter, Florian Boesch

      Conductor: Joseph Swensen


Joseph Swensen conducts Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with an inner fire that grips all those who have attended one of his concerts; for him it is Beethoven's ultimate achievement, a celebration of humanity -not the romantic hero, but the truly ordinary individual, musically represented by the chorus. Beethoven begins his epic symphony in the darkness of primordial chaos. The first and second movements are visions of the universe before humanity. The third movement is a celestial dream. The beginning of the finale is our awakening. Beethoven wanted Ode to Joy to be a melody that all can sing. This chorus, a realisation in sound of the ideals of the 18th-century Enlightenment, is neither transcendent, divine, perfect nor impeccable. It is humanity singing of it's joy!