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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

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Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
Moen, Kielland, Clayton, Davies, Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Oct 04, 2019
Catalog #
BIS-2451
UPC
7318599924519

About

Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Tolstoy’s War and Peace – those works of art that are truly part of the canon of global culture are few and far apart. In music, one work that holds significance for people all over the world is Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and especially its choral finale. Even today, as we are getting ready to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of its creator, the sheer size and complexity of the symphony is daunting. There are some eyewitness accounts from the first performance, at the Kärntner-Tor-Theater in Vienna on 7th May 1824: we know for instance that Beethoven was on stage himself throughout the performance, but that owing to his deafness he did not notice the audience’s overwhelming enthusiasm. What the Ninth sounded like that evening in Vienna is something we will never know, however – which is why hearing it in a historically informed performance on period instruments is all the more interesting. With impeccable credentials from their 65-album series of Bach’s complete cantatas, and acclaimed recent recordings of Mozart’s Requiem and Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki now give us their rendering of Beethoven’s last and greatest symphony, joined by a fine quartet of vocal soloists.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso 14:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso
    Duration
    14:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  2. 2 II. Molto vivace 14:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Molto vivace
    Duration
    14:08
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  3. 3 III. Adagio molto e cantabile 14:31
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio molto e cantabile
    Duration
    14:31
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Presto - 02:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto -
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  5. 5 IV. Allegro assai - 03:21
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Allegro assai -
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  6. 6 IV. Presto: O Freunde, nicht diese Töne (Bass, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) - 03:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Presto: O Freunde, nicht diese Töne (Bass, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) -
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Neal Davies, Ann-Helen Moen, Marianne Beate Kielland, Allan Clayton
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  7. 7 IV. Allegro assai vivace. Alla marcia: Froh, Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen (Tenor, Chorus) - 03:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro assai vivace. Alla marcia: Froh, Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen (Tenor, Chorus) -
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Allan Clayton
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  8. 8 IV. Andante maestoso: Seid umschlungen (Chorus) - 03:02
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Andante maestoso: Seid umschlungen (Chorus) -
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  9. 9 IV. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato: Seid umschlungen (Chorus) - 02:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato: Seid umschlungen (Chorus) -
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  10. 10 IV. Allegro ma non tanto: Tochter aus Elysium (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) - 02:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Allegro ma non tanto: Tochter aus Elysium (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) -
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Ann-Helen Moen, Marianne Beate Kielland, Allan Clayton, Neal Davies
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  11. 11 IV. Poco allegro - Prestissimo: Seid umschlungen, Millionen! (Chorus) 01:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Poco allegro - Prestissimo: Seid umschlungen, Millionen! (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki