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

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Release Date
October 4, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • PERFORMER
      Moen, Kielland, Clayton, Davies, Bach Collegium Japan, Suzuki
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 04, 2019
    • UPC
      7318599924519
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2451
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

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

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    2. II. Molto vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    3. III. Adagio molto e cantabile

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    4. IV. Finale: Presto -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    5. IV. Allegro assai -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    6. IV. Presto: O Freunde, nicht diese Töne (Bass, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Chorus) -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Neal Davies, Ann-Helen Moen, Marianne Beate Kielland, Allan Clayton

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    7. IV. Allegro assai vivace. Alla marcia: Froh, Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen (Tenor, Chorus) -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Allan Clayton

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    8. IV. Andante maestoso: Seid umschlungen (Chorus) -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    9. IV. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato: Seid umschlungen (Chorus) -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    10. IV. Allegro ma non tanto: Tochter aus Elysium (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Performer: Ann-Helen Moen, Marianne Beate Kielland, Allan Clayton, Neal Davies

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki

    11. IV. Poco allegro - Prestissimo: Seid umschlungen, Millionen! (Chorus)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus, Bach Collegium Japan

      Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki


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.