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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Furtwängler, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 / Furtwängler, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

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Details

Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Hongen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 07, 2022
Catalog #
BIS-9060
UPC
7318599990606

About

Seventy years ago, on the 29th July 1951, Wilhelm Furtwängler conducted Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at a concert marking the reopening of the Bayreuth Festival after seven years of silence following the Second World War. It was a momentous occasion, and the concert was broadcast by Bavarian Radio and transmitted across the world, for instance by Swedish Radio. Using the analogue mono tape as digitized by Swedish Radio, the present disc reproduces the broadcast as it would have been heard by listeners in Sweden: we have chosen to not change anything, not to ‘brush up’ the sound, not to clean and shorten the pauses or omit audience noises within the music, but to keep the original as it was. In this way we hope to recreate the feeling of actually sitting in front of an old radio in 1951, listening to this concert – a true historical document.

REVIEW:

Nothing else in the realms of recorded music is quite like it and I would urge you to share the experience...I’m not claiming that this performance will suit every mood or even every taste, but if and when it does hit target it will leave you changed for ever.

-- Gramophone (Editor's Choice, March 2022)

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 Welcoming Radio Announcements in German, French, English and Swedish 01:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Welcoming Radio Announcements in German, French, English and Swedish
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    na Not Applicable
    Performer
    Studio narrator
  2. 2 Programme Announcement - Applause 02:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Programme Announcement - Applause
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    na Not Applicable
    Performer
    Studio narrator
    Ensemble
    Audience
  3. 3 I. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso 18:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso
    Duration
    18:01
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Wilhelm Furtwängler
  4. 4 II. Molto vivace 11:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Molto vivace
    Duration
    11:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Wilhelm Furtwängler
  5. 5 III. Adagio molto e cantabile 19:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Adagio molto e cantabile
    Duration
    19:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Wilhelm Furtwängler
  6. 6 IV. Finale: Presto - Allegro assai 24:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto - Allegro assai
    Duration
    24:56
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann
    Ensemble
    Bayreuther Festspielchor, Bayreuther Festspielorchester
    Conductor
    Wilhelm Furtwängler
  7. 7 Applause - Closing Remarks in Swedish and German 02:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Applause - Closing Remarks in Swedish and German
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    na Not Applicable
    Performer
    Studio narrator
    Ensemble
    Audience