Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral” (Live) (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral” (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:28 minutes | 1,18 GB | Genre: Classical
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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 enlightening. With impeccable credentials from their 65-disc 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:

01. Masaaki Suzuki – 01. Symphony No 9 I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (Live) (14:31)
02. Masaaki Suzuki – 02. Symphony No 9 II. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto (Live) (14:13)
03. Masaaki Suzuki – 03. Symphony No 9 III. Adagio molto e cantabile (Live) (14:33)
04. Masaaki Suzuki – 04. Symphony No 9 IVa. Finale. Presto (Live) (02:37)
05. Masaaki Suzuki – 05. Symphony No 9 IVb. Finale. Allegro assai (Live) (03:21)
06. Masaaki Suzuki – 06. Symphony No 9 IVc. Finale. Presto II (Live) (03:28)
07. Masaaki Suzuki – 07. Symphony No 9 IVd. Finale. Allegro molto assai. Alla marcia (Live) (03:52)
08. Masaaki Suzuki – 08. Symphony No 9 IVe. Finale. Andante maestoso (Live) (03:02)
09. Masaaki Suzuki – 09. Symphony No 9 IVf. Finale. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato (Live) (02:13)
10. Masaaki Suzuki – 10. Symphony No 9 IVg. Finale. Allegro ma non tanto (Live) (02:14)
11. Masaaki Suzuki – 11. Symphony No 9 IVh. Finale. Prestissimo (Live) (02:20)

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