LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony no. 9
GCD C81120
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Rebecca Nash, soprano Wilke te Brummelstroete, mezzo-soprano Marcel Beekman, tenorMichael Tews, bass
Laurens Collegium & Laurens Cantorij, RotterdamWiecher Mandemaker, choirmaster
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century Frans Brüggen, conductor
Production details
Total playing time 65:06 Recorded live in Rotterdam (de Doelen), Netherlands, in October 2011 Engineered and produced by Studio van Schuppen – Jochem Geene, with the assistance of Jos Boerland and Ron Ford
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)Symphony no. 9
Symphony no. 9 in D minor (op. 125, 1824) 1 Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso2 Molto vivace3 Adagio molto e cantabile4 Presto5 ‘O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!’6 Allegro assai: ‘Ode an die Freude’7 Alla marcia: Allegro vivace assai8 Andante maestoso – Adagio non troppo ma divoto9 Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato10 Allegro ma non tanto
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With the passing of Frans Brüggen in August 2014, the boxset of the Beethoven Symphonies released by Glossa in 2012 surely stands as one of the great recording legacies of the conductor and his legendary orchestra. For the Cabinet series, Glossa has now selected what is certainly the German composer’s best-known symphony, the Ninth. With a team of vocal soloists, a chorus, an orchestra and a conductor all on remarkable form, this deeply-poetic reading makes a lasting impression on the listener – which is, after all, what Beethoven was seeking…