Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Op.125 'Choral'

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BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Op.125 'Choral'
Melanie Diener / Petra Lang / Endrik Wottrich / Dietrich Henschel / Collegium Vocale / Orchestre des Champs Alysees / Philippe Herreweghe

[ Harmonia Mundi Musique d'Abord / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 1 February 2013

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his title was released for the first time in 1999 and was one of the first to use Jonathan del Mar's edition in which textual errors and ambiguities are corrected.

"A pioneering period-instrument performance of this great masterpiece that constantly reveals new aspects of Beethoven's score with unmitigated freshness and fervour. This recording features soloists Melanie Diener (soprano), Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Endrik Wottrich (tenor) and Dietrich Henschel (bass) a well-matched team who both project the words and cope with the awesome demands of the writing. Time and time again I was surprised by melodic lines or instrumental figures being made clearer than I have ever heard before. Beautifully paced and recorded this live performance is my current favourite version of this inexhaustible work - especially of the final pages."
- KEITH

In spite of its apparently rather classical formal structure, this symphony was so innovative in its proportions (a finale of extravagant length and complexity), its forces (including vocal soloists and choir) and the universal message contained in the setting of Schiller's famous Ode to Joy, that it paralysed several generations of romantic composers after Beethoven. Philippe Herreweghe strives to recapture as closely as possible the form and the spirit of this visionary work as it would have been heard on a certain day in May 1824. This is reflected particularly in the tone colours (thanks to the instruments of the period) and the tempi (Beethoven was very precise in his indications).

A pioneering period-instrument performance of this great masterpiece that constantly reveals new aspects of Beethoven's score with unmitigated freshness and fervour.

Features soloists Melanie Diener (soprano), Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Endrik Wottrich (tenor) and Dietrich Henschel (bass)