Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

"His long-gestated and unsung Beethoven cycle culminates in a properly explosive, rhythmically charged Ninth…Antonini grasps that profound feeling can't be sought or summoned in this music…If you're in the market for a Ninth full of surprise and delight rather than soulful yearning or triumphalist breast-beating, look no further." Gramophone