Beethoven - Symphony No 9 | Naxos - Historical 8111060

Beethoven - Symphony No 9

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111060

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 30th October 2006

Contents

Artists

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo-soprano)
Hans Hopf (tenor)
Otto Edelmann (bass)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Wilhelm Furtwangler

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Symphony no.9 in D minor, op.125 'Choral'

Artists

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo-soprano)
Hans Hopf (tenor)
Otto Edelmann (bass)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Wilhelm Furtwangler

About

This Naxos Historical performance for the Great Conductors series was recorded during the performance of 29th July, 1951, at the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth. The re-opening of the Bayreuth Festival in 1951 represented a major step forward in the international rehabilitation of Germany following the end of the Second World War. As the leading conductor of his generation, Wilhelm Furtwängler was the obvious choice to conduct the opening performance of the Festival, traditionally devoted to a single work, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the ‘Choral’.
This work had a deep spiritual significance for Furtwängler: he only agreed to conduct it on special occasions, and never made a studio recording of it. First released in 1955, after his death, the recording of this 1951 performance represents one of the most profound realisations of Beethoven’s masterpiece ever to have been committed to disc.

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