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

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it's a considerable relief to turn to interpreters who respond first of all to the text in front of them...what one actually hears is a symphony composed in 1824 and not 1884...The adroit members... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 More…

Release Date: 27th Feb 2012
Catalogue No: CC72533
Label: Challenge Classics
Series: Jan Willem de Vriend Beethoven Symphonies
Length: 63 minutes

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

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Marcel Reijans (soloist), Annemarie Kremer (soloist), Wilke te Brummelstroete (soloist), Geert Smits (soloist)
The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Consensus Vocalis
Jan Willem de Vriend

Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso

Track length14:44

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Molto vivace

Track length13:07

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Adagio molto e cantabile

Track length12:32

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Finale: Presto

Track length22:47

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This is the fifth and final volume in a cycle of the complete symphonies of Beethoven being released by conductor Jan Willem de Vriend and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. The new disc features the composer’s 9th Symphony known as the “Choral”, and as with previous recordings in the series it is being made available as a hybrid SACD.

Jan Willem de Vriend is the artistic director of Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and since 2006 has been the chief conductor and artistic director of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. De Vriend has been a guest conductor with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hague Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra is based in province of Overijssel with performs concert series in Enschede, Hengelo, Zwolle and Deventer.

Written in 1824, the Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is Beethoven’s final complete symphony. It has come to be known as the “Choral Symphony”, and is the first example of a major work of its type to incorporate voices. The words are sung during the final movement by four vocal soloists and a chorus. They were taken from the "Ode to Joy", a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with additions made by the composer.

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Awards Issue 2012

it's a considerable relief to turn to interpreters who respond first of all to the text in front of them...what one actually hears is a symphony composed in 1824 and not 1884...The adroit members of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra adapt themselves accordingly: to horns that parp and bustle, closer to the earth than Gardiner, say, but without the blaring insensitivity of Emmanuel Krivine's band...don't miss de Vriend.

June 2012

Love or hate Jan Willem de Vriend’s performance, one of the things he is not afraid of doing is revealing every moment of this piece with sharp and spot-lit scrutiny...This is a tremendous and remarkably revealing performance

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

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