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

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Release Date: 23rd Apr 2012
Catalogue No: 6023022
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Red Line
Length: 67 minutes

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

Work length1:07:54

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Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Donald McIntyre (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Urszula Koszut (soprano)
Münchner Philharmoniker, Münchner Motettenchor, Philharmonischer Chor München
Rudolf Kempe
Recorded: 1973-06-04
Recording Venue: 31 May - 4 June 1973. Bürgerbräukeller, Munich.

I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

Track length16:27

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II. Molto vivace - Presto - Molto vivace - Presto

Track length11:21

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III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato

Track length16:09

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IV. Presto - Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro assai - Allegro assai vivace - Alla marcia - Andante maestoso - Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato - Allegro ma non tanto - P

Track length23:57

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One of the great documents from conductor Rudolph Kempe's Munich period is this overwhelming version of Beethoven's Ninth with a set of hand-picked soloists, made in 1973, three years before Kempe's death. The pinnacle of a great conducting career with one of the most powerful works in the entire repertoire.

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

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