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Beethoven/Liszt - Symphony No.9
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Label: Alpha
Cat No: ALPHA227
Barcode: 3760014192272
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 22nd January 2016
From the beginning, with Martynov’s skilful evocation of the lightning-bolt open fifths piercing the ominous clouds that cloak the Ninth’s first moments, the overwhelming impression is not of reduction but of an enlargement, an opening out, a sudden clarification of this familiar music. Paradoxically, Beethoven’s titanic vision, far from being tamed or diminished, looms even larger, more terrifying than is normally communicated in orchestral performances. ... The metamorphosis from the storm unleashed at the opening of the finale to the imploring earnestness of the ‘Ode to Joy’ is stunningly affecting. ... It seems safe to say that [Martynov] has given us the Beethoven-Liszt cycle for our time, and one unlikely soon to be superseded. 
... the long orchestral passage preceding [‘Seid umschlungen, Millionen’] is thrilling as transcribed by Liszt, and the double fugue that follows it is equally astounding - especially in the hands of a virtuoso like Yury Martynov. His performance is altogether a 
