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Beethoven - Symphony No.9 | Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or C754081

Beethoven - Symphony No.9

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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or

Cat No: C754081

Barcode: 4011790754123

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 4th February 2008

Contents

Artists

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elisabeth Hongen
Hans Hopf
Otto Edelmann
Festspielorchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

Conductor

Wilhelm Furtwangler

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

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

Artists

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elisabeth Hongen
Hans Hopf
Otto Edelmann
Festspielorchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

Conductor

Wilhelm Furtwangler

About

In 1951 Wilhelm Furtwängler demonstrated his inspired approach to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony twice, within a matter of only a few weeks: at the Salzburg Festival (Orfeo C533001B) and to reopen the first post-war Bayreuth Festival.
For a long time, the latter legendary performance, broadcast live, was believed lost. It is now issued by Orfeo in a carefully restored pressing. This was only the second time that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony had been performed in the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, the first being the foundation-stone-laying ceremony under Wagner's own direction in 1872, so this 1951 performance was like a rebirth of the Festival myth. A musical high point of post-war history.
Live recording, 1951.

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