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Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven: 9 Symphonien

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Released: 17th June 2022. Karajan recorded the Complete Symphonies of Beethoven no fewer than four times for Deutsche Grammophon, but this first 1963 recording was financially the most daring, artistically the most radical, and commercially the most successful. By 1973 nearly one million sets had been sold. 50 years on from its original launch, the set remains the best-selling Beethoven cycle of all time. The 1963 Berlin set dazzled like no other, aided in no small measure by the clean, clear, daringly 'lit' recordings made in Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche by the young Gunter Hermanns whose debuted on these recordings as Karajan's principal recording engineer. Critics and the record-buying public were enthused above all by the urgency and beauty of the music-making and by the fierce sense of joy which reached its apogee in a thrillingly played and eloquently sung account of the finale of the epic 'Ninth Symphony'.

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  • Details

    Released:
    17th June 2022
    Category:
    Classical
    Format:
    CD/Blu-ray Album
    Barcode:
    28948628001

  • Description

    Karajan recorded the Complete Symphonies of Beethoven no fewer than four times for Deutsche Grammophon, but this first 1963 recording was financially the most daring, artistically the most radical, and commercially the most successful. By 1973 nearly one million sets had been sold. 50 years on from its original launch, the set remains the best-selling Beethoven cycle of all time. The 1963 Berlin set dazzled like no other, aided in no small measure by the clean, clear, daringly 'lit' recordings made in Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche by the young Gunter Hermanns whose debuted on these recordings as Karajan's principal recording engineer. Critics and the record-buying public were enthused above all by the urgency and beauty of the music-making and by the fierce sense of joy which reached its apogee in a thrillingly played and eloquently sung account of the finale of the epic 'Ninth Symphony'.

  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    2.II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    3.III. Menuetto. Allegro Molto E Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    4.IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    5.I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    6.II. Larghetto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    7.III. Scherzo. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    8.IV. Allegro Molto
    Berliner Philharmoniker

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.I. Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    2.II. Marcia Funebre. Adagio Assai
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    3.III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    4.IV. Finale. Allegro Molto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    5.I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    6.II. Adagio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    7.III. Allegro Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    8.IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
    Berliner Philharmoniker

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    1.I. Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    2.II. Andante Con Moto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    3.III. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    4.IV. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    5.I. Erwachen Heiterer Empfindungen Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    6.II. Szene Am Bach. Andante Molto Mosso
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    7.III. Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    8.IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    9.V. Hirtengesang. Frohe Und Dankbare Gefuhle Nach Dem Sturm. Allegretto
    Berliner Philharmoniker

    Disc 4

    Track name
    Artist
    1.I. Poco Sostenuto - Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    2.II. Allegretto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    3.III. Presto. Assai Meno Presto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    4.IV. Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    5.I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    6.II. Allegretto Scherzando
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    7.III. Tempo Di Menuetto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    8.IV. Allegro Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker

    Disc 5

    Track name
    Artist
    1.I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    2.II. Molto Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    3.III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    4.IVa. Presto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    5.IVb. Allegro Molto Assai 'O Freunde, Nicht Diese Tone!'
    Berliner Philharmoniker

    Disc 6

    Track name
    Artist
    1.I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    2.II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    3.III. Menuetto. Allegro Molto E Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    4.IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    5.I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    6.II. Larghetto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    7.III. Scherzo. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    8.IV. Allegro Molto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    9.I. Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    10.II. Marcia Funebre. Adagio Assai
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    11.III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    12.IV. Finale. Allegro Molto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    13.I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    14.II. Adagio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    15.III. Allegro Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    16.IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    17.I. Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    18.II. Andante Con Moto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    19.III. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    20.IV. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    21.I. Erwachen Heiterer Empfindungen Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    22.II. Szene Am Bach. Andante Molto Mosso
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    23.III. Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    24.IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    25.V. Hirtengesang. Frohe Und Dankbare Gefuhle Nach Dem Sturm. Allegretto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    26.I. Poco Sostenuto - Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    27.II. Allegretto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    28.III. Presto. Assai Meno Presto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    29.IV. Allegro Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    30.I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    31.II. Allegretto Scherzando
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    32.III. Tempo Di Menuetto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    33.IV. Allegro Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    34.I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    35.II. Molto Vivace
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    36.III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    37.IVa. Presto
    Berliner Philharmoniker
    38.IVb. Allegro Molto Assai 'O Freunde, Nicht Diese Tone!'
    Berliner Philharmoniker

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