Symphony no. 9

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Benjamin Zander & Dominique Labelle & D’Anna Fortunato & Brad Cresswell & David Arnold & Chorus pro Musica & Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No. 9 is the ninth symphony by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, completed and premiered in 1824. The work blends late Classical and early Romantic orchestral writing with large-scale choral elements in its final movement, representing a culmination of Beethoven's symphonic style and marking a significant development in the expansion of symphonic form and forces in the early nineteenth century.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso. (𝅘𝅥 = 88). Exposition (bar 1)
    0:26
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: first tutti (bar 17)
    1:21
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: transition theme (bar 74)
    0:08
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: second theme (bar 80)
    1:13
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: bar 132
    0:39
  6. 6.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: development (bar 160)
    1:22
  7. 7.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: fugato (bar 218)
    1:49
  8. 8.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: lead into recapitulation (bar 297)
    0:05
  9. 9.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: recapitulation (bar 301)
    4:59
  10. 10.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: First Movement: coda (bar 513)
    0:54
  11. 11.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Second Movement: Molto vivace (𝅗𝅥 = 116) (bar 1)
    4:22
  12. 12.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Second Movement: the extra timpani figure (starting 2 bars before) (bar 352)
    2:39
  13. 13.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Second Movement: stringendo il tempo (bar 404)
    0:04
  14. 14.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Second Movement: Trio, Presto (𝅝 = 116) (bar 412)
    1:50
  15. 15.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Second Movement: repeat of Scherzo, Molto vivace (𝅗𝅥 = 116) (bar 531)
    3:32
  16. 16.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Second Movement: coda (bar 926)
    0:22
  17. 17.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Third Movement: Adagio molto e cantabile (𝅘𝅥 = 60) (bar 1)
    1:47
  18. 18.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Third Movement: Andante moderato (𝅘𝅥 = 63) (bar 25)
    0:56
  19. 19.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Third Movement: Tempo I (bar 43)
    0:37
  20. 20.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Third Movement: The new note (starting one bar before) (bar 53)
    0:51
  21. 21.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Third Movement: Andante moderato (𝅘𝅥 = 63) (bar 65)
    0:53
  22. 22.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Third Movement: Adagio for winds (𝅘𝅥 = 60) (bar 83)
    1:04
  23. 23.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Third Movement: Lo stesso tempo 12/8 (𝅘𝅥 = 60) (bar 99)
    4:22
  24. 24.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Presto, 'cry of terror'. Cello and bass recitative (𝅗𝅥 = 66) (bar 1)
    0:33
  25. 25.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Allegro ma non troppo (first movement) (𝅘𝅥 = 88) (bar 30)
    0:25
  26. 26.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Vivace (second movement) (𝅗𝅥 = 116) (bar 48)
    0:16
  27. 27.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Adagio cantabile (third movement) (𝅘𝅥 = 60) (bar 63)
    0:47
  28. 28.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: 'Freude' theme (𝅗𝅥 = 80) (bar 77)
    3:07
  29. 29.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Second 'cry of terror' and bass recitative (bar 208)
    0:43
  30. 30.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: 'Freude schöner Götterfunken', Chorus and soloists (𝅗𝅥 = 80) (bar 237)
    2:28
  31. 31.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Allegro assai vivace, alla Marcia, Tenor and Chorus (𝅗𝅥 = 84) (bar 331)
    1:13
  32. 32.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: fugato section (bar 431)
    1:21
  33. 33.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: 'Freude schöner Götterfunken', Chorus (bar 543)
    0:42
  34. 34.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: 'Seid umschlungen, Millionen' Andante maestoso. Chorus (𝅗𝅥 = 72)
    1:00
  35. 35.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: 'Ihr stürzt nieder' Adagio ma non troppo. Chorus (𝅗𝅥 = 60) (bar 627)
    1:53
  36. 36.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Double Fugue. Allegro energico. Chorus (𝅗𝅥 = 84) (bar 655)
    2:39
  37. 37.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Allegro ma non tanto (𝅗𝅥 = 120). Soloists and chorus (bar 763)
    2:29
  38. 38.
    Symphony no. 9 "Choral" in D minor, op. 124: Fourth Movement: Prestissimo (𝅗𝅥 = 132) (bar 851)
    1:44

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