Beethoven - Symphonie n°9 - Claudio Abbado & The Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra (2LP)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Op. 125
Karita Mattila, soprano
Violeta Urmana, mezzosoprano
Thomas Moser, tenor
Tomas Quasthoff, bass
The Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra
Swedish Radio Choir
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Tonu Kaljuste, chorus master
Claudio Abbado, conductor
2 LP, Gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Emil Berliner Studio
Record Press : Pallas GmbH in Germany
Label : Analog Phonic
Original Label : Deutsche Grammophon
First time ever on vinyl records
Recorded in Berlin Philharmonie in April 2000
Engineered by Jürgen Bulgrin, Reinhard Lagemann
Produced by Christopher Alder
Balance Engineer : Klaus Hiemann
Remastered by Rainer Maillard at Emil Berliner Studios from the original masters of Universal Music
Originally released in 2003
Reissued in 2008
Tracks:
SIDE A. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso
SIDE B. Molto vivace - Presto
SIDE C. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
SIDE D. Presto - Allegro assai
Presto - »O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!« -
Allegro assai - Allegro assai vivace (alla Marcia) -
Andante maestoso - Adagio ma non troppo ma divoto -
Allegro energico e sempre ben marcato -
Allegro ma non tanto - Presto - Maestoso - Prestissimo
(Schlusschor über Schillers Ode "Ari die Freude")
Reviews :
« Abbado’s new (Beethoven Symphony) cycle is certainly different, quicker, lighter-toned, more ‘Italianate’ - the Ninth Symphony radically so... By concentrating on pace, logic and transparent texturing Abbado effectively draws Beethoven into that distinguished circle of musical obsessives whose music he has always conducted as to the manner born. Ab best, the new technology produces sound of astonishing transparency, I have never heard the finale of the Ninth Sym-phony so astutely and lucidly performed and recorded, the inner part-writing, vocal and choral, crystal-clear... it is the studio-made Fourth and the ‘live’ Ninth which currently stand clear in my memory. » Gramophone
Ratings :
Discogs : 4,22 / 5