Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Jan Willem de Vriend, The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra

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Challenge Classics presents Beethoven Symphony No. 9 performed by the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jan Willem de Vriend. The album is available in Stereo and 5 Channel Surround Sound DSD from Native DSD Music.

“I am Isis. I am that is, and that was, and that shall be, and no mortal hath raised the veil from before my face.” – famous inscription on the colonnade of the Temple of Isis in ancient Egypt. (Ich bin, was da ist / Ich bin alles was ist, was war, und was seyn wird, kein sterblicher Mensch hat meinen Schleyer aufgehoben)

Beethoven once wrote this down and the sentence had lain on his desk ever since, together with another one: “He is One, self-existent, and to that One, all things owe their existence.” (“Er ist einzig von ihm selbst, diesem Einzigen sind alle Dinge ihr Daseyn schuldig”)

These were important words to Beethoven. Perhaps they inspired him to aim for the highest attainable in his work. And even if he could never gain a place as high as that One, or as the goddess of motherhood (Isis), he felt it was his moral duty to give the world what it was that he could give: his musical legacy.

Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
Jan Willem de Vriend, Conductor

Tracklist

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1.
Symphony no. 9 op. 125 in d minor - Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso
14:46
2.
Symphony no. 9 op. 125 in d minor - Molto vivace
13:07
3.
Symphony no. 9 op. 125 in d minor - Adagio molto e cantabile
12:32
4.
Symphony no. 9 op. 125 in d minor - Finale - Presto
22:47

Total time: 01:03:12

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CC72533

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Cables

Siltche

Digital Converters

DCS AD/DA

Mastering Equipment

Avalon Acoustic

Microphones

Sonodore

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Original Recording Format

Producer

Bert van der Wolf

Recording Engineer

Bert van der Wolf

Recording location

Muziekcentrum Enschede

Recording Software

Pyramix

Recording Type & Bit Rate

DSD64

Release DateAugust 20, 2014

Press reviews

MusicWeb International 9 out of 5

Recording of the Month

This is a tremendous and remarkably revealing performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. With the added bonus of 5 Channel DSD Surround Sound it is also a genuinely spectacular sonic experience.

With all the benefits and strengths of modern instrument sonority allied with period brass and historical interpretative learning this is pretty much the state of the art when it comes to this work.

If you thought you knew it well through the sheen of your 1970s and 1980s favorites then this is a very good place to allow yourself to be given a healthy kick into some new thinking.

 

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