{"product_id":"fr741-beethoven-symphony-no-9","title":"Beethoven: Symphony No. 9","description":"Reference Recordings proudly presents \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeethoven’s Symphony No. 9\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ein a new and definitive interpretation from \u003cstrong\u003eManfred Honeck\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003ePittsburgh Symphony Orchestra\u003c\/strong\u003e. We are excited that this new release is part of the Orchestra’s 125th Anniversary joy!\r\n\r\nThis album was recorded in the beautiful and historic Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, \u003cstrong\u003ein superb\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStereo and 5 Channel Surround Sound DSD 256\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand is exclusively available in these formats at NativeDSD!\u003c\/strong\u003e. This recording was made in DSD 256 on a Pyramix DSD Workstation from Merging Technologies by the team at Soundmirror to give you, the listener, the highest sound quality possible.\r\n\r\nMaestro Honeck honors us again with his meticulous music notes, in which he gives us great insight into his unique interpretation as well as the history and musical structure of Beethoven’s most famous symphony.\r\n\r\nThis release is the eleventh in the highly acclaimed Pittsburgh Live! series of Stereo and 5 Channel Surround Sound DSD releases on the Fresh! imprint from Reference Recordings. This series has received Grammy® Nominations in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Its recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 \/Barber Adagio for Strings won the 2018 Grammy® Awards for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Classical Album.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoundmirror describes the recording process by noting that:\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cem\u003e\"Based on our extensive experience of recording the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Heinz Hall, we chose five omnidirectional DPA 4006 microphones as our main microphone array. Supplementing those with “spot mics” to clarify the detail of the orchestration. Extensive listening sessions with Maestro Honeck and orchestra musicians were crucial in refining the final balance.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\nOn August 6, 2021, NativeDSD Music released the first-ever commercially available music in Stereo DSD 1024. This album was one of those 10 albums. 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