Beethoven: 9 Symphonies

Throughout his life, Karajan was enthusiastic about the achievements of sound technology and took every opportunity to record his performances in the best possible sound quality. He would undoubtedly have insisted on remastering his catalogue recordings in order to be able to offer the latest technology.

Deutsche Grammophon has always been one of the great pioneers of sound recording: now, for the first time in its history, the traditional label is presenting a remastered version in Dolby Atmos with the audiophile reissue of the Grammy-winning Beethoven cycle from the 1970s. This revolutionary new audio technology offers breathtaking sound quality with astonishing clarity, the finest nuances, fascinating detail and impressive depth. Dolby Atmos is able to precisely place and move sounds in three-dimensional space, creating a listening experience that transports the listener into the middle of the action and conveys a spatial sound atmosphere full of realistically moving objects.

This high-quality Dolby Atmos edition stimulates the senses, awakens emotions and thus guarantees the full effect of a unique and comprehensive musical experience.

Tracklisting:
BRA1

Symphony No. 1 in C major

1. I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio

2. II. Andante cantabile con moto

3. III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace

4. IV. Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace

Symphony No. 2 in D major

5. I. Adagio – Allegro con brio

6. II. Larghetto

7. III. Scherzo. Allegro

8. IV. Allegro molto

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major “Eroica”

9. I. Allegro con brio

10. II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai

11. III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

12. IV. Finale. Allegro molto

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major

13. I. Adagio – Allegro vivace

14. II. Adagio

15. III. Allegro vivace

16. IV. Allegro ma non troppo

Symphony No. 5 in C minor

17. I. Allegro con brio

18. II. Andante con moto

19. III. Allegro

20. IV. Allegro

BRA2

Symphony No. 6 in F major “Pastoral”

1. I. Erwachen heiterer Empfindungen bei der Ankunft auf dem Lande. Allegro ma non troppo

2. II. Szene am Bach. Andante molto moto

3. III. Lustiges Zusammensein der Landleute. Allegro

4. IV. Gewitter – Sturm. Allegro

5. V. Hirtengesang. Frohe und dankbare Gefühle nach dem Sturm. Allegretto

Symphony No. 7 in A major

6. I. Poco sostenuto – Vivace

7. II. Allegretto

8. III. Presto

9. IV. Allegro con brio

Symphony No. 8 in F major

10. I. Allegro vivace e con brio

11. II. Allegretto scherzando

12. III. Tempo di Menuetto

13. IV. Allegro vivace

Symphony No. 9 in D minor

14. I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

15. II. Molto vivace

16. III. Adagio molto e cantabile

17. IV. Presto

18. V Presto – »O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!« – Allegro assai. Final chorus from Schiller’s Ode to Joy

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano) · Agnes Baltsa (alto) · Peter Schreier (tenor) · José van Dam (bass)

Wiener Singverein

Das Interview

Herbert von Karajan im Gespräch mit Joachim Kaiser

Karajan in conversation

Herbert von Karajan talks to Richard Osborne