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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 Original recording remastered

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Karl Böhm (Conductor), Vienna Philharmonic (Orchestra), Format: Audio CD
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  • Performer: Jessye Norman, Brigitte Fassbaender, Placido Domingo, Walter Berry
  • Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic
  • Conductor: Karl Böhm
  • Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Audio CD (March 14, 1995)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Run Time: 79 minutes
  • ASIN: B000001GN4
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsYou hear something new each time...
By Chen Yuan-Tud on May 20, 2004
Format: Audio CD
I've owned this recording since it was first released on a 2-LP set in 1981, where each movement occupies one whole side. It was accompanied by a lavish book that included a write-up of Bohm as well as a calendar listing all the important events and recordings of his life. It was noted that Bohm considered Berry, Domingo, Fassbaender and Norman to be the ideal soloists for this work at that time, together with his beloved VPO and the Concert Association Chorus. Later, in 1986, this recording was produced on a double CD set, together with the original LP artwork and essays, coupled with his famous 1971 recording of the "Pastoral", and it was one of the first Beethoven Ninths in DGG's CD catalogue then. The current remastered single CD on the "Masters" series has better sound, and is preferable, although all the original sleevenotes have been deleted.
Although I own about 20 different recordings of the Ninth, I regard this as one of the most important. True, the tempi are slow, but Bohm does not falter; neither is he sluggish. In spite of the slow tempi, the concentration and playing of the VPO, chorus and soloists are faultless, and there is a wonderful sense of a "live" occasion which one seldom perceive from studio recordings. It is as if everyone knew that this would be Bohm's last recording and that he would be dead within months. Most of the other reviewers here who had been positive about this recording have listed its outstanding merits, which I shall not repeat. Confirmation that Bohm had a clear vision of the work, and knew what he was doing, came from no less than Placido Domingo himself.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAbsolutely the Best Ninth!
By A Customer on May 24, 2004
Format: Audio CD
This is absolutely the best Ninth available: great conducting; great solo vocalists; great orchestral performance; great recorded sound; great cover art (Munch).

As others have noted, this is the "slowest" Ninth around. This is true; but "slow" must not be misunderstood as "dragging." On the contrary, this performance sizzles exactly where it should. And it's not "slow" because Bohm was too old to conduct properly. Actually, this is the finest Ninth realization, because Bohm had a lifetime of experience, and here he really displays his incisive critique: he lets the music breathe: he lets it meditate: he lets brood: he lets it expand unto the cosmos. And this pregnancy of concept gives birth to a realization of rare art.

I'm a von Karajan fan, but this realization makes Karajan sound like he's rushing to be finished as quickly as possible, just to be done and go home: Karajan sounds ridiculously fast. No, Bohm lets the gentle Beethoven breathe, giving him time to philosophize.

This is BRUCKNERIAN Beethoven.

Plus, the disc is at a bargan price: double the satisfaction. Please do yourself (or someone else) a favor: get this disc.
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5.0 out of 5 starsDeeply Moving
By A Customer on January 17, 2000
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Though many seem to regard this version of Beethoven's ninth as too slow, I find it very moving and inspirational. Böhm's approach is poetic and lets the listener digest every single note. At the end, it leaves you with a bittersweet sensation of both joy and nostalgy that reminded me that Beethoven was unable to actually hear the grandiosity of his work.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn old man's Ninth, with all that it can offer
By Santa Fe Listener HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWER on September 23, 2006
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Maybe I'm just being perverse, but for all its slowness, I found Bohm's digital Beethoven Ninth very worthwhile. I say perverse because Bohm has been a conductor I avoid, and yet here we have sixty years of experience on the podium. As an interpretation, this one is often meditative and therefore very touching. In addition there's the Vienna Phil, who can play at any tempo and make the music sound convincing. The solo quartet in the finale couldn't be bettered.

The first movement feels like a complete success to me. It isn't dynamic on the surface, but the phrasing is perfect and the orchestral playing riveting. Anyway, a timing of 18+ min. isn't all that slow by traditional standards--and Bohm is all about tradition. The Scherzo is quite slow at 13 min., reminding one of Celibadache and the aging Giulini, probably the slowest conducttors on disc. But the orchestra keeps the rhythm lively, which helps a reat deal.

The sublime Adagio sounds magnificent no matter how broadly it's paced, and Bohm's 18 min. is well within the normal range. Again, the phrasing is well-nigh perfect, as is the orchestra--their hused tones at the beginning mesmerize you. In the finale, it asks a lot of an eighty-year-old to hold together such huge forces, and Bohm can be forgiven for needing 28+ min., compared to 24 min. in Karajan's touchstone recording from 1963. But by this time you will either be captivated by the spirit of the performance or not.

I came away competely satisfied, not just because of the great opera stars who sing the solos and the masterful Viennese chorus. I felt that I was earing a lifetime's musical experience summarized in one last-minute grasp for immortality. I'm not sure bohm won that here, exctly, but his last Ninth is compelling.
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