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The 9 symphonies / Ludwig van Beethoven.

Author/creator Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Format Electronic, Audio (Streaming), and Musical Sound Recording
Publication Info[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2008]
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Content Access restricted to subscribers
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorEdelmann, Otto, vocalist.
Other author/creatorHaefliger, Ernst, 1919-2007 vocalist.
Other author/creatorHöffgen, Marga vocalist.
Other author/creatorKarajan, Herbert von, conductor.
Other author/creatorSchiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805.
Other author/creatorSchwarzkopf, Elisabeth, vocalist.
Included WorkBeethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Coriolan.
Included WorkBeethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Egmont.
Other author/creatorPhilharmonia Orchestra (London, England), performer.
Other author/creatorWiener Singverein, performer.
Uniform titleSymphonies
Contents Symphony no. 1, C major, op. 21 (23:11) -- Symphony no. 3, E flat major, op. 55 : Eroica (49 min.) -- Symphony no. 2, D major, op. 36 (31:37) -- Symphony no. 7, A major, op. 92 (37:37) -- Symphony no. 4, B flat major, op. 60 (33:24) -- Symphony no. 5, C minor, op. 67 (30:49) -- Overture : Coriolan, op. 62 (9:06) -- Symphony no. 6, F major, op. 68 : Pastoral (37:30) -- Symphony no. 8, F major, op. 93 (26:24) -- Overture : Egmont, op. 84 (8:27) -- Symphony no. 9, D minor, op. 125 : Choral (65:29).
General noteIncludes two overtures.
General notePreviously released as a compact disc; Originally released 1954-1956.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).
General noteWords of "Ode to Joy" by Friedrich Schiller.
Performer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano ; Marga Höffgen, contralto ; Ernst Haefliger, tenor ; Otto Edelmann, bass ; Singverein der Gesellschft der Musikfreunde, Wien (all in 9th symphony) ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded from November 1951 to July 1955 in Kingsway Hall, London, except for Symphony no. 9, recorded in the Musikvereinssaal, Vienna.
LanguageThe 4th movement of the 1st work sung in German.
Genre/formSound recordings.

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