Beethoven: 9 Symphonien

Karajan recorded the Complete Symphonies of Beethoven no fewer than four times for Deutsche Grammophon, but this first 1963 recording was financially the most daring, artistically the most radical, and commercially the most successful. By 1973 nearly one million sets had been sold. 50 years on from its original launch, the set remains the best-selling Beethoven cycle of all time. The 1963 Berlin set dazzled like no other, aided in no small measure by the clean, clear, daringly 'lit' recordings made in Berlin's Jesus-Christus-Kirche by the young Günter Hermanns whose debuted on these recordings as Karajan's principal recording engineer. Critics and the record-buying public were enthused above all by the urgency and beauty of the music-making and by the fierce sense of joy which reached its apogee in a thrillingly played and eloquently sung account of the finale of the epic 'Ninth Symphony'.

Disc 1
1: I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
2: II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto
3: III. Menuetto. Allegro Molto E Vivace
4: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace
5: I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
6: II. Larghetto
7: III. Scherzo. Allegro
8: IV. Allegro Molto

Disc 2
1: I. Allegro Con Brio
2: II. Marcia Funebre. Adagio Assai
3: III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
4: IV. Finale. Allegro Molto
5: I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
6: II. Adagio
7: III. Allegro Vivace
8: IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo

Disc 3
1: I. Allegro Con Brio
2: II. Andante Con Moto
3: III. Allegro
4: IV. Allegro
5: I. Erwachen Heiterer Empfindungen Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
6: II. Szene Am Bach. Andante Molto Mosso
7: III. Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute. Allegro
8: IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro
9: V. Hirtengesang. Frohe Und Dankbare Gefühle Nach Dem Sturm. Allegretto

Disc 4
1: I. Poco Sostenuto - Vivace
2: II. Allegretto
3: III. Presto. Assai Meno Presto
4: IV. Allegro Con Brio
5: I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
6: II. Allegretto Scherzando
7: III. Tempo Di Menuetto
8: IV. Allegro Vivace

Disc 5
1: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
2: II. Molto Vivace
3: III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile
4: IVa. Presto
5: IVb. Allegro Molto Assai 'O Freunde, Nicht Diese Töne!'

Disc 6
1: I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
2: II. Andante Cantabile Con Moto
3: III. Menuetto. Allegro Molto E Vivace
4: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro Molto E Vivace
5: I. Adagio Molto - Allegro Con Brio
6: II. Larghetto
7: III. Scherzo. Allegro
8: IV. Allegro Molto
9: I. Allegro Con Brio
10: II. Marcia Funebre. Adagio Assai
11: III. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace
12: IV. Finale. Allegro Molto
13: I. Adagio - Allegro Vivace
14: II. Adagio
15: III. Allegro Vivace
16: IV. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
17: I. Allegro Con Brio
18: II. Andante Con Moto
19: III. Allegro
20: IV. Allegro
21: I. Erwachen Heiterer Empfindungen Bei Der Ankunft Auf Dem Lande. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
22: II. Szene Am Bach. Andante Molto Mosso
23: III. Lustiges Zusammensein Der Landleute. Allegro
24: IV. Gewitter, Sturm. Allegro
25: V. Hirtengesang. Frohe Und Dankbare Gefühle Nach Dem Sturm. Allegretto
26: I. Poco Sostenuto - Vivace
27: II. Allegretto
28: III. Presto. Assai Meno Presto
29: IV. Allegro Con Brio
30: I. Allegro Vivace E Con Brio
31: II. Allegretto Scherzando
32: III. Tempo Di Menuetto
33: IV. Allegro Vivace
34: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
35: II. Molto Vivace
36: III. Adagio Molto E Cantabile
37: IVa. Presto
38: IVb. Allegro Molto Assai 'O Freunde, Nicht Diese Töne!'

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

Number of Discs: 6

Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker

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