Beethoven - Symphony No 9 - Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Keri-Lynn Wilson (2024) [24-96]

Artist: Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Keri-Lynn Wilson

Title: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Year Of Release: 2024

Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Genre: Classical

Quality: 24bit - 96kHz FLAC (tracks)

Total Time: 01:01:54

Total Size: 1.09 GB



Tracklist:



1. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (14:57)

2. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - II. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto (10:13)

3. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - III. Adagio molto e cantabile (13:45)

4. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVa. Presto (2:58)

5. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVb. Allegro assai ("An die Freude" Instrumental) (3:17)

6. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVc-d. Presto – Recit. O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! – Allegro assai (Sung (3:24)

7. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVe-f. Allegro vivace assai. Alla marcia – Chorus. Freude, schöner Götter (3:57)

8. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVg. Andante maestoso. Seid umschlungen, Millionen (Sung in Ukrainian) (3:17)

9. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVh. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato (Sung in Ukrainian) (2:16)

10. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVi. Allegro ma non tanto. Freude, Tochter aus Elysium (Sung in Ukrainian (2:16)

11. Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" - IVj. Poco Allegro, stringendo – Prestissimo (Sung in Ukrainian) (1:41)



This recording of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s emotionally charged Warsaw performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony captures one of the artistic highlights of 2023. The orchestra was created as a cultural riposte to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Their Beethoven has the unique feature that its text, Schiller’s great poem of freedom “Ode to Joy”, is sung in Ukrainian, indeed it also expresses Schiller’s opening word of “Freude” (Joy) as the Ukrainian word “Slava” (Glory) to electrifying effect in a moving echo of Ukraine’s rallying call of resistance in the face of aggression, Slava Ukraini! (“Glory to Ukraine!").