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Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 | Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 “Choral”

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Herbert Blomstedt,
conductor

Simona Saturova – Mihoko Fujimura – Christian Elsner – Christian Gerhaher
MDR Rundfunkchor
GewandhausChor
GewandhausKinderchor

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and the musical city of Leipzig are closely intertwined with each other: Felix Mendelssohn, Kapellmeister of the Gewandhausorchester, made the work an indispensable part of the concert hall repertoire and Arthur Nikisch, one of his successors, established in 1918 the worldwide tradition of performing this groundbreaking and pioneering work at the end of the year. The phenomenal Herbert Blomstedt, Gewandhaus-kapellmeister from 1998 to 2005, once again conducted Beethoven’s Ninth in Leipzig for the 2016 New Year celebrations.

With his former orchestra, of which he has been Conductor Laureate since 2005 and with whom he enjoys a close friendship, he achieves a gripping interpretation of this monumental work. Under the direction of Blomstedt, together with his excellent musicians, the choirs, and an outstanding quartet of soloists led by the magnificent voice of Christian Gerhaher, the utopia of global freedom and humanity in Friedrich Schiller’s “Ode to Joy,” penned in Leipzig in 1785, grows to overwhelming dimensions.

Languages: German
Subtitles: German, French, English, Korean, Japanese
Disc Formats: DVD-9, BD 25
Number of Discs: 1 (DVD), 1 (Blu-ray)
Picture Formats: FULL HD (BD); 16:9 NTSC (DVD)
Sound Formats: DTS HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 2.0 (BD); PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 (DVD)
Running time: 74:13 minutes
Catalogue Numbers: ACC20381 (DVD), ACC10381 (Blu-ray)
Release Dates: 11/2016 (Worldwide)
EAN Codes: 4260234831238 (BD); 4260234831221 (DVD)
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