貝多芬: 第九號交響曲(大合唱)
福特萬格勒 指揮
拜魯特節慶管弦樂團暨合唱團
1951年7月29日拜魯特音樂節實況錄音

Seventy years ago, on the 29th July 1951, Wilhelm Furtwangler conducted Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at a concert marking the reopening of the Bayreuth Festival after seven years of silence following the Second World War. It was a momentous occasion, and theconcert was broadcast by Bavarian Radio and transmitted across the world, for instance by Swedish Radio.

Using the analogue mono tape as digitized by Swedish Radio, the present disc reproduces the broadcast as it would have been heard by listeners in Sweden: we have chosen to not change anything, not to 'brush up' the sound, not to clean and shorten the pauses or omit audience noises within the music, but to keep the original as it was. In this way we hope to recreate the feeling of actually sitting in front of an old radio in 1951, listening to this important concert – a true historical document.

1 ) Welcoming announcements (German, French, English, Swedish) 1'57
2 ) Programme announcement / applause for the arrival of Furtwangler 2'19
van BEETHOVEN, Ludwig (1770—1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, 'Choral', Op. 125 75'36
3 ) I. Allegro ma non troppo e un poco maestoso 18'01
4 ) II. Molto vivace — Presto 11'46
5 ) III. Adagio molto e cantabile — Andante cantabile 19'13
6 ) IV. Presto — Allegro assai — Presto (recitativo: 'O Freunde, nicht diese Tone!') — Allegro assai — Allegro assai vivace (alla Marcia) — Andante maestoso — Adagio ma non troppo ma divoto — Allegro energico e sempre ben marcato — Allegro ma non tanto — Presto — Maestoso — Prestissimo 24'56
7 ) Applause / closing remarks (Swedish, German) 2'44
TT: 82'45
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano · Elisabeth Hongen alto
Hans Hopf tenor · Otto Edelmann bass
Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
Wilhelm Furtwangler conductor