Symphony No, 9, : Jansons / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Stoyanova, L.Braun, Schade, Volle (Vatikan 2007)

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Live-Recording: Aula Paolo VI, Vatikan (Rome), 27th October 2007

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Lioba Braun (alto),
Michael Schade (tenor) & Michael Volle (baritone)
Chor-und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Mariss Jansons, conductor

SACD Hybrid
CD STEREO/ SACD STEREO/ SACD SURROUND

Hollow pathos is not his thing. From an artist like Mariss Jansons Friedrich Schiller’s Ode: “An die Freude” must receive a far deeper significance, which also fully encompasses the doubt and profound hope embodied in this text. And thus, in Jansons’s recording of the Ninth Symphony, the choral finale does not degenerate to mere superficial orgy of jubilation, but rather becomes a delicately balanced, wisely developed drama. On October 27, 2007, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks played Beethoven’s Ninth in the presence of the Pope in the Vatican. The recording of this memorable concert is now being released in the highest audiophile recording quality as a multi-channel hybrid SACD.