Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
Recordings (CD & LP) available at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton
County
Compact Discs
CD 00003
Choral symphony : no. 9 in D minor, op. 125
RCA Red Seal, 1983
New York Philharmonic ; New York Choral Artists ; Margaret Price, soprano ; Marilyn Horne,
mezzo-soprano ; Jon Vickers, tenor ; Matti Salminen, bass ; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
Recorded live on February 2, 1983, in Avery Fisher Hall, New York City.
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CD 00003a
Symphony no. 9 in D minor
London, 1987
Jessye Norman, soprano ; Reinhild Runkel, contralto ; Robert Schunk, tenor ; Hans Sotin, bass
; Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor.
Recorded at Medinah Temple, Chicago, Sept.-Oct. 1986.
http://cinlib.org/ORRg7y
CD 00003b
Symphony no. 9 : Choral
Nimbus Records / A & M Records, 1988
Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano ; Jean Bailey, contralto ; Andrew Murgatroyd, tenor ; Michael
George, bass ; Oslo Cathedral Choir ; The Hanover Band ; Roy Goodman, conductor ;
performed on original instruments.
Recorded Apr. 27-29, 1988, at All Saints, Tooting, London.
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CD 00003c
IX. Symphonie op. 125
Deutsche Grammophon, 1980
Gwyneth Jones, soprano ; Hanna Schwarz, alto ; René Kollo, tenor ; Kurt Moll, bass ;
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Leonard Bernstein,
conductor.
Recorded Vienna State Opera, Sept. 1979.
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CD 00003d
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 : Choral
EMI, 1984 (reissue of Odeon (Electrola), 1951)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano ; Elisabeth Höngen, contralto ; Hans Hopf, tenor ; Otto
Edelmann, bass ; Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor.
Recorded in the Festspielhaus, Bayreuth on July, 29, 1951.
http://cinlib.org/MnGR6u
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CD 00003e
Symphony no. 9
L’oiseau-lyre, 1989
Arleen Augér, soprano; Catherine Robbin, contralto; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor; Gregory
Reinhart, bass; Academy of Ancient Music; London Symphony Chorus; Christopher
Hogwood, conductor.
Recorded Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, Sept. 1988.
http://cinlib.org/ORTfJ9
CD 00003f
Symphony no. 9 : “Choral”
London, 1988 (previously released in 1966)
Joan Sutherland, soprano ; Marilyn Horne, contralto ; James King, tenor ; Martti Talvela, bass
; Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor.
Recorded Dec. 1965, Sofiensaal, Vienna.
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CD 0003g
Ode an Freiheit = Ode to freedom : Symphonie No. 9, op. 125 (Bernstein in Berlin)
Deutsche Grammophon, 1990
June Anderson, soprano ; Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano ; Klaus König, tenor ; Jan-Hendrik
Rootering, bass ; Bavarian Radio Chorus ; Members of the Berlin Radio Chorus (GDR) ;
Dresden Philharmonic Children's Chorus ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; members
of Dresden Staatskapelle, Orchestra of the Kirov Theatre, Leningrad, London Symphony
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Live recording of the concert given on Dec. 25, 1989, in the Schauspielhaus, Berlin (GDR).
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CD 00003h
Symphonie Nr. 9 d-moll op. 125
Capriccio, 1985
Edith Wiens, soprano ; Ute Walther, contralto ; Reiner Goldberg, tenor ; Karl-Heinz Stryczek,
bass ; Chor der Staatsoper Dresden ; Symphonie-Chor Dresden ; Staatskapelle Dresden ;
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor.
Recorded live at the Semper Opera House, Dresden, March 29-31, 1985.
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CD 00003j
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125
Chandos, 1989
Josephine Barstow, soprano ; Linda Finnie, contralto ; David Rendall, tenor ; John Tomlinson,
bass ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra ; Walter Weller, conductor.
Recorded in Brmingham Town Hall on Sept. 3-4, 1988
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CD 00003k
Symphonie no. 9, op. 125
Deutsche Grammophon, 1990
Julia Varady, soprano ; Jard van Nes, mezzo-soprano ; Keith Lewis, tenor ; Simon Estes, bass ;
Ernst-Senff-Chor ; Berlin Philharmoniker ; Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor.
Recorded Feb. 1989 and Feb. 1990, at the Philharmonie, Berlin.
http://cinlib.org/NVDX4c
CD 00003m
Symphony no. 9
IMP Masters, 1992
Dominique Labelle, soprano; D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano; Brad Cresswell, tenor;
David Arnold, baritone; Chorus Pro Musica; Boston Philharmonic Orchestra; Benjamin
Zander.
Recorded Jan. 1990 and May 1991, Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, Mass.
http://cinlib.org/RBAJbb
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CD 00003n
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 : Choral
Philips, 1993
Lynne Dawson, soprano ; Jard van Nes, contralto ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Eike Wilm
Schulte, bass ; Gulbenkian Choir, Lisbon ; Orchestra of the 18th century ; Frans Brüggen,
conductor.
Recorded Nov. 1992, Vredenburg, Utrecht
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CD 00003p
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 : Choral
Capriccio, 1987
Alison Hargan, soprano ; Ute Walther, contralto ; Eberhard Büchner, tenor ; Kolos Kováts,
bass ; Radio Chorus Berlin ; Radio Chorus Leipzig ; Dresden Philharmonic ; Herbert Kegel,
conductor.
Recorded 1982-1983
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CD 00003r
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 : Choral : legendary 'Velvet revolution' concert
Supraphon, 2000
Gabriela Beňačková, soprano ; Anne Gjevang, contralto ; Günther Neumann, tenor ; Arthur
Korn, bass ; Czech Philharmonic Chorus ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ; Václav Neumann,
conductor.
Recorded live, 14 Dec. 1989, in Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, Prague.
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CD 00003s
Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven : Symphony no. 9: Choral
Testament, 1999
Aase Nordmo-Løvberg, soprano ; Christa Ludwig, contralto ; Waldemar Kmennt, tenor ; Hans
Hotter, bass ; Philharmonia Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Otto Klemperer, conductor.
Recorded live, 15 Nov. 1957, in The Royal Festival Hall, London.
http://cinlib.org/Nhf6hq
CD 00003t
Symphony no. 9
Sony Classical, 1999 (originally released in 1963)
Milestones of the Millennium series
Featured on National Public Radio’s Performance today.
Adele Addison, soprano; Jane Hobson, mezzo-soprano; Richard Lewis, tenor; Donald Bell,
baritone; Cleveland Orchestra Choir; Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor.
Recorded Apr. 21-22, 1961 in Cleveland.
http://cinlib.org/NoGgB9
CD 00003u
Horenstein : Beethoven symphony no. 9, “Choral.”
Vox, 2001
Wilma Lipp, soprano; Elizabeth Hoengen, alto; Julius Patzak, tenor; Otto Wiener, bass;
Singverien [i.e. Singverein] der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde; Pro Musica Symphony, Jascha
Horenstein, conductor.
Recorded in 1956. (Place and specific date not given).
http://cinlib.org/NuvBkT
CD 00003v
Tennstedt : Beethoven symphony no. 9 “Choral.”
BBC/IMG Artists, 2002
BBC Legends series
London Philharmonic choir and orchestra ; Klaus Tennstedt, conductor ; Mari Anne
Häggander, soprano ; Alfreda Hodgson, contralto ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Gwynne Howell, bass.
Recorded at Royal Albert Hall, London, Sept. 13, 1985.
http://cinlib.org/P8HoZE
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CD 00003w
Symphony no. 9
RCA Red Seal / BMG, 2001
Edith Wiens, soprano ; Hildegard Hartwig, alto ; Keith Lewis, tenor ; Roland Hermann, bass ;
Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Jürgen Schulz, director ; Chor des Norddeutschen
Rundfunks, Helmut Franz, director ; NDR-Sinfonieorchester ; Günter Wand, conductor.
Recorded 1986.
http://cinlib.org/Pbxx6R
CD 00003x
Symphony no. 9
Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Music Classical, 2007
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano ; Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano ; Frank Lopardo, tenor
; René Pape, bass ; The Cleveland Orchestra ; The Cleveland Chorus ; Franz Welser-Möst,
conductor.
Recording: Cleveland, Severance Hall, 1/2/2007.
http://cinlib.org/MoMzVM
CD 00291b
Symphonies 1-9 & 10 (1st movt.) ; Overtures (6 discs)
Chandos, 1989
Josephine Barstow, soprano ; Linda Finnie, contralto ; David Rendall, tenor ; John Tomlinson,
bass ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra ; Walter Weller, conductor.
Recorded in Birmingham Town Hall June 13, July 3, Aug. 30-Sept. 9, 1988.
http://cinlib.org/Nh0RJf
CD 00291d
9 symphonies ; Leonore overture no. 3 (5 discs)
RCA Victor Gold Seal / BMG, 1990
Arturo Toscanini collection v. 1-5
Eileen Farrell, soprano ; Nan Merriman, mezzo-soprano ; Jan Peerce, tenor ; Norman Scott,
bass ; Robert Shaw Chorale (all in the 9th symphony only) ; NBC Symphony Orchestra ;
Arturo Toscanini, conductor.
Recorded from Nov. 4, 1939 to Nov. 10, 1952, principally in Carnegie Hall; in part, from NBC
radio broadcasts.
http://cinlib.org/NVqf1q
CD 00291e
The nine symphonies (6 discs)
London, 1990
Jessye Norman, soprano; Reinhild Runkel, contralto; Robert Schunk, tenor; Hans Sotin, bass;
Chicago Symphony Chorus (11th work); Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Sir George Solti,
conductor.
Recorded Sept. 1986-Jan. 1990, Orchestra Hall (no. 1-4, 6-8, overtures) and Medinah Temple
(no. 5 and 9), Chicago.
http://cinlib.org/OfNCIM
CD 00291h
9 symphonies (5 discs)
IMG Records, 1995
Jean Glennon, soprano ; Dalia Schaechter, contralto ; Algirdas Janutas, tenor ; Benno
Schollum, bass ; Kaunas State Choir of Lithuania ; Sinfonia Varsovia ; Yehudi Menuhin,
conductor.
Recorded in the Salle Erasme, Palais de Musique, Strasbourg, June, 1994.
http://cinlib.org/PMAkhx
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CD 00291g
9 symphonies (6 discs)
Archiv Produktion / PolyGram Classics & Jazz, 1994
Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique, on original instruments ; John Eliot Gardiner,
conductor ; with, in the 9th symphony: Luba Orgonasova, soprano ; Anne Sofie von Otter,
mezzo-soprano ; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Gilles Cachemaille, bass ; Monteverdi Choir.
Recorded Nov. 1991, Great Hall, Blackheath Concert Halls, London (no. 2); Oct. 1992, All
Saints' Church, Tooting, London (no. 6 and 9); Mar. 1993, Maltings Concert Hall, Snape (no. 1
and 3; live recordings); Dec. 1992 (no. 7-8) and Mar. 1993 (no. 4), All Hallows Gospel Oak,
London; and Mar. 1994, Palau de la Música, Barcelona (no. 5; live recording).
http://cinlib.org/TsbNmB
CD 00291j
9 symphonies (5 discs)
Arte Nova Classics, 1997-1999
World premiere recording on modern instruments according to new Bärenreiter edition.
Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich ; David Zinman, conductor ; with (in final movement of
Symphony no. 9) Ruth Ziesak, soprano ; Birgit Remmert, alto ; Steve Davislim, tenor ; Detlef
Roth, bass ; Schweizer Kammerchor.
Recorded in Zurich, Tonhalle, Switzerland, 25 Mar. 1997 to 16 Dec. 1998.
http://cinlib.org/MNGXjn
CD 00291k
The symphonies (6 discs)
Teldec, 2000
Soile Isokoski, soprano; Rosemarie Lan, alto; Robert Gambill, tenor; René Pape, bass; Chor
der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin; Berliner Staatskapelle; Daniel Barenboim, conductor.
Recorded May-July 1999, Studio 1 of the former GDR Radio studios, Nalepastrasse, Berlin,
Germany.
http://cinlib.org/RIyNz7
CD 00291m
The nine symphonies : first complete CD edition of the historic 1940 concert cycle (5
discs)
Music & Arts Programs of America, 1997
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Willem Mengelberg, conductor. In the 9th symphony: To van der
Sluys, soprano ; Suze Luger, contralto ; Louis van Tulder, tenor ; Willem Ravelli, bass ;
Toonkunst Chorus ; Royal Oratorio Soc.
Recorded April-May 1940 live in Amsterdam, except Egmont overture recorded Apr. 29,
1943.
http://cinlib.org/QQLBSU
CD 00291n
Symphonies (5 discs)
EMI Classics, 2003
Wiener Philharmoniker ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor ; in the 9th work: Barbara Bonney,
soprano ; Birgit Remmert, contralto ; Kurt Streit, tenor ; Thomas Hampson, baritone ; City of
Birmingham Symphony Chorus ; Simon Halsey, Chorus director.
Recorded in performance, Apr.-May 2002, Grosser Musikvereinssaal, Vienna.
Bärenreiter Urtext Edition, ed. Jonathan del Mar.
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CD 00291p v.5 Symphony no. 9
Hänssler Classic, 2003
Faszination Musik series
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR ; Sir Roger Norrington, conductor ; Gächinger
Kantorei Stuttgart ; Camilla Nylund, soprano ; Iris Vermillion, alto ; Jonas Kaufmann, tenor ;
Franz-Josef Selig, bass.
Recorded live, Sept. 8, 2002 at Beethovensaal, Liederhalle Stuttgart.
http://cinlib.org/MNZBrl
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CD 00291q
Leonard Bernstein, Beethoven, the 9 symphonies (5 discs)
Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 (originally released in 1980)
Wiener Philharmoniker; Leonard Bernstein, conductor; with, in the 9th symphony: Gwyneth
Jones, soprano; Hanna Schwarz, contralto; René Kollo, tenor; Kurt Moll, bass;
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.
Recorded live, Sept. 1977 (5th work), Feb. 1978 (2nd-3rd works), Nov. 1978 (1st, 4th, and
6th-8th works), Grosser Saal, Musikverein, Vienna; and Sept. 1979, Staatsoper, Vienna (9th
work).
http://cinlib.org/SacP4b
CD 03942
The complete symphonies (5 discs, arr. for piano)
Hyperion, 1993
Leslie Howard, piano
Recorded on Dec. 18-19, 1990 (nos. 5, 6); Mar. 16, 1992 (no. 1); Mar. 17, 1992 (no. 8); April
28, 1992 (no. 3); April 28-30, 1992 (nos. 2, 4, 7); Aug. 24-25, 1992 (no. 9).
http://cinlib.org/P8vejo
CD 05312
The Gustav Mahler re-orchestration of Beethoven symphony no. 9
Centaur Records, 1992
Rie Hagiwara, soprano ; Catherine Cook, mezzo-soprano ; Walter Pool, tenor ; Richard Zeller,
bass ; CCM Chorale-Motet ; CCM Chamber Choir ; Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra ;
Gerhard Samuel, conductor.
Recorded Jan. 26-27, 1991, at Corbett Auditorium, College-Conservatory of Music, University
of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
http://cinlib.org/NoxgvV
CD 07127
Historische Aufnahmen = Historic recordings = Enregistrements historiques (6 discs)
Deutsche Grammophon, 1997
Complete Beethoven edition, v.20
Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind, soprano ; Else Jena, contralto ; Erik Sjöberg, tenor ; Holger
Byrding, Bass ; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus ; Fritz Bush, conductor.
Live recording: Copenhagen, Radio Danmark, 7 September 1950.
Tape supplied by Nordisk Polyphon.
http://cinlib.org/NoDEDn
CD 10123
Kubelik : The Otto Klemperer Memorial concert
BBC Music, 2001
BBC Legends series
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik, conductor. With Margaret Price, soprano ;
Yvonne Minton, mezzo-soprano ; Werner Hollweg, tenor ; Norman Bailey, bass ; New
Philharmonia Chorus (2nd work).
Recorded Jan. 14, 1974, Royal Festival Hall, London.
http://cinlib.org/P9qWX0
CD 10730
Complete symphonies. Vol. III : Symphonies nos. 7 & 8 & 9
Supraphon, 2000
Supraphon Archiv series
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ; Paul Kletzki, conductor. In 9th symphony: Ingeborg Wenglor,
soprano ; Annelies Burmeister, contralto ; Martin Ritzmann, tenor ; Rolf Kühne, bass ; Czech
Philharmonic chorus.
Recorded in the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague, in 1967 (Nos. 7 and 8) andin 1964
(No. 9).
http://cinlib.org/TsrU3l
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CD 11424
Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic (10 discs)
New York Philharmonic Special Editions / Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, 2001
Various soloists ; New York Philharmonic ; Kurt Masur, conductor.
Recordings made during concert performances, 1992 to 2001.
See vol. 2 for Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 plus “Kurt Masur talks with Kerry Frumkin
about Beethoven's Missa solemnis and Symphony no. 9”
http://cinlib.org/NqaQbH
CD 11537
Wilhelm Furtwängler (2 discs)
IMG Artists, 2004
Great conductors of the 20th century series (no. 40)
Erna Berger, soprano (in the 2nd work) ; Gertrude Pitzinger, contralto (in the 2nd work) ;
Walther Ludwig, tenor (in the 2nd work) ; Rudolf Watzke, bass (in the 2nd work) ;
Philharmonischer Chor Berlin (in the 2nd work) ; Wiener Philharmoniker (in the 1st work) ;
Berliner Philharmoniker (in the 2nd-3rd works) ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor.
Recorded live Sept. 4, 1953, Herkulessaal, Munich (1st work); May 1, 1937, Queen's Hall,
London (2nd work); Feb. 7, 1944, Staatsoper, Berlin, (3rd work).
http://cinlib.org/QQISZA
CD 11819
The complete Beethoven symphonies (10 discs)
Sony Classical, 2004 (Originally released as Epic BC 1292, BC 1001, BC 1264, BC 1282, BC 1249,
BC 1066, and BSC 112, and Columbia Masterworks MS 6966 and M 30082, 1957-1970.)
Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell, conductor ; with, in Symphony no. 9: Adele Addison,
soprano ; Jane Hobson, mezzo-soprano ; Richard Lewis, tenor ; Donald Bell, baritone ;
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus.
Recorded 1957-1967, in Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio; the 16th-17th works recorded Aug.
25, 1967, London, England.
http://cinlib.org/Sad9Qm
CD 12024
Furtängler conducts Beethoven : a treasury of WWII recordings (4 discs, shelved with
box sets)
Music & Arts, 1999
Tilla Briem, soprano ; Elisabeth Höngen, contralto ; Peter Anders, tenor ; Rudolf Watzke, bass
; Bruno Kittel Choir ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor.
Recorded between Mar. 22, 1942 and Dec. 20, 1944.
http://cinlib.org/Nqjxmd
CD-Classical Orch Beethoven B415s9 2000
Symphony no. 9
HNH International / Naxos of America, Inc., 2000 (first issued in 1929 on Polydor 66657/63 &
Brunswick 90179/85. Transferred from 78s by David Lennick).
Great Conductors series
Lotte Leonard, soprano ; Jenny Sonnenberg, contralto ; Eugen Transky, tenor ; Wilhelm
Guttmann, bass ; Bruno Kittel Choir ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra ; Oscar Fried, conductor.
Recorded in Berlin in 1928.
http://cinlib.org/NheTe9
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CD-Classical Orch Beethoven B415s9 2009
Symphony no. 9
RCA Red Seal / Sony Music, 2009
Christine Oelze, soprano ; Petra Lang, alto ; Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor ; Matthias Goerne,
baritone ; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen ; Deutscher Kammerchor ; Paavo Järvi,
conductor.
Edition Bärenreiter, New Urtext edition.
Recorded August 22-26, 2008 (movements 1-3), December 20-22, 2008 (movement 4) at
Funkhaus, Köpenick, Berlin.
http://cinlib.org/N4irf6
CD-Classical Orch Beethoven B415sm 1998
The complete symphonies (6 discs)
EMI Classics, 1998 (previously released 1986-1988)
Philadelphia Orchestra ; Riccardo Muti, conductor ; with (in Symphony no. 9): Cheryl Studer,
soprano ; Delores Ziegler, mezzo-soprano ; Peter Seiffert, tenor ; James Morris, bass ;
Westminster Choir.
Recorded in Memorial Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, between Oct. 1985 and Apr. 1988.
http://cinlib.org/MNTeUQ
LP Records
SLP 05771d
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125, “Choral.”
Odyssey (1978)
Great Columbia Stereo Recordings series
Cleveland Orchestra; George Szell, conductor; The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus; Robert Shaw,
director; Adele Addison, soprano; Jane Hobson, mezzo-soprano; Richard Lewis, tenor;
Donald Bell, bass.
http://cinlib.org/QpwTOv
S 10043
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 ; piano transcription by Franz Liszt
Musical Heritage Society, 1988
Cyprien Katsaris, piano
Recorded Apr. 1983, Rutgers Church, New York City
http://cinlib.org/P9WEUd
SLPX 00130j
IX. Symphonie. Symphonie Nr. 8 (2 LP’s)
Deutsche Grammophon, 1975
Berliner Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor; with (in no.9) Gundula Janowitz,
soprano; Hilde Rössel-Majdan, alto; Waldemar Kmentt, tenor; Walter Berry, bass; Wiener
Singverein; Reinhold Schmid, chorus master.
http://cinlib.org/RBH7iI
LPX 00557J
Symphonies 1-9
Seraphim, 1986
Wilhelm Furtwängler, conductor, principally with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recorded 1947-1954, principally at the Musikvereinssaal, Wien.
http://cinlib.org/NhlJAg
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SLPX 00557k
Symphonies 1-9 & 10 (1st movt.) ; Overtures (6 LP’s)
Chandos Records, 1989
Josephine Barstow, soprano ; Linda Finnie, contralto ; David Rendall, tenor ; John Tomlinson,
bass ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus ; City of Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra ; Walter Weller, conductor.
Recorded in Birmingham Town Hall June 13, July 3, Aug. 30-Sept. 9, 1988.
http://cinlib.org/MMzJlC
SLPX 02720
Symphonien 5 & 9 (2 LP’s)
Deutsche Grammophon (1984)
Janet Perry, soprano; Agnes Baltsa, contralto; Vinson Cole, tenor; José van Dam, baritone;
Wiener Singverein; Helmuth Froschauer, chorus master (in 2nd work); Berliner
Philharmoniker; Herbert von Karajan, conductor.
http://cinlib.org/NuAElq
Compiled by Steve Kemple, Music Reference Librarian, Popular Library Department, Main Library
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