Symphony No. 9 in d-moll for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra `Ode an die Freude` (1822-24), op.125 - Beethoven, Ludwig van

1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
2. Molto vivace
3. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
4. Finale. Presto - Allegro assai - Rezitativo - Allegro assai

	Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Symphony No. 9 in d-moll for Soloists, Choir and Orchestra `Ode an die Freude` (1822-24), op.125 Download Sheet Music 1. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 2. Molto vivace 3. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato 4. Finale. Presto - Allegro assai - Rezitativo - Allegro assai Show records by: listenings count \| performer's rating \| alphabetical Claudio Abbado (conductor) , Mariana Lipovshek (mezzo-soprano), Hermann Prey (baritone), Gosta Winbergh (Tenor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Choir March 1986, Vienne. (93) Claudio Abbado (conductor) , Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor), Anna Larsson (contralto), Lucerne Festival Orchestra Melanie Diener - soprano, Anna Larsson - mezzo soprano, Jonas Kaufmann - tenor, Reinhard Hagen - bass. Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado - conductor. 11 August 2008, Kultur- und kongresszentrum, Luzern. (8) Claudio Abbado (conductor) , Violeta Urmana , Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker Recorded: April/May 2000, Berlin. (9) Hermann Abendroth (conductor) Soloists: Tiia Briem (soprano), Diana Eustrati (alto), Ludwig Suthaus (tenor) and Karl Paul (bass). Choir of the State Opera House. Sinfonieorchester Berlin des ``staatlichen Rundfunkkomitees``. Recorded live December 31, 1950, in the Berlin Broadcasting House. (6) Ernest Ansermet (conductor) , Joan Sutherland (soprano), Anton Dermota (tenor), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) Norma Procter - mezzo soprano, Arnold van Mill - bass. Choeur du Brassus. Choeur des Jeunes de l’Église National de Vandoise. Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland, April 1959. (4) Karl Böhm (conductor) , Gwineth Jones (soprano), Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo-soprano), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Choir Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor Choir. Jess Thomas - tenor. Recording: 1972, Misikverein, Wien. (6) Karl Böhm (conductor) , Jessye Norman (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Placido Domingo (tenor), Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Choir Walter Berry - bass. (8) Karl Böhm (conductor) , Elizabeth Hoengen (mezzo-soprano), Margarete Teschemacher (soprano), Staatskapelle Dresden, Sachsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden Torsten Ralf - tenor, Josef Herrmann - baritone. 1941. (2) Karl Böhm (conductor) , Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Grace Bumbry (mezzo-soprano), Jess Thomas (tenor), Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Live - 1963 - Bayreuth Festival - George London (Bass) - Bayreuth Festival Chorus (2) Daniel Barenboim (conductor) , West-Eastern Divan Orchestra 27.07.2012. London`s Royal Albert Hall. Anna Samuil - soprano, Waltraud Meier - mezzo-soprano, Michael Kö (3) Enrique Batiz (conductor) , Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México Chorus of the Symphony Orchestra of the State of Mexico (3) Thomas Beecham (conductor) , Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), Kim Borg (bass), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Live - 19 August 1956 - Edinburgh - with Sylvia Fisher (Soprano) - Edinburgh Festival Choir (2) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) , Martina Arroyo (soprano), New York Philharmonic Regina Sarfaty - mezzo-soprano, Nicholas Di Virgilio - tenor, Norman Scott - bass. The Juilliard Chorus. Recorded: May 18, 1964, New York. (15) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) , Gwineth Jones (soprano), Rene Kollo (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass), Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Choir Yanna Schwarz - contralto. Recorded: September 1979, Vienna. (9) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) , June Anderson (soprano), Sarah Walker (soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir Symphonieorchester des Bayerisches Rundfunks and members of Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra of the Leningrad Kirov Theatre, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic and Orchestre de Paris. December 25, 1989, Berlin. (3) Leonard Bernstein (conductor) , Lucia Popp (soprano), Wieslaw Ochman (tenor), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague philharmonic choir Recorded: June 23, 1990, Prague. (4) Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) , Marga Schiml (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Staatskapelle Dresden, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig Soprano – Helena Döse. Recorded: April 9-11, 1979 & March 31, 1980, Dresden. (8) Herbert Blomstedt (conductor) , Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Simona Saturova - soprano, Mihoko Fujimura - mezzo-soprano, Christian Elsner - tenor, Christian Gerhaher - bass. Recorded: December 2015, Leipzig. (2) Frans Bruggen (conductor) , Lynne Dawson (soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century Soloists: Jard van Nes, Eike Wilm Schulte / Choir – Gulbenkian Choir, Lisbon. Nov. 1992. (2) Fritz Busch (conductor) , Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind - soprano, Else Jena - contralto, Erik Sjoberg - tenor, Holger Byrding - bass. Recorded: September 7, 1950, Copenhagen. (1) Sylvain Cambreling (conductor) , SWR Symphonieorchester Bavarian Radio Chorus, SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling - conductor. Graf Zeppelin Haus, Friedrichshafen, 17 December 2010. (0) Sergiu Celibidache (conductor) , Helen Donath (soprano), Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Münchner Philharmoniker Doris Soffel, Peter Lika. Philharmonischer Chor Munchen. (6) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) , Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra Mari Midorikawa - soprano, Naoko Sakaguchi - alto, Hiroyuki Yoshida - tenor, Albert Dohmen - baritone. Tokyo Opera Singers. 2002-2004. (0) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) , Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Kathleen Kim - soprano, Songmi Yang - mezzo-soprano, Yosep Kang - tenor, Samuel Youn - bass-baritone. The National Chorus of Korea. Seoul Motet Choir. Anyang Civic Chorale. Recorded: December 28-29, 2012, Seoul. (0) Myung-Whun Chung (conductor) , Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France Choeur de Radio France, Ricarda Merbeth - soprano, Sophie Koch - mezzo-soprano, Robert Dean Smith - ténor, Samuel Youn - baryton-basse. July 16, 2017, Paris. (1) André Cluytens (conductor) , Berliner Philharmoniker Gre Brouwestijn - soprano, Kerstin Meyer - contralto, Frederick Guthrie - bass. Recorded: December 10-17, 1957, Berlin. (2) Albert Coats (conductor) , Frank Webster (Tenor), Edna Thornton (Contralto) 24/29 October, 7/8 November 1923 - In English - June Adele Salteni-Mochi (Soprano), Edna Thornton, Nellie Walker (Mezzos), Frank Webster (Tenor), George Bake (Bass) - Orchestra and Chorus unknown (2) Theodor Currentzis (conductor) , Raina Kabaivanska (soprano), Sophie Harmsen (mezzo-soprano), musicAeterna orchestra (Perm) Athens Concert Hall Megaron (0) Colin Davis (conductor) , Staatskapelle Dresden Soprano – Sharon Sweet, contralto – Jadwiga Rappé, tenor – Paul Frey, bass-baritone – Franz Grundheber. Staatsopernchor Dresden. Recorded: July 1993, Dresden. (3) Colin Davis (conductor) , Helen Donath (soprano), Klaus Koenig (Tenor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Trudeliese Schmidt - mezzo-soprano, Simon Estes - bass. Josef Schmidhuber - chorus master. Recorded: July 1985, Munich. (0) Srba Dinic (conductor) , Stevan Karanac (tenor), Radio Television Serbia Symphony Orchestra (RTS), Serbian Radio-Television Choir (RTS) Sonja Š (1) Christoph von Dohnányi (conductor) , Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Cleveland Orchestra Soprano - Carol Vaness, mezzo-soprano - Janice Taylor. The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Chorus master - Robert Page. Recorded: October 18-19, 1985, Cleveland. (2) Antal Doráti (conductor) , Roberta Alexander (soprano), Jard van Nes (mezzo-soprano), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Bass - Léonard Mroz. Chorus of the Concertgebouworkestra. Recorded: April 28, 1985, Amsterdam (live). (2) Bela Drahos (conductor) , Nikolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia (Budapest) Hasmik PAPIAN (soprano); Ruxandra DONOSE (mezzo-soprano); Manfred FINK (tenor); Claudio OTELLI (bass-baritone); Nicolas Esterhazy Chorus. Recorded at the Italian Institute, Budapest, August 1996. (2) Christoph Eschenbach (conductor) , Larissa Dyadkova (mezzo-soprano), Russian National Orchestra, Sveshnikov State Russian Choir 27.03.2011, Moscow. (2) Vladimir Fedoseev (conductor) , Nadezhda Krasnaya (soprano), Olga Buzina , Konstantin Lisovsky (tenor), The USSR All-Union Radio & Central Television Grand Symphony Orchestra, The Latvian SSR State Academic Choir 1983. Anatoly Safulin (bass). (3) Janos Ferencsik (conductor) , Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra Eva Andor - soprano, Marta Szirmay - mezzo-soprano, Gyorgy Korondi - tenor, Sandor Solyom-Nagy - baritone. Recorded: June 4, 1974, Budapest. (1) Ferenc Fricsay (conductor) , Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Maureen Forrester (contralto), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker Ernst Haefliger - tenor. Chor d. St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale. 1957. (8) Oskar Fried (conductor) , Berlin State Opera Orchestra 1928 or 1929. (2) Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Otto Edelmann (bass-baritone), Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Elisabeth Höngen - soprano, Hans Hopf - tenor, Bayreuth, 29.07.1951 (14) Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) , Elizabeth Hoengen (mezzo-soprano), Peter Anders (tenore), Berliner Philharmoniker Tilla Briem - soprano, Rudolf Watzke - bass. Bruno Kittel Choir. Recorded: March 22, 1942. (32) Wilhelm Furtwängler (conductor) , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra Elsa Cavelti - mezzo-soprano, Ernst Haefliger - tenor, Otto Edelmann - bass. Lucerne Festival Chorus. Recorded at Lucerne Festival, August 22, 1954. (6) John Elliot Gardiner (conductor) , Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir Gilles Cachemaille - bass. Recorded: October 1992, London. (14) Michael Gielen (conductor) , SWR Symphonieorchester (1) Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor) , Robert Tear (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra Sheila Armstrong - soprano, Anna Reynolds - contralto. Recorded: November 1972. (1) Bernard Haitink (conductor) , Gerald Finley (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra Twyla Robinson, Karen Cargill, John Mac Master. Recorded: November 16-17, 2005, London. (1) Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) , Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Arnold Schоеnberg-Chor Charlotte Margiono - soprano, Birgit Remmert - contralto, Rudolf Schasching - tenor, Robert Holl - bass. Arnold Schoenberg Chor (Erwin Ortner - chorus master). Recorded: Stefaniensaal, Graz, 21 June 1991. (21) Philippe Herreweghe (conductor) , Collegium Vocale Gent, La Chapelle Royale Melanie Diener - soprano, Petra Lang - mezzo-soprano, Endrik Wottrich - tenor, Dietrich Henschel - bass. Orchestre des Champs-Élysées. Recorded: October 1998, France. (2) Christopher Hogwood (conductor) , Academy of Ancient Music (Cambridge, England) 1997 (0) Manfred Honeck (conductor) , Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra 2021 Reference Recordings, (Live) · Christina Landshamer · Jennifer Johnson Cano · Werner Gü (1) Jascha Horenstein (conductor) , Wilma Lipp (soprano), Elizabeth Hoengen (mezzo-soprano), Julius Patzak (tenor), Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. Otto Wiener - bass. 1956. (3) Jos van Immerseel (conductor) , Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Orchestra `Anima Eterna` (Brugge) Soprano – Anna-Kristiina Kaappola, bass – Thomas Bauer. Recorded: April 17-20, 2007, Brugge. (1) Konstantin Ivanov (conductor) On russian. December 12, 1972, Moscow. (5) Paavo Järvi (conductor) , Petra Lang (mezzo-soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), German Chamber Philharmonic of Bremen Christiane Oelze - soprano, Klaus Florian Vogt - tenor. Deutscher Kammerchor. August & December 2008, Berlin. (1) Marek Janowski (conductor) , Wiebke Lehmkul (mezzo-soprano), Christian Elsner (tenor), Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln Regine Hangler - soprano (1) Mariss Jansons (conductor) , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons - conductor. 30 Oktober 2009. (3) Mariss Jansons (conductor) , Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Robert Dean Smith (Tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Live - 25 December 2006 - with Marianne Cornetti - Netherlands Radio Chorus (1) Eugen Jochum (conductor) , Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Robert Holl (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, The London Symphony Chorus Stuart Burrows - tenor. Recorded: February 27 - March 1, 1978, London. (2) Eugen Jochum (conductor) , Gertrude Pitzinger (mezzo-soprano), Walther Ludwig (tenor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir Recorded: November 24-26, 29 & December 1-2, 1952. (1) Eugen Jochum (conductor) , Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Netherlands Radio Chorus WITH: Liselotte Rebmann - soprano, Anna Reynolds - contralto, Anton de Ridder - tenor, Gerd Feldhoff - bass. Released in 1969. (1) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) , Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB), Rundfunkchor Berlin Iwona Sobotka - Sopran, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya - Alt, David Butt Philip - Tenor, Paul Gay - Bass. 30.12.2018, Konzerthaus Berlin (4) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Walter Berry (baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker Hilde Rossel-Majdan - contralto. Wiener Singverein. Recorded: October/November 1962, Berlin. (28) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Jose van Dam (bass baryton), Berliner Philharmoniker Janet Perry - soprano, Vison Cole - tenor. Wiener Singverien. Recording: 9/ 1983. (8) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Leontyne Price (soprano), Maureen Forrester (contralto), Leopold Simoneau (tenor), New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir Norman Scott - bass. Rec.: 22.11.1958, New York. (3) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Walter Berry (baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Jess Thomas, Walter Berry. Live - 1 January 1968. (0) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Jose van Dam (bass baryton), Berliner Philharmoniker Anna Tomowa-Sintow - Sopranо. Wiener Singverein Einstudierung: Helmut Froschauer. 1977. (10) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Marga Hoffgen (сontralto), Philharmonia Orchestra Marga Höffgen, Ernst Haefliger, Otto Edelmann. Chor der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna. Recorded: July 24-29, 1955, Vienna. (3) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Julius Patzak (tenor), Hans Hotter (bas-baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker Elisabeth Höngen - contralto. Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Recorded: Großer Musikvereinsaal, Vienna, November 3-5, 1947. (1) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Lella Cuberli (soprano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Berliner Philharmoniker 1986 09 21-28, Philharmonie, Berlin, SONY DVD Lella Cuberli, Soprano, Helga Mü (3) Herbert von Karajan (conductor) , Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Sieglinde Wagner (contralto), Otto Wiener (bass baritone), Berliner Philharmoniker Luigi Alva, Tenor Live 16.10.1963 Philharmonie, Berlin (0) Herbert Kegel (conductor) , Hermann Christian Polster (bass), MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger (S), Rosemarie Lang (A), Dieter Schwartner (T), Hermann Christian Polster (Bs). Live recording in 1987. (1) Rudolf Kempe (conductor) , Münchner Philharmoniker MUNICH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. Taken from a LP recorded by EMI (England) and released in 1974. (1) Erich Kleiber (conductor) , Hilde Gueden (soprano), Anton Dermota (tenor), Ludwig Weber , Wiener Philharmoniker Sieglinde Wagner - mezzo-soprano. 1952. (0) Otto Klemperer (conductor) , Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Waldemar Kmentt (tenor), Hans Hotter (bas-baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra Aase Nordmo Lovberg - soprano. Philharmonia Chorus (Wilhelm Pitz). Recorded: October/November 1957, London. (0) Paul Kletzki (conductor) , Czech Philharmonic Orchestra CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA and Choir. Ingeborg WENGLOR - soprano, Annelies BURMEISTER - mezzo-soprano, Martin RITZMANN - tenor, Rolf KÜHNE - bass. Recorded in Prague, 1964. (2) Franz Konwitschny , Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (tenor), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Ingeborg Wenglor - soprano, Ursula Zollenkopf - contralto. 1961. (1) Serge Koussevitzky (conductor) , Orchestre National de France (ORTF) Choir and orchestra ORTF. Dir. S.Koussevitsky. Jeanine Michaud, Solange Michel, Georges Jouatt, Charles Cambon. Paris, 1950 (live), July 26 (?). In FRENCH. (1) Jozef Krips (conductor) , Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Shirley Verrett (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra Rudolf Petrak - tenor, Donaldson Bell - bass. BBC Chorus. (0) Emmanuel Krivine (сonductor) , La Chambre Philharmonique Sinead Mulhern - soprano, Carolin Masur - mezzo-soprano, Dominik Wortig - tenor, Konstantin Wolff - bass-baritone. Les Elements Chamber Choir. Recorded: June 2009, Paris. (3) Rafael Kubelik (conductor) , Helen Donath (soprano), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir Wieslaw Ochman - tenore, Thomas Stewart - bass. Heinz Mende - chorus master. Recorded: January 1975, Munich. (0) Rafael Kubelik (conductor) , Helen Donath (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Choir Hans Sotin - bass. May 14, 1982, Munich (live). (1) Rafael Kubelik (conductor) , Margaret Price (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra January 14, 1974, London. (0) Vitaliy Kutsenko (conductor) May 20, 2012. (1) René Leibowitz (conductor) , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Beecham Choral Society. Inge Borkh - soprano, Ruth Siewert - contralto, Richard Lewis - tenor, Ludwig Weber - bass. Recorded in June 1961. (1) Erich Leinsdorf (conductor) , Placido Domingo (tenor), Boston Symphony Orchestra 1969. (1) Raymond Leppard (conductor) , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Gilian Webster - soprano, Catherine Wyn-Rogers - contralto, Martin Hill - tenor, Robery Hayward - bass. Ambrosian Singers. Recorded: November 1994, London. (0) Alain Lombard (conductor) , Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine (0) Leopold Ludwig (conductor) , Marlies Siemeling (Soprano), Gisela Litz (Contralto), Ludwig Suthaus (tenor), Berliner Symphoniker 1960 - with Ernst Wiemann (Bass) - St Hedwig Cathedral Choir (0) Lorin Maazel (conductor) , Lucia Popp (soprano), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Cleveland Orchestra Martti Talvela - bass. Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (chorusmaster - Robert Page). Recorded: October 13-15, 1978, Cleveland. (3) Lorin Maazel (conductor) , Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Orchestra dell`Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Elizabeth Connell, Agnes Baltsa, Wieslaw Ochman, Franz Grundheber. Santa Cecilia Rome, 25 September 1984 (Live). (1) Charles Mackerras (conductor) , Janice Watson (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra Recorded: September 1, 2006, Edinburgh (live). (2) Klaus Makela (conductor) , Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra Oslo Concert Hall on 4th January 2019 (1) Igor Markevitch (conductor) , Hilde Gueden (soprano), Aafje Heynis , Orchestre Lamoureux (3) Neville Marriner (conductor) , Karita Mattila (soprano), Anne-Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Bass – Samuel Ramey. Chorus Master – Laszlo Heltay. Recorded: April 1989, London. (0) Kurt Masur (conductor) , Peter Schreier (tenor), Theo Adam (bass-baritone), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig Anna Tomowa-Sintow - soprano, Annelis Burmeister - mezzo-soprano. Runfunkchor Leipzig - Runfunkchor Berlin. Recorded: January 1974, Leipzig. (1) Zubin Mehta (conductor) , Margaret Price (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), New York Philharmonic Matti Salminen - bass. New York Choral Artists. Recorded Live February 2, 1983 in Avery Fisher Hall, New York City (USA). (0) Carl Melles (conductor) , Staatsorchester Braunschweig Johanna Cortés - oprano, Michelle Breedt - contralto, Norbert Orth - tenor, Franz Grundheber - bass. Chor & Extrachor des Staatstheaters Braunschweig (Jari Hämäläinen - chorusmaster). Studiochor Braunschweig (Manfred Erhorn - chorusmaster). Sine Nomine Chor Braunschweig (Agnes Kauer - chorusmaster). (0) Willem Mengelberg (conductor) , Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra May 2, 1940 (live). (5) Willem Mengelberg (conductor) , To van der Sluys (soprano), Suze Luger (mezzo-soprano), Willem Ravelli (Bass Baritone), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Live - 31 May 1938 - with Louis van Tulder (Tenor) - Amsterdam Toonkunstkoor, Kokinklijn Oratorium Koor (1) Pierre Monteux (conductor) , Elisabeth Anna Söderström (soprano), Regina Resnik (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra London Bach Choir with: Elisabeth Söederström (soprano), Regina Resnik (contralto), Jon Vickers (tenor), David Ward (bass). Recorded in June 1962. (2) Pierre Monteux (conductor) , Josef Greindl (bass), Helene Bouvier (mezzo), Orchestre National de France (ORTF) Maria Stader - soprano, Helene Bouvier - mezzo-soprano, Libero de Luca - tenor. November 6-8, 1958, Paris. (0) Wyn Morris (conductor) , Della Jones (mezzo-soprano), Gwynne Howell (bass), London Symphony Orchestra Alison Hargen - soprano, David Rendell - tenor. 1988. (0) Charles Munch (conductor) , Leontyne Price (soprano), Maureen Forrester (contralto) David Poleri - tenor, Ciorgio Tozzi - bass. New England Concervatory Chorus. Recorded at Symphony Hall, 21 & 22 December 1958. (2) Riccardo Muti (conductor) , Cheryl Studer (soprano), Philadelphia Orchestra Delores Ziegler - mezzo-soprano, Peter Seiffert - tenor, James Morris - bass. April 1988. (4) Kent Nagano (conductor) , Mikhail Petrenko (bass), Montreal Symphony Orchestra Erin Wall - soprano, Mihoko Fujimura - mezzo-soprano, Simon O`Neill - tenor. OSM Chorus. Tafelmusik Chamber Choir. Recording: September 2011, Maison symphonique de Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Canada. (1) Vaclav Neumann (conductor) , Vera Soukupova (mezzo-soprano), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague philharmonic choir Jarmila Smickova - soprano, Vilem Pribyl - tenor, Richard Novak - baritone. December 3, 1976, Tokyo (live). (0) Roger Norrington (conductor) , Yvonne Kenny (sopano), Sarah Walker (soprano), The London Classical Players Patrick Power - tenor, Petteri Salomaa - bass. The Schuetz Choir of London. Recorded: February 1987, London. (3) Noriko Ogawa (piano) [arrangement for piano by Richard Wagner] Noriko Ogawa - piano : Bach Collegium Japan / Masaaki Suzuki (4) Eugene Ormandy (conductor) , Philadelphia Orchestra Mormon tabernacle choir - Richard P. Condie. Lucine Amara - soprano, Lilli Chookaskian - contralto, John Alexander - tenor, John Macurdy - bass. September 5-29, 1964. (0) Andres Orozco-Estrada (conductor) , Gerhild Romberger (alto), Nathan Berg (bariton), Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig Alte Oper Frankfurt, 17. April 2016 (0) Kirill Petrenko (conductor) , Marlis Petersen (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Berliner Philharmoniker September 2019, Marlis Petersen, Elisabeth Kulman, Benjamin Bruns (tenor), Kwangchui Youn (bass), Rundfunkchor Berlin, Gijs Leenaars (chormaster) (3) Mikhail Pletnev (conductor) , Marianna Tarasova (mezzo-soprano), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Russian National Orchestra Angela Denoke, Endrik Wottrich. The Moscow State Chamber Choir. Recorded: June-July 2006, Moscow. (14) Simon Rattle (conductor) , Barbara Bonney (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), Wiener Philharmoniker Birgit Remmert - mezzo-soprano, Kurt Streit - tenor. City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus. Recorded: May 12, 2002, Vienna. (0) Simon Rattle (conductor) , Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin Annette Dasch - soprano, Eva Vogel - contralto, Christian Elsner - tenor, Dimitry Ivashchenko - bass. Recorded: October 10 & 16, 2015, Berlin. (1) Fritz Reiner (conductor) , Chicago Symphony Orchestra Curtin, Kopleff, McCollum, Gramm. May 1-2, 1961. (3) François-Xavier Roth (conductor) , BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Francois-Xavier Roth / 20 Oct. 2007 (0) Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) , Ingeborg Danz (сontralto), Kolner Rundfunk-Sinfonie Orchester, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig Laura Aikin - Soprano (0) Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) , Margaret Price (soprano), Mariana Lipovshek (mezzo-soprano), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Bass), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra December 1992 - with Peter Seiffert - Stadtischer Musikverein zu Dusseldorf Chorus (0) Hermann Scherchen (conductor) , Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Magda Laszlo - soprano, Hilde Rössel-Majdan - mezzo-soprano, Petre Munteanu - tenor, Richard Standen - bass. Recorded: September 1953. (2) Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor) , Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Jemes King (tenor), Wiener Philharmoniker Marty Talvela - bass. Recording - December 1965, Vienna. (1) Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor) , Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Ludwig Weber , NDR Sinfonieorchester Maria von Ilosvay - alt, Walter Ludwig - tenor. December 20-22, 1951. (1) Carl Schuricht (conductor) , Wilma Lipp (soprano), Marga Hoffgen (сontralto), Orchestre de la Societe des concerts du Conservatoire Murray Dickie (1924-1995) - tenor, Gottlob Frick (1906-1994) - bass. Choeurs Elisabeth Brasseur. Recorded: 27-29 & 31 May 1958, Salle Wagram, Paris. (0) Carl Schuricht (conductor) , Maria Stader (soprano), Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Recorded: September 13, 1961, Stuttgart. Red. by Schuricht. (1) Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor) , Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Bavarian Radio Choir Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Annette Dasch - soprano, Daniela Sindram - mezzo-soprano, Christian Elsner - tenor, Georg Gläser - bass. Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Recorded May 23-26, 2005, Krongresshalle Saarbrücken, Germany. (0) Georg Solti (conductor) , Pilar Lorengar (soprano), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Burrows (tenor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra Martti Talvela - bass. Recorded: May 1972, Chicago. (5) Georg Solti (conductor) , Jessye Norman (soprano), Chicago Symphony Orchestra Reinhild Runkel, Robert Schunk, Hans Sotin. Chicago Symphony Chorus. Recorded September/October 1986, in Chicago. (1) William Steinberg (conductor) , Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Ella Lee - soprano, Joanna Simon - mezzo-soprano, Richard Kness - tenor, Thomas Paul - bass. Recorded: April 4 & 8, 1966, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, Pittsburgh (USA). (1) Leopold Stokowski (conductor) , Philadelphia Orchestra April 30, 1934. (0) Leopold Stokowski (conductor) , Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano), London Symphony Orchestra September 1967. (1) George Szell (conductor) , Robert Shaw (conductor), Cleveland Orchestra April - 21-22, 1961. (0) George Szell (conductor) , Heather Harper (soprano), Janet Baker (contralto), Franz Crass (Bass-bariton), New Philharmonia Orchestra Ronald Dowd - tenor. New Philharmonia Chorus. November 12, 1968, London. (0) Klaus Tennstedt (conductor) , Lucia Popp (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe-Johnson (tenor), London Philharmonic Orchestra Rene Pape - bass. London Philharmonic Choir. Chorus master - Jeremy Jackman. October 8, 1992, London. (0) Klaus Tennstedt (conductor) , Robert Tear (tenor), Gwynne Howell (bass), Alfreda Hodgson (сontralto), London Philharmonic Orchestra September 13, 1985, London. (0) Christian Thielemann (conductor) , Wiener Philharmoniker Recorded: April 2010. (0) Peter Tiboris (Conductor) Orchestrated by Gustav Mahler, version 1895.Ilene Sameth (Alto), James Clark (Tenor), Richard Conant (Bass), Leah Anne Meyers (Soprano).Janá (0) Arthuro Toscanini (conductor) , Eileen Farrell (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo-soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), NBC Symphony Orchestra Chorus master - Robert Show. 1952. (10) Arthuro Toscanini (conductor) , Ezio Pinza (basso), Charles Kullman (Tenor), NBC Symphony Orchestra Rosa Tentoni, Rose Bampton, Charles Kullman, Ezio Pinza. Schola Cantorum of New York (Chorus Master - Hugh C. M. Ross). Recorded: March 8, 1936, New York. (1) Arthuro Toscanini (conductor) , Jarmila Novotna (soprano), Kerstin Thorborg (mezzo-soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), NBC Symphony Orchestra Live - 1944 - with Nicola Moscona - Westminster Choir (2) Osmo Vanska (conductor) , Minnesota Orchestra Helena Juntunen - soprano, Katarina Karneus - mezzo-soprano, Daniel Norman - tenor, Neal Davies - bass-baritone. The Minnesota Chorale. Recorded: January 2006, Minneapolis. (5) Bruno Walter (conductor) , New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir Frances Yeend - soprano, Martha Lipton - contralto, David Lloyd - tenor, Mack Harrell - bass. April 16, 1949 & March 7, 1953, New York. (6) Bruno Walter (conductor) , Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir Emilia Cundari - soprano, Nell Rankin - mezzo-soprano, Albert Da Costa - tenor, William Wilderman - baritone. Warren Martin - chorus master. Recording: Hollywood, California, January 19, 21, 26, 29 & 31, 1959 and New York City, April 6 & 15, 1959. (10) Bruno Walter (conductor) , Kathleen Mary Ferrier (contralto), London Philharmonic Orchestra Isobel Baillie - soprano, Heddle Nash - tenor, William Parsons - baritone. November 1947, London. (3) Günter Wand (conductor) , Teresa Stich-Randall (soprano), Gürzenich Orchester Köln Lore Fischer - contralto, Ferdinand Koch - tenor, Rudolf Watzke - baritone. Recorded: October 10, 1955, Cologne. (3) Günter Wand (conductor) , NDR Sinfonieorchester Edith Wiens (Sopran), Hildegard Hartwig (Alt), Keith Lewis (Tenor), Roland Hermnann (Bass), Chor der Hamburgischen Staatsoper, Chor des NDR. Recorded: May/June 1986. (4) Bruno Weil (conductor) , Ivars Taurins (conductor), Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir 2016, Koerner Hall, The Royal Conservatory, Toronto // Sigrid Plundrich (soprano), Mary-Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano), Colin Balzer (tenor), Simon Tischler (baritone) (1) Felix Weingartner (conductor) , Luise Helletsgruber (soprano), Rosette Anday (mezzo-soprano), Richard Mayr (Bass), Wiener Philharmoniker, Vienna State Opera Choir Recorded: February 2-5, 1935. (2) Felix Weingartner (conductor) , Miriam Licette (Soprano), Muriel Brunskill (contralto), Harold Williams (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra 16/17 March 1926 - In English - with Hubert Eisdell (Tenor) - London Symphony Chorus (2) David Zinman (conductor) , Ruth Ziesak (soprano), Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich Schweizer Kammerchor. Fritz Naf - choirmaster. Birgit Remmert - contralto, Steve Davislim - tenor, Detlef Roth - bass. Recorded: December 12-14, 1998, Zuerich. (1) Jaap van Zweden (conductor) , Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Hilversum) Geraldine McGreevy - soprano, Maria Radner - contralto, Toby Spence - tenor, Ain Anger - bass. August 23, 2009, Amsterdam. (2)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)