Music
Ludwig van Beethoven headed for Symphony No. 9 literally his entire life. As early as the 1790s, he had an eye on Ode to Joy, perhaps the most well-known poem by Friedrich Schiller, written on the threshold of the French Revolution (1786). In his mature and, in particular, later years, the deaf composer with an acute ‘hearing vision’ increasingly distanced himself from conventional forms and genres and wrote parts beyond the possibilities of instruments of his day. He nurtured the idea of a symphony with a choir for at least several years. The history of the Ninth’s interpretations includes 200 years of staggering revelations and lingering stagnation. Performed by the musicAeterna orchestra, choir, and guest soloists under the baton of Teodor Currentzis, Beethoven’s opus magnum acquires the original poignancy and energy of a recent discovery.
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نجميّات
John Williams: Live in Vienna
Teodor Currentzis: Utopia
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IMDB 9.1 | Dec , 1977
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
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IMDB 7 | Dec , 1995
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IMDB 5.8 | Oct , 2005
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IMDB 6.9 | Mar , 2005
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IMDB 5.2 | Aug , 2012
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IMDB 8.5 | Feb , 2010
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IMDB 10 | May , 2016
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IMDB 0 | May , 1987
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IMDB 0 | May , 1982
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IMDB 8.2 | Jul , 2020
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IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 1994
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IMDB 0 | Jul , 2015
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IMDB 0 | May , 2011
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Dec , 2023
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IMDB 9.3 | Jun , 2020
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IMDB 10 | Oct , 2022
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