With this album, the American conductor Joseph Swensen presents an interpretation of Beethoven's famous Symphony No. 9. He describes his thoughts on this work as follows: "Beethoven's last symphony and his greatest work is a hymn to the human condition. It is not about the superhuman, romantic hero as embodied by the composer himself, but about the completely normal human being, who is musically represented by the choir. Beethoven described his famous melody in the finale as a melody that anyone can sing. Therefore, the choir in this work is nothing supernatural, heavenly, perfect or flawless. The choir stands for a HIGHER ideal. A down-to-earth ideal. The people! In my opinion, the music Beethoven wrote to this poem allows the symphony orchestra, chorus and soloists to serve as Schiller's megaphone to the world. With every word and every note, he exhorts us to come together in freedom through the most beautiful thing we all cherish and share. Joy." Joseph Swensen conducts the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, accompanied by outstanding vocal soloists: Angelique Boudeville, Anna Bonitatibus, Mauro Peter and Florian Boesch.
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