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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (1977)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (1977)
Genre: Classical
 

     
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All Artists: Ludwig van Beethoven, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, José van Dam, Wiener Singverein
Title: Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 (1977)
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: 10/29/2002
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD
Genre: Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 028947164029

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What a performance!
A. Craig | Grand Junction,CO | 12/26/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This re-issue of a 1977 recording by the soloists chorus and the
Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert von Karajan. It is on a Hybrid
SACD that means it will play in your CD player and most DVD players too. This is a big boned full bodied perfomance recorded for a special occasion. No where
do you get the feeling of it being just another recording of the Ninth. Karajan and company give it their all on this one. The Direct Stream Digital (or DSD) remaster helps the listener hear
the inner parts of the recording and the music as never before and the CD layer sounds great too. And since the price is only a little more than a typical CD it is a great buy. It is interesting that Universal Classics ( DG, Decca and Phillips) have decided to go with the SACD instead of going with DVD-Audio as originally announced. It will be interesting to see what Karajan recordings they issue on SACD next. I understandt that the Mozart Requiem will be one of them. I think Karajan would approve."
The best version of the Ninth
Ken Bailey | Ypsilanti, MI United States | 06/12/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Ninth Symphony represents one of my favorite pieces of classical music. It has inhabited a special place in my heart ever since I watched the Bernstein concert at Brandenberg gate and I have linked that image with the image of the defeat of Communism.
This piece is a multichannel hyrbrid SACD. With the multichannel format you can hear the music filling your living room. You can almost imagine the orchestra pit somewhere in the front of your living room. This is the best format for listening to classical music because you don't lose much of the range of the music. It is awesome."
Very disappointing CD layer
P. SIMPSON | North Yorkshire, United Kingdom | 05/24/2003
(1 out of 5 stars)

"I haven't been able to play the SACD layers of this disc yet, - that has to wait until the planned purchase of an SACD player next year. However, I have played the (16 bit, ordinary) CD layer and it is terrible, - dull, opaque and a far, far worse transfer than any previous CD incarnation of this performance. It's as if DG just tossed it on. Unlike Philips, their Universal classics stable-mates, whose CD layers are high quality, DSD (re)mastered 24 bit (re-)recordings, DG have missed the quality-boat. I, for one, will refuse to buy any further DG SACDs until they announce a change of heart and policy about CD layers on hybrid discs. ONLY buy this if you have an up and running SACD player. DON'T buy this if you're expecting a re-mastered hi-quality stereo CD. Shame on you DG, shame!!"