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 Beethoven/Wagner: Symphony No 9 / Suzuki, Ogawa, Et Al
Release Date: 11/01/1998 
Label:  Bis   Catalog #: 950   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Noriko OgawaYoshie HidaYuko AnazawaMakoto SakuradaChiyuki Urano

Conductor:  Masaaki Suzuki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bach Collegium Japan

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 7 Mins. 

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This is a real curiosity. There have been many piano arrangements of Beethoven Symphonies, most notably those by the master of the piano reduction, Franz Liszt. But while Liszt's arrangement of the 'Choral Symphony' is for piano alone, here we have a version of the Ninth executed by the teenage Richard Wagner with the orchestra reduced to solo piano but the vocal forces left intact.
Pianist Noriko Ogawa makes the most of youthful Wagner's fanciful recreation in the first three movements. She is then joined by an effective and well-balanced team of soloists who are, in turn, backed by Masaaki Suzuki and his wonderful Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. The Collegium is renowned for their Bach Cantata recordings, and here they light the fires of a one-of-a-kind "Ode to Joy."
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1.  Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Noriko Ogawa (Piano), Yoshie Hida (Soprano), Yuko Anazawa (Alto),
Makoto Sakurada (Tenor), Chiyuki Urano (Bass)
Conductor:  Masaaki Suzuki
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bach Collegium Japan
Period: Classical 
Written: 1822-1824; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 05/1998 
Venue:  Okegawa City Arts Theater, Japan 
Length: 66 Minutes 42 Secs. 
Language: German 
Notes: Arranged: Richard Wagner (1831) 
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Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (arr. R. Wagner)
I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (arr. R. Wagner)
II. Molto vivace
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (arr. R. Wagner)
III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato - Adagio
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral" (arr. R. Wagner)
IV. Finale: Presto - Allegro
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