Celebrate Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in a new and definitive interpretation from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra! Recorded in superb audiophile sound, this release is the eleventh in the highly acclaimed Pittsburgh Live! series on the FRESH! imprint from Reference Recordings. This series has received GRAMMY® Nominations in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Its recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No.5 /Barber Adagio for Strings won the 2018 GRAMMY® Awards for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Classical Album. The album booklet includes Maestro Honeck's meticulous music notes, in which he gives us great insight into his unique interpretation as well as the history and musical structure of Beethoven’s most famous symphony.
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Reviews
Critics’ Choice 2021 – Gil French
American Record Guide – January/February 2022
“A Beethoven’s Ninth of our times.”
Lee Denham – MusicWeb-International.com – 5 April 2021
Performance ***** Recording ****
“… Everything about this performance has heft, from the orchestra to the soloists … the Finale a joyous argy-bargy of conflicting forces, beset with moments of transcendent, expressive beauty.”
Sarah Unwin Jones – BBC Music magazine – April 2021
“… Ultimately, then, this last movement proves a lackluster capstone to an otherwise largely agreeable Beethoven Nine. Reference Recording’s sonics are excellent as ever and Honeck provides an explication of his views on the piece for the liner notes. They’re intriguing to consider – even if the musical results don’t always bear him out.”
Jonathan Blumhofer – the artsfuse.org – 27 February 2021
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