Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend
Release Date: 27 February 2012
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 608917253320
Genres: Classical Orchestral
Description
This is the fifth and final volume in a cycle of the complete symphonies of Beethoven being released by conductor Jan Willem de Vriend and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. The disc features the composer's 9th Symphony known as the "Choral", and as with previous recordings in the series it is being made available as a hybrid SACD.
Jan Willem de Vriend is the artistic director of Combattimento Consort Amsterdam and since 2006 has been the chief conductor and artistic director of the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. De Vriend has been a guest conductor with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, The Hague Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra is based in province of Overijssel with performs concert series in Enschede, Hengelo, Zwolle and Deventer.
Written in 1824, the Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is Beethoven's final complete symphony. It has come to be known as the "Choral Symphony", and is the first example of a major work of its type to incorporate voices. The words are sung during the final movement by four vocal soloists and a chorus. They were taken from the "Ode to Joy", a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with additions made by the composer.
Personnel: Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend (conductor)
Soloists: Annemarie Kremer (soprano), Wilke te Brummelstroete (alto), Marcel Reijans (tenor), Geert Smits (baritone)
Tracklisting
Narratio Quartet
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
La Sfera Armoniosa, Oscar Verhaar, Mike Fentross
Simona Marchesi, Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi
Ben Kim, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem De Vriend
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend
Consensus Vocalis, Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend
