I waited a very long time to record the Beethoven symphonies, said Daniel Barenboim when this cycle was first released in 2000. "I waited for the music to mature in me - or me in it - and to find an orchestra that not only did what I asked it to do, but which really felt every detail in the music exactly as I did at the moment we were playing it. This is the greatest joy that a conductor can have." This is the second set of 3LPs, after the first one released in May (Symphonies 3-5); these recordings are released for the very first time on vinyl.
Track List
1.1 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace
1.2 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
1.3 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: III. Presto - Assai meno presto
1.4 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio
1.5 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
1.6 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace - Presto
1.7 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato
1.8 Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto - "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" (Ode to Joy)
