Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral” by Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony, composed 1822. 1,912 recordings in this catalogue, from 1923 to 2024.
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Grand piano · 88 keys
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125 “Choral”: Ode to Joy
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Top Performers
Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra · 174 rec
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Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra · 138 rec
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Conductor · 118 rec
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor · 116 rec
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra · 93 rec
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra · 88 rec
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Orchestra · 73 rec
Raymond Leppard
Conductor · 56 rec
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Period-instrument
John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125: Adagio molto e cantabile
1992 · Archiv Produktion
John Eliot Gardiner leads a period-instrument recording of the Ninth.
Historic
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Berlin Philharmonic
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125: II. Molto vivace
His Master’s Voice
Wilhelm Furtwängler's historic recording of the Ninth.
Recent
Kirill Petrenko, Berlin Philharmonic
Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125: III. Adagio molto e cantabile
Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings
Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the Ninth.
Most reissued recordings
The performances of this work issued on the most albums in the catalogue (compilations left out), at most two per conductor or soloist: a measure of which recordings labels have kept in print, not of quality.
- Alberto Lizzio, Alfred Scholz
on 40 albums
- Herbert von Karajan, Reinhold Schmid, Berlin Philharmonic and 5 more
1962 · on 30 albums
- Leonard Bernstein, Norbert Balatsch, Vienna Philharmonic and 5 more
1979 · on 20 albums
- Herbert von Karajan, Helmuth Froschauer, Peter Schreier and 5 more
1976 · on 19 albums
- Wilhelm Furtwängler, Philharmonia Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and 3 more
1954 · on 11 albums
Recordings (1,912)
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