℗ 2024 Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon, Berlin
| Released | February 23, 2024 |
| Duration | 1h 02m 01s |
| Record Label | Deutsche Grammophon (DG) |
| Genre | Classical |
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Keri-Lynn Wilson
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
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1.1
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I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra |
14:57 | |||
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1.2
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II. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra |
10:13 | |||
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1.3
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III. Adagio molto e cantabile
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra |
13:45 | |||
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1.4
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IVa. Presto
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra |
2:58 | |||
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1.5
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IVb. Allegro assai ("An die Freude" Instrumental)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra |
3:17 | |||
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1.6
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IVc-d. Presto – Recit. O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! – Allegro assai (Sung in Ukrainian)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Olga Kulchynska |
3:24 | |||
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1.7
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IVe-f. Allegro vivace assai. Alla marcia – Chorus. Freude, schöner Götterfunken (Sung in Ukrainian)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Dmytro Popov |
3:57 | |||
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1.8
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IVg. Andante maestoso. Seid umschlungen, Millionen (Sung in Ukrainian)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir |
3:17 | |||
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1.9
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IVh. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato (Sung in Ukrainian)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir |
2:16 | |||
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1.10
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IVi. Allegro ma non tanto. Freude, Tochter aus Elysium (Sung in Ukrainian)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Olga Kulchynska |
2:16 | |||
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1.11
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IVj. Poco Allegro, stringendo – Prestissimo (Sung in Ukrainian)
Ludwig van Beethoven; Friedrich Schiller; Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir |
1:41 | |||
This recording of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s emotionally charged Warsaw performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony captures one of the artistic highlights of 2023. The orchestra was created as a cultural riposte to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Their Beethoven has the unique feature that its text, Schiller’s great poem of freedom “Ode to Joy”, is sung in Ukrainian, indeed it also expresses Schiller’s opening word of “Freude” (Joy) as the Ukrainian word “Slava” (Glory) to electrifying effect in a moving echo of Ukraine’s rallying call of resistance in the face of aggression, Slava Ukraini! (“Glory to Ukraine!").
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Deutsche Grammophon (DG) Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.25 -8.96 to -1.46 | -26.55 -32.89 to -18.51 | -22.70 -30.10 to -14.80 | 13 11 to 16 | |
| 1 | I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso | -3.69 | -27.35 | -23.8 | 16 |
| 2 | II. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto | -6.99 | -29.22 | -25.9 | 14 |
| 3 | III. Adagio molto e cantabile | -8.96 | -32.89 | -30.1 | 16 |
| 4 | IVa. Presto | -8.90 | -30.92 | -27.7 | 14 |
| 5 | IVb. Allegro assai ("An die Freude" Instrumental) | -6.83 | -27.89 | -21.6 | 12 |
| 6 | IVc-d. Presto – Recit. O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! – Allegro assai (Sung in Ukrainian) | -1.88 | -24.35 | -20.3 | 13 |
| 7 | IVe-f. Allegro vivace assai. Alla marcia – Chorus. Freude, schöner Götterfunken (Sung in Ukrainian) | -3.45 | -25.23 | -20.8 | 13 |
| 8 | IVg. Andante maestoso. Seid umschlungen, Millionen (Sung in Ukrainian) | -6.88 | -26.83 | -23.0 | 12 |
| 9 | IVh. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato (Sung in Ukrainian) | -4.12 | -23.20 | -19.6 | 13 |
| 10 | IVi. Allegro ma non tanto. Freude, Tochter aus Elysium (Sung in Ukrainian) | -4.58 | -25.67 | -22.1 | 13 |
| 11 | IVj. Poco Allegro, stringendo – Prestissimo (Sung in Ukrainian) | -1.46 | -18.51 | -14.8 | 11 |