Beethoven Symphony No 9 - Furtwängler's Immortal Lucerne Festival Performance [22/08/1954]

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor op. 125 "Choral"
Furtwängler's Immortal Lucerne Festival Performance

01 Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso [18:05]
02 Molto vivace [12:09]
03 Adagio e cantabile - Andante moderato [19:41]
04 Presto - Allegro assai [25:19]

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano
Elsa Cavelti, alto
Ernst Häfliger, tenor
Otto Edelmann, bass
Lucerne Festival Choir directed by Albert Jenny
Philharmonia Orchestra London
conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler

Recorded live at the Lucerne Festival, Switzerland, 22nd August 1954

Restoration notes-

A most fantastic recording to begin with, I re-equalised the audio to give a more natural sound and used some careful and light digital noise reduction to help control the hiss. Apart from that, nothing major restoration wise was required. A true delight from a sonic point of view, and perhaps musically one of the most important recordings of the 20th century

Audio Restored and Remastered by Rudolf Ondrich, 2012

A release by Legendary Recordings, Brisbane, Australia