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Ode To Freedom

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2072038

Ode To Freedom

Recorded at the Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 25 December 1989

Beethoven:

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'

June Anderson (soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Klaus König (tenor) & Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Rundfunkchor Berlin Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Members of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchestra of the Kirov Theatre, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Leonard Bernstein

Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish

The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 1989 unleashed a wave of democratisation in Central and Eastern Europe that radically transformed the world order. In a typically grandiose yet eloquent gesture, Leonard Bernstein spontaneously accepted an invitation to conduct a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony to celebrate this freedom