Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Keri-Lynn Wilson – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Keri-Lynn Wilson – Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:01 minutes | 1,09 GB | Genre: Classical
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This recording of the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra’s emotionally charged performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Warsaw captures one of the artistic highlights of 2023. The orchestra was founded as a cultural backlash against Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. Their Beethoven has the special feature that the text of Schiller’s great freedom poem “Ode to Joy” is sung in Ukrainian. Schiller’s opening word “Freude” (joy) is exchanged for the Ukrainian word “Slava” (glory), which conveys an electrifying effect in the moving echo of Ukraine’s joint call for resistance in the face of aggression, Slava Ukraini! (“Glory to Ukraine!”).

Tracklist:

1-01. Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso (14:56)
1-02. Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: II. Scherzo. Molto vivace – Presto (10:12)
1-03. Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: III. Adagio molto e cantabile (13:45)
1-04. Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IVa. Presto (02:57)
1-05. Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IVb. Allegro assai (“An die Freude” Instrumental) (03:17)
1-06. Olga Kulchynska – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IVc-d. Presto – Recit. O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! – Allegro assai (Sung in Ukrainian) (03:23)
1-07. Dmytro Popov – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IVe-f. Allegro vivace assai. Alla marcia – Chorus. Freude, schöner Götterfunken (Sung in Ukrainian) (03:57)
1-08. Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IVg. Andante maestoso. Seid umschlungen, Millionen (Sung in Ukrainian) (03:17)
1-09. Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IVh. Allegro energico, sempre ben marcato (Sung in Ukrainian) (02:15)
1-10. Olga Kulchynska – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IVi. Allegro ma non tanto. Freude, Tochter aus Elysium (Sung in Ukrainian) (02:15)
1-11. Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Choir – Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 “Choral”: IVj. Poco Allegro, stringendo – Prestissimo (Sung in Ukrainian) (01:40)

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