Joseph Swensen conducts the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine in their performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with an inner fire that grips all those who have attended one of his concerts.

For him it is Beethoven’s ultimate achievement. A celebration of humanity —not the romantic hero, but the truly ordinary individual, musically represented by the chorus. Beethoven begins his epic symphony in the darkness of primordial chaos. The first and second movements are visions of the universe before humanity. The third movement is a celestial dream. The beginning of the finale is our awakening.

Beethoven wanted Ode to Joy to be a melody that all can sing. This chorus, a realization in sound of the ideals of the 18th-century Enlightenment, is neither transcendent, divine, perfect nor impeccable. It is humanity singing of its joy!

01. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso.flac
02. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 II. Molto vivace.flac
03. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 III. Adagio molto e cantabile.flac
04. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 IVa. Presto – Allegro assai.flac
05. Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 IVb. Presto – O Freunde, nicht diese T?ne – Prestissimo.flac
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