Ashkenazy - Beethoven - Choral Fantasy

More info on the Choral Fantasy including the words by the poet Christopher Kuffner and examples of the score at -



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choral_Fantasy_(Beethoven)






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I have not seen The Choral Fantasy as a torrent anywhere so I thought you guys might like to listen to it. Written in 1808 it is clearly the forerunner to the Ninth Symphony where the work was expanded altered and adapted by Beethoven into a symphonic form. This version by Vladimir Ashkenazy and The Cleveland Orchestra and Cleveland Orchestra Chorus dates from 1988.



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Due to popular interest I have been asked to add further info so here it is ---



Soprano - Mary Shearer

2nd Soprano - Teresa Cash

Alto - D'Anna Fortunato

Tenor - Jon Garrison

Baritone - Terry Cooke

2nd Baritone - Martin Horning

Chorus Director - Robert Page



The orchestra is conducted from the piano by Vladimir Ashkenazy himself.



The main theme of the Choral Fantasy was borrowed from 'Gegenlieb' a song set by Beethoven in 1795 which was at the time unpublished.



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More about Beethoven -



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven




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