The 9th Symphony - 24 hour version

[PDG]

Some Swedish clever-clogs have arranged the 9th so that it lasts all day long! Yes friends, you can now have the 1st movement over breakfast and brunch, the 2nd mvt over tea and dinner, the 3rd over supper and bathtime, and the 4th while you sleep!

Cancel your Sunday plans right now!!
http://www.notam02.no/9/

[Beethoven1]

As Mr. Burns would say.... Eeeeexceleeent!!!

[Joy]

Is this for real? Now I've heard everything!

[PDG]

Not for another 24 hours you haven't, Joy!!

[Fluffy]

24 hours of Beethoven? COOL!

[Michael]

The 24-hour Beethoven Ninth has been done before, Peter. Have you heard Karl Bohm's version? I admit I quite like it, but don't tell Rod!

Michael

[Rod]

Originally posted by Michael:
The 24-hour Beethoven Ninth has been done before, Peter. Have you heard Karl Bohm's version? I admit I quite like it, but don't tell Rod!

Michael

I bought that recording by Bohm on DG years ago. I'm surprised they managed to squeeze it onto one cd!

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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod Corkin

[PDG]

This I did not know, Michael. Did Bohm perform it on radio? On the Net? Or where - surely not LPs?!!!

No, I won't tell Rod.

[PDG]

Originally posted by Rod:
I bought that recording by Bohm on DG years ago. I'm surprised they managed to squeeze it onto one cd!

This is fun - posting simultaneously with Rod - it's just like being in a chat room!!

A 24 hour CD? Now that is good value for money!

[Michael]

Originally posted by PDG:
This I did not know, Michael. Did Bohm perform it on radio? On the Net? Or where - surely not LPs?!!!

No, I won't tell Rod.

I was being facetious, Peter, which is totally foreign to my nature. Bohm's 1981 Ninth only feels like being 24 hours in length. The adagio and the finale are taken at normal speeds (for the late seventies) but the first and second movements must be the slowest on record (or CD).
I mentioned before that I quite like it as an accasional alternative because of all the extra detail I can pick up in the first movement. It's like slowing down Beethoven's speed of thought so that ordinary Joes like me can follow it without a score. And Bohm does make the allegro sing, which is not to be sneezed at (unless you're at a live concert).
I know that Rod and Suzie have used this CD as a frisbee.

Michael

[Rod]

Originally posted by Michael:

...I know that Rod and Suzie have used this CD as a frisbee.

Michael

You've got a good memory Michael.

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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod Corkin

[PDG]

Originally posted by Michael:
And Bohm does make the allegro sing, which is not to be sneezed at (unless you're at a live concert).

Or a snuff convention

[~Immortal Beloved~]

Originally posted by Fluffy:
24 hours of Beethoven? COOL!

Yeah I agree with you! I need to buy that Cd soon or later.

[~Immortal Beloved~]

Originally posted by Beethoven1:
As Mr. Burns would say.... Eeeeexceleeent!!!

Right on my friend!