Berliner Philharmoniker, Rundfunkchor Berlin & Ingo Metzmacher - Henze: Symphony No. 9 (2026)

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Title: Henze: Symphony No. 9
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 57:16
Total Size: 217 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Die Bassariden: Mänadenjagd (Live) (3:43)
2. Symphony No. 9 "Den Helden und Märtyrern des deutschen Antifaschismus gewidmet": I. Die Flucht (Live) (5:28)
3. Symphony No. 9 "Den Helden und Märtyrern des deutschen Antifaschismus gewidmet": II. Bei den Toten (Live) (6:31)
4. Symphony No. 9 "Den Helden und Märtyrern des deutschen Antifaschismus gewidmet": III. Bericht der Verfolger (Live) (1:46)
5. Symphony No. 9 "Den Helden und Märtyrern des deutschen Antifaschismus gewidmet": IV. Der Platane spricht (Live) (7:33)
6. Symphony No. 9 "Den Helden und Märtyrern des deutschen Antifaschismus gewidmet": V. Der Sturz (Live) (7:25)
7. Symphony No. 9 "Den Helden und Märtyrern des deutschen Antifaschismus gewidmet": VI. Nachts in Dom (Live) (17:07)
8. Symphony No. 9 "Den Helden und Märtyrern des deutschen Antifaschismus gewidmet": VII. Die Rettung (Live) (7:47)

A proponent of eclectic lyricism, Hans Werner Henze experimented with Boulezian serialism before partially turning away from it and embracing a varied musical language influenced by post-Romanticism, the Second Viennese School, as well as jazz, folk songs, and revolutionary songs. A deeply committed artist with close ties to communism, he is best known for his operas but also for his symphonies: the highly expressionist Ninth, whose premiere recording by Ingo Metzmacher we are reissuing, is dedicated to the martyrs of German anti-fascism.