Synopsis
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Matthias Pintscher 's Hérodiade-Fragmente, based on verse by Mallarme. Christoph Eschenbach conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Chorus. Soloists for the setting of Schiller's Ode to Joy are Marisol Montalvo (soprano), Yvonne Naef (mezzo), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor) and Franz-Josef Selig (bass).