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Symphony No. 9 In D Minor - 'Choral'

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 In D Minor - 'Choral'
LP - Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 In D Minor - 'Choral'
LP - Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 In D Minor - 'Choral'
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Symphony No. 9 In D Minor - 'Choral' (Beethoven)

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Gré Brouwenstijn , Kerstin Meyer , Nicolai Gedda , Frederick Guthrie

(Stereo) 'LABELS:
- First release: original design black label with white rounded-corner central square
- 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN' at 12 o'clock in white text on black outer section of label
- Black CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE logo at top of white square
- Black text containing main details within the white square
- '℗ 1958' at 6 o'clock within white square (Side A)
- '℗ 1958' at 9 o'clock within white square (Side B)
- 'MUSIC FOR PLEASURE LIMITED' at 6 o'clock in white text on black outer section of label

SLEEVE:
- Front laminated
- No flipbacks
- '℗ 1958 The Gramophone Company Ltd.'
- Sleeve notes in English only '© J. MCKAY MARTIN, 1959.'
- 'PHOTOGRAPH: ERICH LESSING (Shows part of the MS of the Ninth Symphony. Lying acrops it is one of Beethoven's many ear trumpets with which he attempted to catch the sounds of the orchestra.)' Note typing error on sleeve: 'acrops' instead of 'across'.
- 'MUSIC FOR PLEASURE'
- 'AMSTERDAM · BRUSSELS · JOHANNESBURG · KÖLN'
- 'LONDON · PARIS · STOCKHOLM'
- 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN BY EMI RECORDS (THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD.)'
- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE / EMI logos at centre bottom of sleeve back
- 'Printed in England by Robert Stace'

OTHER INFORMATION:
- Side B of this variant contains a matrix number discrepancy. It is correctly identified a '2YRA....' on the label (i.e. sourced from German EMI (Electrola)), but on the runout it is identified as '2YLA....' (sourced from EMI France)'[discogs]

Composed By
Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor
André Cluytens
Design [Sleeve Design]
Jack Wood
Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker
Photography By
Erich Lessing
Sleeve Notes
J. McKay Martin
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