Symphony no. 9 in D minor op. 125 Finale Piano Reduction

With final chorus 'An die Freude' (Ode to Joy)

Between 1996 and 2000 Bärenreiter published scholarly-critical editions of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies edited by the first class musicologist Jonathan DelMar.

The editorial process was a huge undertaking because of the complex source situation regarding Beethoven's Symphonies culminating in the Choral Symphony (No.9) which came down to the publisher in nearly 20different sources. So it was not surprising that Bärenreiter's new Urtext edition caused a considerable stir in the music world.