Beethoven’s 9th Symphony 4+
The ultimate guide
NatureGuides Ltd.
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Four of Deutsche Grammophon’s legendary recordings collected in one exceptional app to give you unparalleled insight into an iconic piece.
Features include:
• Compare the performances: Listen to four recordings of the piece spanning 50 years, and switch seamlessly between them with a touch – at any point in the music – to hear a note start in one decade and finish in another.
• Discover the BeatMap: This groundbreaking visualization of the performances shows different sections of the orchestra pulse in time with the music.
• Explore the music: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony lets you immerse yourself in Beethoven’s late masterpiece – follow the score or the 1825 manuscript, precisely synchronized to the music.
Bonus features available on your iPad:
• Join the experts: Watch over 90 minutes of specially filmed insights from musicians, writers and great conductors including John Eliot Gardiner, Gustavo Dudamel and members of the Berliner Philharmoniker.
• The story of the symphony: The app also features a book on Beethoven and the Ninth Symphony, plus two levels of real-time analysis and commentary by the pianist, composer and broadcaster David Owen Norris.
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What’s New
Version 2.0.12
Support for iOS 13
Ratings and Reviews
Finally, a Great Music App
Most app developers seems stuck in the quick & cheap mindset, so I was genuinely thrilled to find this, the fullest demonstration of the iPad App's potential I've come across so far.
Obviously, this one's only for classical music buffs, and with four different full recordings of the symphony, it's heavy on memory usage. (And yes, it's kind of silly to have to download the full thing just to test drive two minutes.)
But assuming you're the sort of person who would want to own more than one recording of any Symphony (I barely qualify here -- prefer chamber music), I can't imagine better value for the money -- presumably DG has decided to use this to promote the concept rather than to make immediate profits on their back catlogue.
I'm looking forward to more in this series, and hope musicians in other fields try this form -- recordings by Nick Cave, David Sylvian, and the whole ECM gang would be perfect candidates.
Does not work with Airplay 2...
Great application for understanding orchestration and comparing different performances of Beethonen’s 9th, but the music cannot be streamed to Airplay 2 devices, so I’m left with listening with the iPad or iPhone microphones or wired earphones, B luetooth devices. A real downer for those who still appreciate Hi-Fi rendering...
Excellent - be sure to read app info before downloading
This is a great app that gives you 4 classic recordings of Beethoven's 9th as well as commentary/backstory.
It's great to not only hear the music but watch the score as it moves along as well, and as with other touch press music apps, the 'digital orchestra' feature is cool too (the app shows a diagram of the orchestra and each instrument section and as the music plays it indicates instruments that are playing at that time - its a unique way to see how a piece of music moves around the orchestra and how different sections counter/support each other in a piece)
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Information
- Seller
- NatureGuides Ltd.
- Size
- 2.1 GB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.2 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.2 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.2 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Classical Apps Ltd
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Full Experience $6.99
- The Full Beethoven Experience $6.99
- Full Experience (iPhone discount) $6.99
- 完整体验 $3.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
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