Credits:

Takashi Asahina (conductor) / Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra

Description:

Celebrating the 110th anniversary of the birth of Takashi Asahina (1908-2001) and commemorating his great achievement by releasing the CD of his first published sound recording---The sixth and final volume of the "Beethoven Symphony Collection", which he performed with the New Japan Philharmonic in 1997-8, is "The Ninth". The sixth and final volume of the "Beethoven Symphony Collection" with the New Japan Philharmonic in 1997-8 is the Ninth, a performance that embodies Asahina's ideals, filled with the hope and courage to live. (C)RS