
This recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 was made in Bayreuth on August 9, 1954.
The album also includes a rehearsal recording of the 3rd and 4th movements of Symphony No. 9, made on August 8, 1954.
Wilhelm Furtwängler, the conductor on this recording, led the Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele.