art direction Hartmut Pfeiffer
tracks 6 baritone vocals [bariton] Walter Berry
tracks 6 choir Wiener Singverein
tracks 6 chorus master Reinhold Schmid
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
conductor Herbert von Karajan
tracks 6 contralto vocals [contralto] Hilde Rössel-Majdan
engineer [tonmeister = balance engineer] Günter Hermanns
tracks 2 to 6 executive-producer Elsa Schiller
tracks 1 executive-producer Otto Gerdes
liner notes [english translation] Mary Whittall
liner notes [german] Peter Cossé
liner notes [traduzione] Gabriele Cervone
orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
photography by [herbert von karajan] Siegfried Lauterwasser
producer [recording producer] Otto Ernst Wohlert
tracks 2 to 6 producer [recording producer] Otto Gerdes
tracks 6 soprano vocals [sopran] Gundula Janowitz
tracks 6 tenor vocals [tenor] Waldemar Kmentt
tracks 6 text by Friedrich Schiller
Phonographic Copyright (p) Polydor International GmbH
Copyright (c) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Made By PMDC, Germany
Printed By Neef OHG, Wittingen
Recorded At Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin
Recorded in Berlin, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 10 & 11/1962 (Symphony) and 9/1965 (Overture).
℗ 1963 (Symphony)/1966 (Overture) Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg
© 1995 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg.

Symphony No. 9 originally released as Deutsche Grammophon 138 807 SLPM, 1963.
Overture originally released on Deutsche Grammophon 139 001 SLPM, 1966.

Includes 18-page booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Italian.

Original-Master Bit-Processing
Total timing: 75:58.
Made and printed in Germany.
Barcode: 0 28944 74012 7 (Text)
Barcode: 0028944740127 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 0173
Matrix / Runout: 447 401-2 2 01 > MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC (Variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: 447 401-2 2 01 > MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC G (Variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: 447 401-2 01 > MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC K (Variant 3)
Mastering SID Code: 447 401-2 2 01 > MADE IN GERMANY BY PMDC E (Variant 4)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L003 (Variants 1, 2, 3, 4)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0133 (Variant 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0102 (Variant 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0105 (Variant 3)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 01C6 (Variant 4)
Cistribution Code: POL 924
Other: G OR
SPARS Code: ADD
Other: D.P. (Public domain)