Karita Mattila sopran
Anne Sofie von Otter contralto
Francisco Araiza tenor
Samuel Ramey bass

London, 1989
Final chorus
Ludwig van Beethvoven:

O friends, not these sounds!
Rather let us sing something more pleasant and more joyful!

Friedrich von Schiller:

Joy, thou spark from flame immortal
Daughter of Elysium!
Drunk with fire, O Heavnborn goddess,
We invade thy halidom!
Let thy magic bring together
All whom earthborn laws divide;
All mankind shall be as brothers
Neath thy tender wings and wide.

He that's had that best good fortune,
To his friend a friend to be,
He that's won a noble woman,
Let him join our jubilee!
Ay, and who a single other
Soul on earth can call his own;
But let him who never achieved it
Steal away in tears alone.

Joy doth every living creature
Draw from nature's ample breast;
All good men and all those evil
follow on her roseate quest.
Kisses doth she give, and vintage,
Friends who firm in death have stood;
Joy of life the warmth receiveth,
And the angels dwell with God!

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