Presto – Baritono! – Practice Singing

I was looking for a little bass/baritone inspiration for everyone. Here is Alfredo José Martínez Torres to bring us all some joy with his solo from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Mvt. IV – Presto; Allegro assai. It’s also known simply as the “Ode to Joy.” I provided a translation via Wikipedia, so you don’t have to go find it:

O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! Sondern laßt uns angenehmere anstimmen, und freudenvollere.	Oh friends, not these sounds! Let us instead strike up more pleasing and more joyful ones!
Freude! Freude!	Joy! Joy!
Freude, schöner Götterfunken Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum! Deine Zauber binden wieder Was die Mode streng geteilt; Alle Menschen werden Brüder, Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.	Joy, beautiful spark of divinity, Daughter from Elysium, We enter, burning with fervour, heavenly being, your sanctuary! Your magic brings together what custom has sternly divided. All men shall become brothers, wherever your gentle wings hover.

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