Scoring: Picc.2.2.2.2.Kontra – 4.2.3.0 – Timp.Perc – Strings Between 1996 and 2000 Bärenreiter published scholarly-critical editions of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies edited by the first-class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a massive undertaking because of the complex source situation regarding Beethoven's Symphonies culminating in the Choral Symphony which came down to us in nearly 20 different sources. So it was unsurprising that Bärenreiter's new Urtext edition caused a considerable stir in the music world. Since its publication, Del Mar's edition enjoys the unabashed praise of conductors, performers and critics alike. It has become the most widely used publication of the Beethoven Symphonies which can be heard not only every day in concert halls but also on CD recordings by John Eliot Gardiner, David Zinman, Jos van Immerseel and Claudio Abbado. Facsimiles Signs and conventions Sources Critical Commentary: I, II, III, IV Contrabassoon: Critical Commentary Appendix Bibliography