Any list of the all-time best classical recordings would have to include the urgent, sinuous performances of Beethoven's fifth and seventh... Beethoven's Best: The Ultimate 5th Symphony Beethoven's ...

Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes the magnificent "Ode to Joy," premiered on May 7, 1824. We recently passed its bicentennial. The Ninth was greeted as a masterpiece from the outset and ...

- [Announcer] Major funding for this program is provided in part by Alan G. Benaroya, and Martin Messinger Symphony Orchestra Fund. (orchestra music) (music) - It is a piece of extremes. - It's a life ...