Kovacevich Beethoven Cycle: 'Choral' Symphony

Played every year at the BBC Proms, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is one of the most powerful and uplifting works ever written. It is the first example of the human voice used alongside instruments in a symphony and the effect of the chorus entering with the ‘Ode to Joy’ theme can literally take your breath away. It is one of his great masterpieces, yet was composed when he was completely deaf.

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