Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Fate Knocking at the Door

Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Fate Knocking at the Door

Kurt Masur, New York Philharmonic

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Inspiration

Fateful Masterpiece


“This is the sound of Fate knocking at the door.” These were the words with which Beethoven characterized the world-famous opening motif – later interpreted as the Morse code for “V” – from his Fifth. History has understood the Fifth Symphony as a large-scale narr

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