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Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 : Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (Recorded 1977) by Berliner Philharmoniker album cover

Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 : Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (Recorded 1977)

by Berliner Philharmoniker

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About "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 : Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (Recorded 1977)" by Berliner Philharmoniker

Karajan's 1977 Beethoven opens with fate's four-note knock, but the Berliners play it less as a threat than a coiled spring. The Allegro con brio surges with nervous energy, the famous motif returning like an intrusive thought—triumphant and anxious in the same breath.