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Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IVa-b. Presto – Allegro assai (Recorded 1962) by Berliner Philharmoniker album cover

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IVa-b. Presto – Allegro assai (Recorded 1962)

by Berliner Philharmoniker

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About "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" : Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IVa-b. Presto – Allegro assai (Recorded 1962)" by Berliner Philharmoniker

The Ninth's choral finale begins as a dark, plunging Presto—cellos and basses snarling—before the famous Ode to Joy theme emerges like a sunrise through storm clouds. Karajan's 1962 reading balances terror and exaltation, the orchestra a single organism hurtling toward transcendence.