Beethoven, Symphony 9, 2nd movement (complete), Molto vivace, Philharmonia Baroque |
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Philharmonia Baroque playing the second movement (molto vivace) of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, accompanied by a scrolling bar-graph score.
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