You know how it starts, but have you ever listened to the whole thing? Few people listen to lots of classical music today, but they should. Beethoven is as good a place to start as any.
Friday Music: Beethoven's 5th Symphony
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Classics and graduate physics and math go together…
study with this in the background… it’s magic for your mind.
20 years after I finished college, the chicago symphony,
directed by Sir Georg Solti, produced what must be one of
the great classics, Pictures at an Exhibition, by Mussorgski.
The Russians can take credit for this.
Just listen to the end, after 55:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=bF30XA3OUEQ
There’s also classical beauty involved with classical music…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLL0w-WFNGI
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