Symphony No. 5
C minor · 432 Hz
Fate knocks at the door. The four-note motif that opened a new century of music, here in 432 Hz tuning.
Classical · German Classical · Romantic · 1770 · 1827
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer of the heroic interior. Beethoven took the inherited classical forms and pushed them open, until the symphony could carry the human voice and the piano sonata could end in silence. He wrote some of his greatest works after he had gone deaf, hearing the music in the only place that mattered. From the four-note knock of Fate to the Ode to Joy, the listener walks the same passage from struggle into light.
XXII selections · 17h 21m
Individual works
Symphonies, sonatas, and single pieces
Symphony No. 9
Full version · 432 Hz
The Ninth in full, in 432 Hz. The first symphony to call on the human voice, ending in the Ode to Joy.
Symphony No. 5
C minor
The most famous symphony ever written. Four notes, and the door opens.
Symphony No. 2
D major · 432 Hz
Bright energy and classical proportion. Composed at Heiligenstadt, while he wrote his testament about deafness.
Symphony No. 1
C major
His symphonic debut. Haydn's pupil already showing his own unmistakable voice.
Symphony No. 8
F major
Compact, witty, exuberant. Beethoven himself called it "my little Symphony in F."
Symphony No. 3
Eroica · E-flat major
The Heroic. Originally dedicated to Napoleon, then scratched out in fury. Revolution turned into music.
Symphony No. 2
D major
An early symphony of bright energy, written while he confronted the first signs of his deafness.
Symphony No. 6
Pastoral · 432 Hz
A walk through the country, a thunderstorm, a thanksgiving. Nature as inner landscape.
Ode to Joy
from Symphony No. 9 · 432 Hz
The final chorale of the Ninth, on its own. Schiller's poem of universal brotherhood, set to one of the most loved melodies in history.
Für Elise
Bagatelle in A minor
The most famous piano miniature ever written. A small dedication; a perfect line that everyone recognizes from the first note.
Moonlight Sonata
Full · 432 Hz
The whole sonata, end to end. The hushed first movement gives it its name; the storm of the finale earns it.
Symphony No. 7
A major
Wagner called it the apotheosis of the dance. Pure rhythmic energy turned spiritual.
Symphony No. 4
B-flat major
The lyrical sister of the Eroica. Bright, balanced, deceptively classical; the calm before the Fifth.
Symphony No. 6
Pastoral · F major
The country walk in standard tuning. Birdsong and brook written into the score.
Romance for Violin
432 Hz
A short serenade for violin and orchestra. Tender, classical, unhurried.
Moonlight Sonata
Complete · 432 Hz · Music for the Soul
A second complete reading. The same arc of stillness, storm, and resolution.
Piano Sonata No. 32
Op. 111 · 432 Hz
His last piano sonata. Two movements, then silence. The late style at its most distilled.
Moonlight Sonata
Standard tuning
The full work in standard tuning. Three movements; one continuous arc.
Extended listening
Compilations and complete works
For long sessions of work, study, or contemplation.
The Best of Beethoven in 432 Hz
Music for the Soul and Inner Peace
Nearly five hours of the most luminous Beethoven, in 432 Hz tuning. For the longest sessions of work or contemplation.
Symphony No. 9
D minor · Op. 125 · Complete
The Ninth from start to finish. Seventy-two minutes ending in the Ode to Joy.
The Best of Beethoven
Classical Music for Brain Power · 432 Hz
A long anthology of the most loved pieces. Just under two hours of classical clarity.