Breakneck Beethoven with Daniel Barenboim

All nine symphonies in a week? As he prepares for his Proms extravaganza, Daniel Barenboim reveals how to make Ludwig sound modern – and why music isn't there to help us relaxIs classical music a means of escape from the world and all the worries it causes? It's a notion conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim would resist. "For many people, music is here to let them forget the daily chores of life," he says. "People have a difficult day at the office, they have a fight with their wife or their...

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