"Thus Fate knocks at the door!" That’s how Beethoven described the harrowing motif that launches his majestic Fifth Symphony. my classic Beethoven promises a riveting musical experience: the gripping Coriolan Overture, the incisive musicality of pianist Jeremy Denk in the Emperor Concerto—a signature work of Beethoven's "heroic" style—and the symphony that changed the landscape of Western music: Beethoven’s Fifth.