Deliberating on my experience, it becomes apparent that opportunities to immerse myself in the auditory grandeur of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony are exceedingly scarce. This scarcity is not merely confined to the renditions under Kobaken’s baton. Indeed, the symphonies of Beethoven, those paragons of orchestral composition, seldom grace my ear, irrespective of the medium, be it compact disc, youtube movie, or FM broadcast.