Beethoven: IX. Symphonie
by Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker
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Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker bestography
Beethoven: IX. Symphonie is ranked as the best album by Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Beethoven: IX. Symphonie track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Beethoven: IX. Symphonie rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  JoaoMoreira | Top 3 Music Albums of 1963 | 2/3 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 30 Music Albums of 1963 | 9/30 | 4 |
| 2026 | JoaoMoreira | Top 61 Music Albums of the 1960s | 39/61 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 74 Music Albums of 1963 | 26/74 | 3 |
| 2026 | Elauqsapid | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 17/100 | 81 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 17 Music Albums of 1963 | 17/17 | 0 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 40 Music Albums of 1963 | 13/40 | 4 |
| 2025 | Rhyner | Top 7 Music Albums of 1963 | 3/7 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1963 | 16/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 54 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 363 | |||
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Beethoven: IX. Symphonie ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 11:10 | pago82 | 3,234 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 20:15 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,670 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/07/2025 05:24 | Proto | 4,300 | 33/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.8/100, a mean average of 80.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.6.
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BestEverAlbums 07/16/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5375): By Elauqsapid BestEverAlbums 07/09/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5368): By pago82 Rhyner 01/15/2025 18:57 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Beethoven: IX. Symphonie comments
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JoaoMoreira 08/18/2022 22:49 | #288657 | TOP COMMENT
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Brilliant composer and an absolute genius.
But one thing you learn in life, when you spend most of it listening carefully to music, is that no one can create a row of symphonies without some of them being more interesting than others :)
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A great symphony!
One of Beethoven's Best!
Great Symphonies and Karajan is a good conductor, but Beethoven is also overrated. There is simply better classical music out there than Beethoven 9. Start Looking! (Edited)
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