Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
My goodness, it's too easy to take the old masters like Klemperer for granted.
Playing Beethoven 1st symphony - and it is utterly superb in its rhythmic lucidity, precision and tonal weight.
Marvellous.
Great sq, too, from the "EMI Golden Age".

Having rediscovered Furtwangler, I'm now revisiting Klemperer's reading of the Beethoven symphonies. I used to think of Klemperer as 'stolid' and 'plodding', but I'm now changing my view.