Otto Klemperer conducts Beethoven's 8th Symphony 1st Mvt. (Part 2)

[HickysBoy]

The slower tempo allows one to hear the instrumental groups and nuances better. It also allows the conductor to control the dynamics which was always a Klemperer forte. Still, by this time I think he had slowed it up a little too much.

[stickwagger]

Wonderful in every way. Clarity is upmost, speed doesn't matter if the balance and articulation are right.

[JohnYoga]

So true King...

Nice, slow, rich, deep...I love it! I dislike rushed Beethoven...

[kingorthy]

The mark of his genius--at this stage, with one foot in the grave, he brings forth this massive, totally alive Beethoven.....