This is Beethoven with enormous power and weight. A quintessential example of the "old school".Konwitschny provides a slow but very steady and full (all the repeats are observed) reading. It seems that his aim is not beauty of sound, although the orchestral playing is superb, but crude impact. Some may object to his heavy-handed treatment, but his phrasing and tempo are infused with such a purposeful momentum and tension that I am practically enthralled by the music.
I enjoy emerging myself in the sweep and grandeur of his reading. Something you can't get these days.
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