Jeffrey Hall ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>>Dear CM fans, In regards to Beethoven 5th symphony, how does the famous
>>Carlos Kleiber recording compare to the 1977 von Karajan recording? I've
>>seen both recommended and both are supposed to be hard-driven.  Thanks.:-)

Deryk writes:

>I think I'd apply the term 'hard-driven' more to Kleiber's 7th on the same
>disc.  His 5th is heroic, noble and very intense.  I'd prefer it to HvK any
>day.

I agree.  "Hard -driven" implies a singular attitude toward the 5th.  My
favorite 5th though is the Cluytens recording.  Heroic, intense.  Maybe not
noble, though.

Thomas Heilman