Deryk Barker wrote:

>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.:-)
>
>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.

Another recording that has given me much pleasure, and in a similar
character, is the Reiner/Chicago.  All except the Scherzo.

Bill S