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