Beethoven's Fifth: interpreting genius
Gramophone Classical Music Podcast · Gramophone Magazine
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Show Notes
In the first episode of a brand new series for Gramophone, Editor-in-Chief James Jolly and critic and broadcaster Rob Cowan discuss Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and compare the various approaches that conductors have to taken to this most famous of masterpieces.
They talk about how a professional critic should approach a new recording, how performance practices have changed over the decades, and how – no matter how many times you've heard this symphony – Beethoven's genius always shines through.
Listen to all the discussed performances on an Apple Music playlist.