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...Individualiy by prima donna conductors can be carried too far and our remarks on the Mozart G Minor (as done by Toscanini) are applicable here: Excessive speed does not make for clarity; drive on the conductor's part can and does obscure many of the details. Of the two readings, Toscanini or Furtwaengler, we unhesitatingly recommend the latter, for, while its vigorously dramatic and vital treatment may shatter your ideas on the interpretation of the symphony (the conventional Weingartner rendition, nevertheless, Furtwaengler's musical integrity stands unquestioned, aside from the fact that the recording is superior...
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