Perhaps the most famous four note sequence in history opens this epic
struggle between minor and major. Premiered in 1808 as the
culmination of an astonishing five year period of prolific and
ground-breaking composition, Beethoven's Fifth is the instantly
recognisable cornerstone of the symphonic repertoire.
Carlos Kleiber produced the definitive interpretation of the Fifth,
managing to re-invest a freshness into that most-well-known of
symphonies, combining passion and precision, energy and emotion, to be
momentarily alliterative.
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