Simon Rattle Storms Up Mount Beethoven From: The Washington Post | Date: July 13, 2003| Author: | Copyright 2003 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Time was when a recording of the Beethoven symphonies was a rite of passage for conductors above a certain rank. Felix Weingartner made the first cycle in the 1930s (Naxos Records is in the process of reissuing it), followed by Willem Mengelberg, Arturo Toscanini and Wilhelm Furtwangler. Over the course of his long career, Herbert von Karajan made four complete recordings, Leonard Bernstein made two, and there have been admirable renditions by Otto Klemperer, George Szell, Eugen Jochum, Roger Norrington and dozens of others -- the best of which offer distinctly personal perspectives on these ...

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