Originally posted by Rod:
Who is mad here, the Nazis, or Furtwangler (ho ho)? Concerning the music, on this occasion very quick, rushed even, apart from the final rendition of the words 'Freude schone gotter funken' where everything really slows down, thens speeds up again for the final orchestral tutti. I heard Haitink do exactly the same a few weeks back and I don't like it!
Who is mad here, the Nazis, or Furtwangler (ho ho)? Concerning the music, on this occasion very quick, rushed even, apart from the final rendition of the words 'Freude schone gotter funken' where everything really slows down, thens speeds up again for the final orchestral tutti. I heard Haitink do exactly the same a few weeks back and I don't like it!
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