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the baseline?

I'm not sure that THAT many folks considered the Klemperer to be THE baseline - the English critics certainly revered him, and his was the first 9th I was exposed to, by my German teacher. That was about 1968 or 1969, and there were many who argued that Toscanini was definitive, or argued for Furtwangler's Bayreuth performance, Szell and Walter were in the mix, and Lennie had a new version out, many liked the Reiner, et al. But Klemperer's was up there.

Klemperer's Beethoven set is really interesting but also eccentric in many ways - the reading of the 5th is almost bizarre, and with that, and the overall slowish tempos, I wouldn't recommend the Klemperer set as a first choice. However, the 9th is a powerful performance, and I like it a lot.

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