If you are looking for a Beethoven Fifth Symphony that is fast and furious (rhythmically vital if with some poetic and softly-spoken moments), detail liberated (not least the Finale’s contrabassoon), featuring rattling timpani, brazen horns, expressive woodwinds, and vibrato-free strings, contrived dynamic tweaks (including subitos), and don’t mind shelling out for thirty minutes of music … Continue reading MusicaAeterna & Teodor Currentzis – Beethoven 5 [Sony Classical]