Live performance of Beethoven's iconic Fifth Symphony and Coriolan Overture by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Klaus Tennstedt in the early 1990s. Rarely can one hear such freedom and intensity combined with such success as it is here in Tennstedt's Beethoven Fifth. The best of Tennstedt's abilities are heard in live concert recordings like this one. He was a musician of dynamism and spontaneous inspiration, and these performances are a reminder of the commitment and expressive intensity he extracts from the London Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he held such a strong relationship throughout his tenure as Principal Conductor and beyond.
