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There has always been a variety of approaches to the performance of Beethoven’s symphonies, depending to an extent on whether the conductor chooses to focus on the Classical tradition that Beethoven
inherited, or to position him as an innovative pioneer of the Romantic period (a distinction that goes right back to the time of Mendelssohn and Schumann, with the former preferring performances with brisk tempos and an emphasis on structure, in contrast to the latter’s desire to accentuate the music’s gravity and solemnity).
