Recording of the week: Toscanini and Beethoven

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This week’s selection comes from Jonathan Summers, Curator of Classical Music Recordings. Arturo Toscanini was famous for his outbursts of temper on the rostrum and ruled his orchestras with a rod of iron. His style is well suited to heroic music and one of his best interpretations is of Beethoven’s…

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