In his discussion of the "early music" approach to Beethoven performance ("lighter, less filling!") Richard Taruskin takes time to discuss one of the conductors from the so-called "Bad Old Days" and in the process explodes a few myths. Here is an example, Professor Dr. Willem Mengelberg conducting the Concergebouw in a performance of Symphony No. 1 in 1938:
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