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I liked it because I was in my Junior High and High School orchestra, so I like rehearsals almost as much as the performance. Although it is in black & white, and you will need to turn on the English (or French) Subtitles (unless you speak German), it is really interesting to see how the Conductor does so much more than merely conduct; he directs the orchestra to perform it the way he envisions it. He works with them, sometimes over and over, until they get it just right. He gets them to put accents where he wants them, and legato when he wants them - it ends up being the audio image of what he has in his head. Then when you see the performance, you see his excitement translated into the beautiful music. In some places you may not see him doing much more than 'beating time' for them, but they are playing it the way he wants it, and you can now relate the performance to the rehearsal. The Rehearsal is where all the work is really done. If you don't like rehearsals, you can still enjoy the great performances, although it is not performed in some elegant music hall, but rather, a 'set'. Of course, the Beethoven's 5th is a total masterpiece. In the rehearsal, he instructing another young conductor to get him to get various musical 'sections' to bring out the qualities of the musical piece. The only other drawback is perhaps that it was made from a film, so some of the sustained notes waver somewhat, but that's to be expected. But generally speaking, the quality of the film transfer is quite good.Read full review
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