The second movement of the Symphony No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 60, composed in 1806 by Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December, 1770; died 26 March, 1827); here under the baton of Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954)
‘It’s perfectly clear that this is the finest version of this symphony! Does anyone want to argue?’
—Sviatoslav Richter, in 1987, quoted in Sviatoslav Richter: Notebooks and Conversations by Bruno Monsaingeon (first published in 1998, in French)
