Karajan conducts Beethoven 5th Symphony

Master French director Henri-Georges Clouzot produced with Karajan a series of music documentaries dubbed “The Art of Conducting” - this prime example of “music to watch” has hardly ever been surpassed. Shot in a stunning true “film noir” black and white, indeed more “film” than filmed concert, as exemplified here by Beethoven’s Fifth, become all the more apparent when seen alongside efficient but conventional direction of classical concerts later on.