To play Beethoven's music is to give oneself over completely to the child-spirit which lived in that grim, awkward, violent man. Without that utter submission it is impossible to play the Adagio of the Ninth. Or, Heaven knows, the first movement. And the Finale? Most of all! It is simply unplayable unless we go all the way with him, as he cries out "Brüder!" - Leonard Bernstein
Plácido Domingo
as Self / Tenor
Gwyneth Jones
as Self / Soprano
Martti Talvela
as Self / Bass-Baritone
Shirley Verrett
as Self / Mezzo-Soprano
Leonard Bernstein
as Self / Conductor
Michael Wager
as Self / Off-screen Announcer
Wiener Philharmoniker
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