Conductor Carlos Kleiber is my all-time favorite conductor. Yes… he did not have a HUGE performance repertoire. And people say that he only worked when he was hungry…
When it came to rehearsing and performing waltzes nobody could match his abilities. Yes, he was demanding; yes, if all conditions were not perfect, he would suddenly cancel a performance.
I was not fortunate to ever attend a live performance; but, through the miracle of the Internet and recordings, I love to listen and watch.
See for yourself as Kleiber rehearses “One Thousand and one night in Venice”.
Yes, he gives instructions to the Vienna Philharmonic in German; but be patient and you’ll hear and watch an uninterrupted performance:
