Otto Klemperer: 'I always say that it’s the orchestra that makes the music, not the conductor' | Classic interview

Alan Blyth
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Otto Klemperer spoke to Alan Blyth for the May 1970 issue...

Otto Klemperer (Tully Potter Collection)

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