Full disclosure: the Sixth is my least favorite of the Beethoven symphonies. Some composers do placid quite well, but Beethoven isn't usually one of them, ...

But even still, the whole thing was a bit comfortable—the first movement's Allegro pretty easygoing, with more bounce than drive; the Menuetto starting off ...

The second movement Allegro contains light-weight material, which is brought out well in this performance both on artistic and acoustic levels. ...

The explosive march of the opening Allegro energico manipulates the A Major triad and the A Minor modality in free modulation, and the C Minor chorale ...