Symphonies nos. 5 & 7

"From the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth ... there is intense conviction. Not only in the fiery playing, though that is extraordinary, but in the way that van Zweden elicits usually unheard details of scoring and surprising rhythms which, though certainly in the score, I had never heard before ... Overall this is a triumph, to be listened to especially by anyone who feels they don't have an urgent need to listen to these works again".