Few conductors of Klaus Tennstedt's generation demonstrated such complete mastery of the Classical and Romantic repertoire from Beethoven to Mahler and Strauss, coupled with an intensity in live performance that was palpable.

He was among the finest German conductors to emerge after the Second World War and was in constant demand with such orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the Berlin Philharmonic and the London Philharmonic.

Doremi's fifth Tennstedt volume of live concert material presents Beethoven's 1st and 2nd symphonies with the Toronto Symphony from a concert Sept 8, 1977, Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with 'cellist Paul Tortelier and the Philadelphia Orchestra (January 8, 1988) and Bruckner's 7th symphony with the Chicago Symphony, May 31/June 2, 1984.