A fascinating document of Richard Strauss conducting one of his own most popular works in late Weimar-era Berlin. He was a highly un-theatrical conductor, standing very calmly and delivering the beat to the orchestra usually with one hand only. Some thought that conducting bored him, but at his best he delivered precise and unfussy performances that were usually brisker in tempo than other conductors were. His surviving recordings are a bit hit-or-miss, but this is one of the best ones, warm and unmannered.