This 25:47 just shows you how hard Kleiber must have worked in preparing the music. He gives all the important cues, shapes the lines, emphasizes balance and articulation, and he also conducts with a clarity that leaves the musicians and the singers performing no doubt of what he wants from them. It is a given that conductors should know the score better than anyone else, but I have a feeling Kleiber knew every inch of the score
Thank you for sharing this outstanding performance! I have a question: where did you get the audio source for this performance? I've been scouring the internet for unofficial CDs of that performance, but they all have gaps between the tracks that are distracting, including your video of the complete performance, but to my surprise, the audio in this video is gapless. Unless you edited the audio yourself, can you tell me where you were able to get this?