Klemperer's 'Pathetique'

There are a number of reasons why Russian interpretations of Russian music tend to be superior to non-Russian. One is the distinctive sound of the orchestra due to the distinctive style of brass and string playing - at least before Pletnev started on his stupid quest to make Russian orchestras sound like West European ones. Also Russians understand their music - Mravinsky's 'through individual suffering to universal human suffering' remains, for example, a touchstone for understanding of Tchaikovsky.
For that reason the number of truly outstanding recordings of Russian music by non-Russians is limited - Furtwangler's 1938 Pathetique is a famous example.
One, however, that I have a predilection for is Klemperer's recording of Tchaikovsky's Pathetique. I know it is stylistically not in line with Russian interpretations but, particularly in the last movement, Klemperer's 'objective' style brings out something new. Generally the symphony, and that movement in particular, is interpreted at the level of a person - individual human suffering. Indeed Tchaikovsky's own name 'Pathetique', rather than 'Tragic', does indicate the scale of single human being - suffering/collapse on the scale that movement indicates, involving large numbers of people, would inevitably be tragic rather than 'pathetique'.
Klemperer does not orientate it in that direction. His would be a suitable soundtrack for a film of the battle of Stalingrad - human suffering on a gigantic scale.
It is probably not Tchaikovsky's conception - but it has its own validity and impact.