It's crazy how much the classic seating arrangement improves music before the 20th century. Just listen to the end of Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture.
>Abbado (modern seating arrangement, 1st and 2nd violins on the left)
https://litter.catbox.moe/t8szanx62nbx6ktx.mp3
>Klemperer (classic seating arrangement, 1st and 2nd violins split)
https://litter.catbox.moe/hm7g8ek98l3182e5.mp3
So many antiphonal effects and string textures are completely lost in the Abbado version. It sounds positively muddy by comparison. It's crazy how the vast majority of 20th century conductors dumped the old orchestral arrangement for the shitty modern one