Classical lp dilemma - recommendations, please

Without going into the specific records you are looking or, I have been most impressed with the following re-issues in classical music (on LP--for us that aren't dinasour's too)
1. Classic Records (particularly the 45 RPM versions)
2. Klavier
3. King Analog
Classic Records sells direct (and has a decent sale going on now) The other 2 are available through Cisco. There are of course the usual outlets for many of these such as Acoustic Sounds, Music Direct, and Red Trumpet but they may not stock the full catalog at all times.

...Yes, he did Mara. For a student called Elise, it seems. I don't know if anything else ensued. But, it ain't bad to have Beethoven compose s/thing for you!

My recommedation is go buy some used vinyl and listen
for yourself. It's cheap. Buy 5 recordings of the 9th
and enjoy 'em all. You'll find your favorite, or like
me, have 2 or even 3 favorites! You can even sell back
the ones you didn't care for and buy some Mussorgsky,
Chopin or more Beethoven (yes, he did write fuer Elise)

OK - these are my favs of the 9th.
Fritz Reiner's, Chicago Symphony, RCA.
Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony, London.
Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsche Gramaphon

sorry for the fur elise snafu. i'm terrifically embarassed. hare kare is my only alternative, isn't it?

(dramatic pause)

seriously though, thanks for the help!

Dino:) Suggets you also get Beethoven's 6th Symphony by Karl Boehm; avoid the Karajan - he sounds like he's in a hurry to get to his next appointment. However, I agree with Karajan for the 9th (the 1962 recording, not the 1977).

Wilhelm Kempff does a great job of BEETHOVEN'S Fur Elise and the sonatas. I really like the Lazar Berman recording of Pictures at an Exhibition.