KUSC(SoCal 91.5) is doing Beethoven all day the 16th, for anyone who listens to FM or streams.
Favorite Beethoven Symphony Recordings
OK, it’s one of Ludwigs anniversary years. There must be over 200 complete Symphony Cycles, with seemingly dozens this year alone. While most Classical listeners are bound to have several, we can’t possibly know them all. Make a list of favorites of each work, try not to repeat a Conductor if possible.
1-Hogwood/AAM
2) Krips/LSO
3) Furtwangler/Vienna PO (1944)
4) Szell/Cleveland
5) Kleiber/VPO
6) Walter/Columbia SO
7) Solti/Chicago (1970s cycle)
8) Gardiner-Revolutionary Romantic etc. Orchestra
9) Von Karajan/ Berlin PO (sixties)
1-Hogwood/AAM
2) Krips/LSO
3) Furtwangler/Vienna PO (1944)
4) Szell/Cleveland
5) Kleiber/VPO
6) Walter/Columbia SO
7) Solti/Chicago (1970s cycle)
8) Gardiner-Revolutionary Romantic etc. Orchestra
9) Von Karajan/ Berlin PO (sixties)
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Complete Cycle: Herbert von Karajan -- Berlin -- 1963 / 1977 John Eliot Gardiner -- Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique Riccardo Chailly -- Gewandhausorchester 9th: Karl Bohm -- Wiener -- Norman, Domingo, Fassbaender, Berry George Szell -- Cleveland Orchestra -- Robert Shaw, Choir Director 5&7: Carlos Kleiber -- Wiener Cheers |
I second the nomination of Zinman for the full cycle. Similar in approach to the Vanska/Minnesota SACD recordings, but better sound IMO (notwithstanding the SACD) For individual symphonies, the new 3rd and 7th symphony recordings by Honeck and the Pittsburgh Orchestra are great performances and great recordings. |
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Mengelberg complete symphonies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCAsQBSXIII Youtube so limited sound, still a conductor I was not familiar with. |
The new Jordi Savall cycle is worth hearing; they only finished 1-5 before having to adjourn due to Covid. re: Mangleburg, I wouldn’t worry about You Tube sound, given the limited frequency response of the original source, you won’t be missing out. For historical choices, I prefer Furtwangler, Weingatner, and Toscanini. |