Symphony Recommendation

EWHA has hit the button on the nose with the best recordings. There are a few esoterics out there, mainly on old RCA LP's but I think that would not be worth your time.
Keith

Please, please listen to the RCA re-issue of Reiner and the Chicago Symphony playing Beethoven #5 and Schubert Unfinished

The Kleiber 5th is one of the best. I like the Dvorak 9th by Solti/Chicago. Probably the Karajan Beethoven 9th or maybe Bernstein.

Aliu,

After you enjoy the performances mentioned above, here is my suggestion -

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 (op. 67):
1. Walter with Columbia Symphony Orchestra on Sony.
2. Furtwangler with Berlin Philharmonic (mono recording in
1947) on Music & Arts.

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (op.125):
1. Bohm with Berlin Philharmonic (digital recording in
1983) on Deutsche Grammaphone.
2. Celibidache with Munich Philharmonic on EMI.
3. Furtwangler with Berlin Philharmonic (mono recording in
1942) on Music & Arts.

Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (op.95):
1. Kubelic with Berlin Philharmonic on Deutsche Grammaphone.
2. Neumann with Czech Philharmonic on Supraphon.

In my opinion, these suggested recordings provided me different perspectives of these masterpieces. In short, SUBTLE.

Happy Listening.

Otto

I have a remastered version of Von Karajan's recordings of Beethoven symphonies and it sounds great. The only thing, it's a bit pricey ($60 or $70 for a set of 5 cds).
Dvorak's 9th is best performed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt And Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra on Teldec.