I have Beethoven's 9 symphonies by CSO with Solti at the helm on London recordings. Great performance, dreadful analog to digial transfer. Need suggestions for better recordings of this material. CSO is my favorite, but will listen to other orchestras. Thanks.
For sets,don't overlook Leonard Bernstein - his Beethoven is surprisingly good! I also second the recommendation of Harnoncourt and Wand for 3 divergent views of how Beethoven can be performed.
I concur with Barenboim's set on Teldec with the Staatskapelle. Absolutely amazing from 1-9 interpretively and sonically. The orchestra sounds great to boot.
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