In Reply to: Weingartner or Mengelberg, for performance. nt posted by clarkjohnsen on April 7, 2007 at 11:14:16:
...hmmm. They were OK. I didn't find the sound or the performances particularly compelling. My faves right now:
3rd: Szell or Furt, the Furt on Seraphim with the 7th and the 5th. I've heard talk about the earlier performances but the '50's is about as far as I go. I have limits too.
5th: Kleiber
6th: really do like (love)the Walter--great sound too.
7th: I'm really liking Ansermet--he seems perfectly suited to Beethoven's most ebullent and charming symphony.
9th: I like Reiner's and Bernstein's for modern.
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