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In Reply to: Beethoven: 9 Symphonies Best Box Set posted by PhillyB on April 7, 2007 at 11:13:00:
I bought the 5CD Toscanini for $26 from Tower, to get Nos. 1, 3 (1953, already have 1939), 7 (not quite the 1936 NYPO, but close) and 9 (1952, nice complement to 1938).There is no complete set that covers all bases, but here's some individual performances I like:
#1 Monteux, VPO
#2 Beecham RPO (stereo) and London Phil (mono)
#3 Toscanini/NBC (1939) and Furtwaengler/BPO (1943)
#4 Walter/NYPO
#5 Furtwaengler/BPO (1937)
#6 Walter/Columbia (1958)
#7 Toscanini/NYPO (1936) and C. Kleiber/VPO
#8 Beecham/RPO and Monteux/VPO
#9 Toscanini/NBC (1938), Furtwaengler/BPO (1942)
Follow Ups:
They all sound better on VPMS Speakers.VBG
...you could just ignore him and... well... do what SE does best.Not to quibble, but the BBC performances really do outdistance the NBC (at least those released in the usual cycle).
Also I have to put in a word for the greatest Sixth, that by Mengelberg on Telefunken (*not* the one in his complete set).
...since removed, and advisedly so.But it went like this:
Posted by SE
He DID mention sound quality. You could just ignore him...
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and jerk yourself off again -- oh, wait, you just did. And how about that 5
day late April Fool's post below. Are you taking your medication like your
supposed to?
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for what he is (which is OK by me, I know I'm not being nice when I do this), the LEAST you can do is remove clark's incessant need to rekindle things. Thanks.
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