[lnjng]

Favorite Recordings Of... Beethoven: Symphony #9 in D minor "Choral" (1, Nominations)

This is stage one of the first game in the "Favorite Recordings Of..." project. The goal here is to nominate recordings for Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Separate participants may nominate the same recording several times, but the same person may not.

Nominations end when there are 15 recordings nominated at least twice. You may nominate up to 3 recordings per calendar day. Please include the name of the conductor, label, year, and group (if applicable). Example:

Karajan: 1963 DG/BPO

 

[wkasimer]

Klemperer, Philharmonia 1957 (live) - Testament

 

[Xenophiliu]

Karajan: 1977 DG/BPO
Chailly: 2008 Decca/Gewandhaus
Szell: 1961 Sony/Cleveland

 

[Bulldog]

Honeck: 2021 Reference Recordings/Pittsburgh SO
Karajan: 1963 DG/BPO

 

[RobertJTh]

Klemperer: 1956 (live) Internet Archive/Concertgebouworkest
Fricsay: 1958 DG/BPO
Cluytens: 1958 EMI/BPO

 

[marlow]

Karajan BPO 1977

 

[Brahmsian Colors]

Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony (1962) RCA
Otto Klemperer/Philharmonia Orchestra (1957)Testament

 

[Allegro Con Brio]

Furtwängler/Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (1951)
Monteux/London Symphony Orchestra (1962)
Klemperer/Philharmonia Orchestra (1957)

 

[HenryPenfold]

In strict order of merit ...

1. Furtwängler 1954 Philharmonia Lucerne - Pristine Classical

2. Karajan 1977 BPO - Deutsche Grammophon

3. Norrington 1987 London Classical Players - Virgin Classics

 

[haziz]

Ferenc Fricsay - Berlin Philhamonic 1958
Herbert von Karajan - Berlin Philhamonic 1963
Jos van Immerseel - Anima Eterna Brugge (? 2008)

 

[Agamenon]

Günther Wand - ndr sinfonieorchester -1986 -RCA

 

[Bulldog]

Gardiner: 1996 Archiv Produktion/Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique

 

[John Zito]

Gardiner: 1996 Archiv Produktion/Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique

 

[RobertJTh]

Furtwängler 1943 BPO
Jochum 1969 Philips/Concertgebouworkest
Jansons 2006 RCO Live/Concertgebouworkest

 

[Chilham]

List needs more chamber orchestra.

Harnoncourt 1991 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Teldec
Ádám Fischer 2019 Danish Chamber Orchestra Naxos
van Immerseel 2008 Anima Eterna Brugge Zig Zag

 

[WildThing]

Furtwängler/Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Furtwängler 1943 BPO
Furtwängler 1954 Philharmonia Lucerne

 

[haziz]

Szell - Cleveland 1960s Stereo recording for Columbia/Sony.
Manfred Honeck - Pittsburgh Symphony (? 2021)
Krivine - La Chambre Philharmonique (? 2011)

 

[wkasimer]

Savall, Le Concert de Nations (Aliavox 2022)
Schmidt-Isserstedt, Vienna PO (Decca 1965)
Krivine, La Chambre Philharmonique (Naive 2009))

 

[lnjng]

Furtwängler 1943 BPO

Furtwängler 1943 BPO

I can't seem to find the 1943 recording, only the 1942 one - could you include the label?

 

[Chatellerault]

Haitink 2006 London Symphony Orchestra, LSO Live
Harnoncourt 1991 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Teldec