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    Beethoven's Ninth (what recordings do you have)

    This is pretty obsessive, but this is what I amassed over the last few years.
    Favorite is Fricsay 1958. There are 4 or 5 listed that I haven't really listened to yet.

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    Bernstein 1989 (Ode to Freedom)
    Blomstedt 1980
    Blomstedt 1985
    Drahos 1996
    Duvier 1990
    Fricsay 1958
    Gardiner 1994
    Hanoncourt 1991
    Herreweghe 1998
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    Karajan 1963 (with Gundula Janowitz)
    Karajan 1977
    Karajan 1984
    Klemperer 1956
    Kofman 2001
    Leinsdorf 1969
    Maag 1994
    Maazel 1978
    Masur 1974
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    Monteux 1962
    Munch 1958
    Norrington 1987
    Reiner 1961
    Sanz Torre 2006
    Solti 1986
    Stokowski 1934
    Szell 1961
    Toscanini 1952
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    Walter 1959
    Wand 1986
    Weingartner 1935
    Zander 1991
    Zinman 1994
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    4th Movement Only: Abbado 1995 and Leppard 1994
    Last edited by Harvey; 03-05-2014, 01:47 AM.
    "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
    --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

    #2
    I think this is mine..I am a you tube filcher hehe

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz8P8D8MdNU
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Den Sie wenn Sie wollten
    Doch nicht vergessen sollten

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      #3
      Szell 1961 and Zinman 1994. I also have Scherbakov and Katsaris playing the Liszt transcription.

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        #4
        Originally posted by Harvey View Post
        This is pretty obsessive, but this is what I amassed over the last few years.
        Favorite is Fricsay 1958. There are 4 or 5 listed that I haven't really listened to yet.
        I have about 6 versions which are on your list and like you my favourite is Fricsay. This was one of the first classical LPs I bought when I was about 13, but in those days I didn't look after my collection very well (typical messy teenager I'm afraid!), so I was delighted when you told me it was available on cd. I ordered it and it arrived last week and was just as I remembered it, superb and the best of my 9ths!
        'Man know thyself'

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          #5
          Originally posted by Harvey View Post
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          Bernstein 1989 (Ode to Freedom)
          Gardiner 1994
          Hanoncourt 1991
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          Karajan 1963 (with Gundula Janowitz)
          Klemperer 1956
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          Norrington 1987
          Solti 1986
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          These +

          Mackerras (Liverpool PO)
          Barenboim (Staatskapelle Berlin)
          Bohm
          Abbado (BPO and VPO)
          Furtwangler
          Jarvi
          Vanska

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            #6
            Originally posted by Peter View Post
            I have about 6 versions which are on your list and like you my favourite is Fricsay. This was one of the first classical LPs I bought when I was about 13, but in those days I didn't look after my collection very well (typical messy teenager I'm afraid!), so I was delighted when you told me it was available on cd. I ordered it and it arrived last week and was just as I remembered it, superb and the best of my 9ths!
            Was that a stereo LP?

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              #7
              If anyone had asked me, I would have said offhand that I have about six or seven. But when I went to check, I found I had almost twice that number:

              Busch (1950)
              Furtwangler
              Karajan 1963
              Karajan 1984
              Kurt Masur
              Karl Bohm
              Ernest Ansermet
              Eugene Ormandy
              George Szell
              Gunter Wand
              Leonard Bernstein
              Jos van Immerseel
              Eugen Duvier

              (And I'm sure I have a few more lurking around somewhere)

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                #8
                Nice sets of Ninths Hal9000 and Michael!

                The Ninth was my first ever classical vocal work. I bought my first Ninth on vinyl about 34 years ago. It was the only classical vocal work I would listen to until I learned of Handel's Messiah a few years later. No further vocal works until just a couple years ago.

                My vinyl Ninth was Fricsay but apparently a budget edition because it split the third movement over both sides of the disc. The better edition came with two discs and is represented by the CD edition.
                "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Enrique View Post
                  Was that a stereo LP?
                  Yes and it was the two LP set mentioned below by Harvey - I thoroughly recommend getting this on cd.
                  'Man know thyself'

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                    #10
                    This is the one to get:



                    Here is my old one-disc vinyl edition:
                    "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                    --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                      #11
                      Well I just got my 33rd Ninth! Thanks to Rocco going to the library used book sale and finding a copy of Mehta 1983 Beethoven Ninth in great condition for $2 USD.
                      "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                      --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                        #12
                        How nice Harvey!

                        OMG The Ninth is going to be on my town's concert hall next March!!! I am going to see it.....
                        Ludwig van Beethoven
                        Den Sie wenn Sie wollten
                        Doch nicht vergessen sollten

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by AeolianHarp View Post
                          How nice Harvey!

                          OMG The Ninth is going to be on my town's concert hall next March!!! I am going to see it.....
                          Yes you very well must go!
                          "Life is too short to spend it wandering in the barren Sahara of musical trash."
                          --Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

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                            #14
                            I have got 3 CDS of the Ninth:

                            Von Karajan conducting the Berliner Philharmoniker ( bought today for 50p!)

                            Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia, 1997

                            Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Peter Maag, conductor, 1994 ( bought today for 50p!)


                            I am listening to the Karajan one right now- seems to be played much more slowly than I have heard on other recordings. Well, it is noticeable on the second movement!
                            Ludwig van Beethoven
                            Den Sie wenn Sie wollten
                            Doch nicht vergessen sollten

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Harvey View Post
                              This is the one to get:



                              Here is my old one-disc vinyl edition:
                              I ordered this from ebay:
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                              Ludwig van Beethoven
                              Den Sie wenn Sie wollten
                              Doch nicht vergessen sollten

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