Bob Draper ([log in to unmask]) wrote concerning Beethoven's 9th:
>I have heard two versions of the work. Kurt Mazur on Philips silver line.
>... Bernard Haitink on Philips digital classics. ...
>
>I have also seen Karajan perform the work on TV.
Well, you certainly haven't heard any that *I'd* consider worthy of the
work.
Hmmm, mono: Furtwaengler (1942, 1954) among others
Stereo: Karajan 1961 (only for Gundula Janowitz in the finale), Jochum
(1979 EMI, although Kiri is fairly clueless in the finale), Kubelik 1982
(Orfeo, live).
HIP: Bru"ggen (Philips) (and before anyone suggests JEGm, I have it and
I don't rate it).
These are the ones that stand out in my memory, without getting into the
minutiae of Wengartner vs. Furtwaengler vs. Abendroth etc...
Deryk Barker
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