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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