Tomas Dyntar wrote: >I intend to buy a recording of Beethoven's Missa solemnis. I have heard >about the Klemperer, Gardiner, Solti, Herreweghe versions but have not >heard them. Can you tell me what is your favourite account? That would >help me a lot. Thank you. My favorite is the 1953 Toscanini in its latest incarnation in a 2-fer with the 9th symphony. I find the sound to be spectacular given the vintage, and the depth of emotion in old Toscanini is unbelieveable. Bill S