Readers' Poll Results: Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Choral)

Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Choral)

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Decca 6BB 121/2
Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Lorengar/Minton/Burrows/Talvela

EMI ALP 1286/7 (mono)
Wilhelm Furtwangler, Orchestra and Chorus of the 1951 Bayreuth Festival
Schwartzkopf/Hongen/Hopf/Edelman

EMI CFP 142  (XLP 20001/2 mono)
Carl Schuricht, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra and Chorale
Elisabeth Brasseur
Lipp/Hoffgen/Dickie/Frick

EMI CFP 40019 (SXLP 30085 or ASDF 105/6)
Andre Cluytens, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin
Browenstijn/Meyer/Gedda/Guthrie

Epic BSC 112 (Columbia SAX 2512/13)
George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
Bell/Hobson/Addison/Lewis

Music for Pleasure MFP 2099/100
William Steinberg, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Lee/Simon/Knees/Paul

Reader's Digest RD-34 (7 LP box set)

Rene Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra