Reader's Poll: Reference Recordings (Vinyl)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 1
  • Columbia SAX 2318 Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Epic BC 1292 (Columbia SAX 2493) George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
  • Fontana SFL 14084 Franz Konwitschny, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Heliodor 89 613 Ferenc Fricsay, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • RCA LSC-2491 (or RCA SB-2127) Pierre Monteux, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
  • Columbia (UK) SAX 2364 (or EMI ASD 2564) Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • EMI ALP 1060 Wilhelm Furtwangler, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI CFP 40076 Andre Cluytens, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI FALP 574 Carl Schuricht, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
  • Epic BC 1001 (or Columbia SAX 2577) George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
  • RCA VICS 1036 Pierre Monteux, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Reader's Digest RD-34 (7 LP box set) Rene Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 5
  • Columbia ML 4009 (mono) Bruno Walter, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Decca LXT 2851 (mono) Erich Kleiber, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Deutsche Grammophon 2530 516 Carlos Kleiber, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI CFP 40007 Andre Cluytens, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Fontana SFL 14083 Franz Konwitschny, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  • Philips 802 769 LY George Szell, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Reader's Digest RD-34 (7 LP box set) Rene Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral)
  • Columbia (UK) SAX 2260 (or EMI ASD 2565) Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Columbia (US) MS 6012 (six-eye pressing) Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI ASD 433 Andre Cluytens, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Epic BC 1249 (or Columbia SAX 2549) George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
  • Reader's Digest RD-34 (7 LP box set) Rene Leibowitz, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 8
  • Columbia SAX 2318 Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Epic BC 1254 (Columbia SAX 2565) George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
  • RCA LSC-2491 (or RCA SB-2127) Pierre Monteux, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Symphony No. 9 (Choral)
  • 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

Hector Berlioz

Symphonie Fantastique
  • Chesky CR1 Massimo Freccia, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Columbia SAX 2537 Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Decca 7659 (French Decca) Carlos Paita, London Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI/HMV ASD 399 (or Concert Classics SXLP 30295) Sir Thomas Beecham, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
  • EMI/HMV ASD 2945 Jean Martinon, Orchestre National de L'O.R.T.F.
  • Philips A 00.123L (mono) Willem Van Otterloo, Berlin Philharmonic
  • RCA Living Stereo LM-1900 (mono or Classic Records stereo) Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA Living Stereo LSC-2608 Charles Munch, Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Reference Recordings RR-11 (2 LP set) Varujan Krojian, Utah Symphony Orchestra
  • Westminster WL-5268 (mono) Hermann Scherchen, London Symphony Orchestra

Johannes Brahms

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
  • Columbia SAXF 5001 (French pressing, boxed set) Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Decca LXT 5292 (mono) Josef Krips, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Decca SXL 6796 Zubin Mehta, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI ASD 2401 Sir John Barbirolli, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI ASD 2871 (also in EMI SLS 5009 boxed set) Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI CFP 131 (EMI ASD 350) Rudolf Kempe, Berlin Philharmonic
  • Regal SREG 1017 (EMI ASD 350) Rudolf Kempe, Berlin Philharmonic
  • World Record Club T464 Franz Konwitschny, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Claude Debussy

La Mer
  • Columbia SAX 2463 Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Columbia SAX 2532 George Szell, Cleveland Orchestra
  • Decca LW 5267 (mono) Ernest Ansermet, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  • Decca Phase Four PFS 4220 Leopold Stokowski, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Deutsche Grammophon SLPM 138 923 Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • HMV ALP 1228 (mono) Guido Cantelli, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • London CS 6024 (Decca SDD 214) Ernest Ansermet, L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  • Mercury Living Presence SR 90010 Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • Philips 9500 359 Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam

Edward Elgar

Enigma Variations
  • Contour Classics 2870 440 Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
  • Decca ACL 55 (mono) Sir Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra
  • Decca SXL 6795 (London CS 6984) Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Deutsche Grammophon 2530 586 Eugen Jochum, London Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI HMV ALP 1464 Sir Edward Elgar, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
  • EMI HMV ASD 548 Sir John Barbirolli, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • EMI HMV ASD 2750 Sir Adrian Boult, London Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI HMV SXLP 20007 Sir Malcolm Sargent, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Lyrita SRCS 77 Andrew Davis, New Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Philips 6500 481 Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam
  • Pye Records GSGC 4057 Sir John Barbirolli, Halle Orchestra
  • RCA Living Stereo LSC-2418 (SB 2108 or VICS 1107) Pierre Monteux, London Symphony Orchestra
  • World Record Club WRC ST 158 (EMI CFP 40022) Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky

The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)
  • CBS MS 6010 Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic
  • CBS MS 6319 Igor Stravinsky, Columbia Symphony Orchestra
  • CBS S 72804 (German pressing) (MS 7293) Pierre Boulez, Cleveland Orchestra
  • Decca SXL 6691 (or London CS 6885) Sir Georg Solti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • EMI/HMV ASD 313 (or EMI CFP 129 or Regal SREG 1024) Igor Markevitch, Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Mercury Living Presence SR 90253 Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D
  • Columbia/CBS MS 6298 David Oistrakh, Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra
  • Columbia SAX 2323 (WRC ST562) Leonid Kogan, Constantin Silvestri/Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
  • Crossroads 22 16 0224 (WRC R-00066) Hyman Bress, Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Decca LXT 2970 (mono) (ACL 25) Mischa Elman, Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Decca SXL 2279 (London CS 6215) Ruggiero Ricci, Sir Malcolm Sargent/London Symphony Orchestra
  • Decca SXL 6493 (London CS 6710) Kyung-Wha Chung, Andre Previn/London Symphony Orchestra
  • Deutsche Grammophon SLPM 139028 Christian Ferras, Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Deutsche Grammophon 2532 001 Gidon Kremer, Lorin Maazel/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Deutsche Grammophon 419 241-1 Anne Sophie-Mutter, Herbert von Karajan/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • EMI ASD 2813 Igor Oistrakh, David Oistrakh/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London CS 6011 (Decca SXL 2029 or SPA 183) Alfredo Campoli, Ataulfo Argenta/London Symphony Orchestra
  • Philips SGL 5815 (Fontana SFL 14059) Michele Auclair, Robert Wagner/Innsbruck State Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA Living Stereo LSC-2129 Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • RCA Red Seal Dynagroove LSC-3014 Itzhak Perlman, Eric Leinsdorf/Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Remington R-19920 (mono) Michele Auclair, Kurt Woss/Austrian Symphony Orchestra
  • Westminster WST 14017 Erica Morini, Artur Rodzinski/Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of London
  • World Record Club ST 574 (Capitol SP 8512) Nathan Milstein, William Steinberg/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Comments

  1. SXLP 30085 is the Andre Cluytens Berlin Philharmonic Recording of the 9th and should be with CFP 40019. Also don't forget the original French issue ASDF 105/106

    CFP 142 is a different recording and I think was originally issued in Italy on QIM 6345 (La Voce Del Padrone)

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    1. You are absolutely correct, and thank you for catching my mistake!

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