Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 - “Eroica”
60s, BPO, Karajan
70s, BPO, Karajan
Philharmonia Orchestra, Klemperer
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
60s, BPO, Karajan
WPO, Carlos Kleiber
Symphony No. 6 in F, Op. 68 - “Pastoral”
60s, BPO, Karajan
80s, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Walter
Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
60s, BPO, Karajan
WPO, Carlos Kleiber
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 - “Choral”
My favourite symphony, Beethoven’s ninth, has a special meaning to me.
1942, Furtwängler
1951, Bayreuth Festival, Furtwängler
1954, Lucerne Festival, Furtwängler
1958, BPO, Fricsay
1962, BPO, Karajan
1977, BPO, Karajan
1979, BPO, Bernstein
1989, “Ode to Freedom”, Bernstein
Schubert
Symphony No.3 in D, D.200
WPO, Carlos Kleiber
Brahms
Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op. 68
70s, BPO, Karajan
90s, BPO, Abbado
Symphony No.3 in F, Op. 90
I crushed on the 3rd movement at the first second, then gradually got pleased with the whole symphony.
70s, BPO, Karajan
90s, BPO, Abbado
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
90s, BPO, Abbado
WPO, Carlos Kleiber