The Best and Cheapest Beethoven's Ninth

[MN Dave]

Hmm, best I see now is $4.18...

Someone must have purchased that used one. I wonder if it was someone here.

[Gurn Blanston]

Someone must have purchased that used one. I wonder if it was someone here.

[MN Dave]

You?

[Gurn Blanston]

You?

Thanks for the tip, amigo.

[MN Dave]

Thanks for the tip, amigo.

Happy listening, sir. 

[MN Dave]

Does that include postage?

Do you mean, should your LvB entry include postage? No.

[Don]

Anyone have a suggestion for the worst and most expensive Beethoven 9th?

[MN Dave]

Anyone have a suggestion for the worst and most expensive Beethoven 9th?

It has probably just been released, whatever it is!

[Gurn Blanston]

Happy listening, sir. 

Thanks. That's 2 versions I have gotten from this thread. Let's not stop now...

[MN Dave]

This one is interesting if only for the fact that you can get all nine symphonies for just double the price. I have heard this Ninth and it is a very enjoyable (and controversial) interpretation. Modern instruments at HIP speeds, if I recall correctly.

[Gurn Blanston]

This one is interesting if only for the fact that you can get all nine symphonies for just double the price. I have heard this Ninth and it is a very enjoyable (and controversial) interpretation. Modern instruments at HIP speeds, if I recall correctly.

That one IS interesting. The whole cycle is, in fact. I am really quite fond of MacKerras, moreso as time goes by and I hear others. His Mozart cycle kicks butt too.

[MN Dave]

That one IS interesting. The whole cycle is, in fact. I am really quite fond of MacKerras, moreso as time goes by and I hear others. His Mozart cycle kicks butt too.

Yes, my mandatory Eine Kleine Nachtmusik disc is on Telarc by Mackerras and Prague.

[MN Dave]

Kegel and Dresden - 99 cents

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Symphony-No-9-Choral/dp/B000001VJW/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1209146965&sr=8-5

[Brian]

That one IS interesting. The whole cycle is, in fact. I am really quite fond of MacKerras, moreso as time goes by and I hear others. His Mozart cycle kicks butt too.

Thanks for alerting me to the Mackerras Beethoven cycle. I'm listening to all the Amazon clips, and it is really sounding like Mackerras has exactly the same idea of Beethoven's Ninth that I do. The bass' O freunde passage at the start of the vocal finale is simply revelatory - and I'm stunned to hear that he apparently likes the slow movement as brisk as I do...

Added most urgently to the shopping cart. 

[MN Dave]

I'm not sure anyone has beaten Bunny's one cent-er, but at least people are finding this thread useful otherwise.

[MN Dave]

I have a few quibbles with the final movement, but overall this is a grand version. And the devil wants you to have it for only $6.66.

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Symphony-No-Donald-Gramm/dp/B000003FJS/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1209148653&sr=8-12

[George]

I have a few quibbles with the final movement, but overall this is a grand version. And the devil wants you to have it for only $6.66.

http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Symphony-No-Donald-Gramm/dp/B000003FJS/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1209148653&sr=8-12

Yes, that is on my list, should I desire more LvB 9ths.

[MN Dave]

Yes, that is on my list, should I desire more LvB 9ths.

I find that Reiner hits the spot quite often.  0:)

[M forever]

That one IS interesting. The whole cycle is, in fact. I am really quite fond of MacKerras, moreso as time goes by and I hear others. His Mozart cycle kicks butt too.

Forget the cycle with the RLPO. That is a musically completely mediocre product, a harsh disappointment coming from someone as knowledgeable about the music of that period as Mackerras. Fortunately, he "corrected" himself in his live performances in Edinburgh with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonia, and fortunately, these performances are also available on CD now. They are musically vastly better than the RLPO recordings.

[Brian]

Forget the cycle with the RLPO. That is a musically completely mediocre product, a harsh disappointment coming from someone as knowledgeable about the music of that period as Mackerras. Fortunately, he "corrected" himself in his live performances in Edinburgh with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Philharmonia, and fortunately, these performances are also available on CD now. They are musically vastly better than the RLPO recordings.

I'm very much interested in acquiring one of these, so if you like, please do tell more.