Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 - 4 reference recordings

Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op, 125, "Choral".

Wilhelm Furtwängler

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elsa Cavelti
Ernst Häfliger
Otto Edelmann

Philharmonia Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Choir (1954).

Otto Klemperer

Aase Nordmo Løvberg
Christa Ludwig
Waldemar Kmentt
Hans Hotter

Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus (1957).

Karl Böhm

Jessye Noman
Brigitte Fassbaender
Plácido Domingo
Walter Berry

Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor (1980).

Carlo Maria Giulini

Julia Varady
Jard van Nes
Keith Lewis
Simon Estes

Berliner Philharmoniker, Ernst-Senff-Chor (1990)