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  TheJargonKing

  10 jul 10

  Excellent, I would also see Ricardo Araújo, Bernard Haitink, and, although not loved by many, Zubin Mehta.

   

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  j&r

  21 feb 11

  ..you're right jargon..haitink is a genius..the emperor of beethoven conducted by him and played by Arrau is remarkable..

   

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  Geo@Geo

  28 apr 11

  I would have gone for 4,3,1,2: personal tastes, less technical! I love Bernstein and Boulez. In any case: excellent!

   

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  Felo

  10 sep 11

  I would have put Karajan in first place, but these are trivial matters.

   

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  Raphael Vrbinas

  27 nov 11

  you included many of my favorites. By the way, you’ve added a representative work for everyone that I really appreciated. I’m very curious about the ninth orchestrated by Kubelik. I own the Karajan version, which I find excellent. The same goes for Beethoven's third, with which I have a conflicted relationship. It’s an enormous symphony, but it still hasn’t captivated me with that total intensity throughout the work, which I found in the fifth, sixth, seventh, and ninth. I will look for this version.

   

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  j&r

  27 nov 11

  ...Dvořák's Ninth conducted by Kubelik is the best I've ever listened to, along with that of the great Szell...I own Karajan's version, but I've never really liked it....Beethoven's Eroica conducted by Klemperer is perfect in its dimensions and intensity...the first movement and also the second, he doesn't stretch them excessively like Giulini did, but neither does he make them too dry and fast like Gardiner...Klemperer has found the perfect balance and the symphony is extraordinary...

   

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  Felo

  27 dec 11

  I would also include the late Sinopoli, in my opinion a great conductor, with his famous Symphony No. 5 by Mahler.

   

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  j&r

  18 feb 12

  ...I don't have anything direct from Sinopoli...but I listened on the radio to his interpretation of Beethoven's Ninth...truly excellent!

   

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  Felo

  21 may 12

  Another historic conductor, perfect and absolutely indispensable in this ranking is Sergiu Celibidache. For me, his peak is the Piano Concerto in G major featuring none other than Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli as soloist. It's available in its entirety on YouTube, as Celibidache did not like recordings. For sacred repertoire, I recommend – though you probably already know – the great Philippe Herreweghe and his version of the Mass according to Matthew (which I believe is slightly superior even to Richter's "historic" conducting and only inferior to Harnoncourt's extended version).

   

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    Felo

    22 may 12

    Correction: of course it’s the Passion according to Matthew and not the Mass. I apologize, but I took a pretty strong hit to the face before writing the comment.
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  Felo

  21 may 12

  The piano concerto for orchestra is obviously Ravel's.

   

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