Wanting recommendations for a top-notch recording which has all the passion and fire, and outstanding sonics. I can play CDs and SACDs, but not DVD-As.
Furtwangler's may be the best ever performances, but sonically they are very poor.... sigh.
i second Newbee's Bernstein / VPO recommendation. there's an excellent Bernstein Beethoven cycle on SHM-CD. it's not cheap but the sonics are great & the performance IMO is as good as it gets (even better than the Vanska, Toscanini, Furtwrangler, & Karajan recordings).
don't get the Bernstein Berlin Wall live recording tho. that one sucks (pardon my language).
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