Only one boxed set to recommend (see the end), but I'd first recommend you consider individual LPs to get better performances than any one boxed set provides overall.
Among more well known performances in good sonics that I'd recommend:
Sym 1 & 2, Marriner/ASMF, Philips 6500 113
Sym 3, Kleiber,Eric/VPO in mono on London/Decca
Sym 5, Kleiber,Carlos/VPO, DGG 2530 516
Sym 6, Walter/ColumbiaSO or Kleiber/Concertgebouw
Sym 7, Kleiber/VPO, DGG 2530 706
Sym 8, Norrington/LondonClassicPlayers, EMI EL 2705631
Sym 9, Solti/ChicagoSO, Decca 6BB 121/2 (or London)
Tacet Records has been working on a cycle of new recordings by Kajski and the Polish Chamber Philhamonic Orchestra and releasing them on vinyl. These are very nice, fresh performances in excellent sonics; don't be put off by the lack of big name recognition. So far, they have completed on vinyl the 1st and 2d on one disc, the 5th, and the 7th (Tacet L149, L157 and L164). These are special, imo.
For period instrument histroically informed performances, you might consider the series by Norrington and the London Classic Players on EMI. I don't think it was ever packaged as a box set.
For a box set, if you must, consider looking for the performances by Rene Leibowitz and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded in marvelous sound by Kenneth Wilkinson (Gerhardt, producer) for Readers Digest. This set often sells for under $25-50 on the used market. These are all very good performances by an excellent conductor, and the recording quality by Wilkinson is excellent.
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Among more well known performances in good sonics that I'd recommend:
Sym 1 & 2, Marriner/ASMF, Philips 6500 113
Sym 3, Kleiber,Eric/VPO in mono on London/Decca
Sym 5, Kleiber,Carlos/VPO, DGG 2530 516
Sym 6, Walter/ColumbiaSO or Kleiber/Concertgebouw
Sym 7, Kleiber/VPO, DGG 2530 706
Sym 8, Norrington/LondonClassicPlayers, EMI EL 2705631
Sym 9, Solti/ChicagoSO, Decca 6BB 121/2 (or London)
Tacet Records has been working on a cycle of new recordings by Kajski and the Polish Chamber Philhamonic Orchestra and releasing them on vinyl. These are very nice, fresh performances in excellent sonics; don't be put off by the lack of big name recognition. So far, they have completed on vinyl the 1st and 2d on one disc, the 5th, and the 7th (Tacet L149, L157 and L164). These are special, imo.
For period instrument histroically informed performances, you might consider the series by Norrington and the London Classic Players on EMI. I don't think it was ever packaged as a box set.
For a box set, if you must, consider looking for the performances by Rene Leibowitz and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded in marvelous sound by Kenneth Wilkinson (Gerhardt, producer) for Readers Digest. This set often sells for under $25-50 on the used market. These are all very good performances by an excellent conductor, and the recording quality by Wilkinson is excellent.
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