Classical lp dilemma - recommendations, please


I'd like to buy the best quality recordings of beethoven's 9th, moonlight sonata, chopin's fur elise, and anything mussorgsky, but i'm new to buying classical lps. There are loads of recordings of each and i'm not sure which are quality and which aren't. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
lazarus28

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Dino:) Suggets you also get Beethoven's 6th Symphony by Karl Boehm; avoid the Karajan - he sounds like he's in a hurry to get to his next appointment. However, I agree with Karajan for the 9th (the 1962 recording, not the 1977).

Wilhelm Kempff does a great job of BEETHOVEN'S Fur Elise and the sonatas. I really like the Lazar Berman recording of Pictures at an Exhibition.