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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.
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gregm
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Hello 23yr old dinosaur -- which of course, relates to vinyl, not your age; by the same token I'm a double dinosaur :). Furtwangler & Klemperer (conductors) for Beethoven's 9th, for his piano works (incl. Elise) I recommend the following pianists: Brendel / Gieseking or Backhaus, for Mussorgski try 2nd piano concerto with Richter or Arrau on the piano. These should be reasonably easy to find on LP.
I too find the Virgin Guide more consistent than Gramophone or Penguin. If you read french, the Diapason old guide is IMO one of the best guides. Cheers!
gregm
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...Yes, he did Mara. For a student called Elise, it seems. I don't know if anything else ensued. But, it ain't bad to have Beethoven compose s/thing for you!
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