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Looking for a suggestion. First one gets a complete listen and amateur review.
iron57

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I'll bite.  Schubert Symphony #5.  Otto Klemperer and the Philharmonia Orchestra.  On Angel/EMI
iron57 -- See if you can stream Mozart's Symphony #34 with the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Neville Marriner, or Mozart's Symphonies Numbers 25 and 29 with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten.  There are critics who complain about Marriner's overly polished performance and the slickness of the sound from the Philips recording label, but I think they're dandy.  Actually, any of the Neville Marriner/ASMF recordings sound damnably good.  As for the Benjamin Britten recordings of Mozart's 25 & 29, both me and the critics agree they're a couple of London/Decca Records' greatest sounding recordings.  String tone and imaging to die for. 
asvjerry -- Try any recording from MA Recordings.  Todd, the founder and sole proprietor of the tiny label, began in the previous century but continues to produce  minimally-miked recordings of off-beat music.  He goes to exotic places across the globe, finds musicians who are as weird as they are talented and records them in lovely resonant venues.  A delicious can o' worms.  Cooked by a canny connoisseur.