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Zinman's Beethoven springs to mind

David Zinman's set of the Beethoven symphonies on Telarc is a favorite of mine, and well worth adding to your collection even if, like me, you already own too many Beethoven cycles. A chief attraction here is that Zinman uses the New Barenreiter Edition of the scores (numerous minor but noticeable corrections), and generally sticks to Beethoven's metronome markings in the best historically informed performance manner, yet utilizes a modern orchestra--the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, which, though it clearly isn't the equal of, say, the BPO, plays with the verve that this sort of approach requires. Very well-engineered recording, and an absurdly low price (about $25 US).


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