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Hello, so glad you mentioned the Markevitch! My current favorite 5th is in that set as well. Otherworldly. Thank you for your videos!

I must confess that the 4th is my favorite Beethoven symphony. So very inventive and melodic, but still pushing the boundaries of the classical form. It is absolutely the natural extention of Haydn. I love Walter, but my all time faves are Kondreshin, once available in the US on a Melodiya/Seraphim LP, Ansermet (surprise!!) on Eloquence CD (I have the original issue open reel tape), and Monteux.

An old axiom comes to mind; "If Beethoven, then Furtwängler." Other fine choices, too, Walter in particular.

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Nice pronunciation on Karl Böhm!

I have always liked the fourth symphony, perhaps more than its more famous siblings. Could this be related to my taste for the music of Joseph Haydn?

For the 8th Symphony, it's got to be Szell and Cleveland. They have the absolute precision of ensemble this symphony requires, and Szell also doesn't miss the humor in the work. In the latest remasterings (both in the Szell Beethoven symphony box as well as the later "big" Szell box) the sound is superb.

So, its Furtwangler then OK