What is the best recording of Beethoven's 5th symphony?

Any list of the all-time best classical recordings would have to include the urgent, sinuous performances of Beethoven's fifth and seventh symphonies with Carlos Kleiber conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. read more

Beethoven's Best: The Ultimate 5th Symphony Any list of the all-time best classical recordings would have to include the urgent, sinuous performances of Beethoven's fifth and seventh symphonies with Carlos Kleiber conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. read more

Listen to our playlist, read our recommendations, and click on the links to download your favourite versions from our chosen selection. A name synonymous with Beethoven’s symphonies was the Italian maestro Arturo Toscanini. read more

Klemperer’s best performance of the fifth is, by about a million miles, his Concertgebouw recording, which has a drama he does not permit himself or his musicians in his many (at least four) performances of it with the Philharmonia. read more