Best recording of Tchaikovsky's 5th

I am looking for a great preformance and recording of Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony.

pal05-31-2003 6:47am

opus88 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 530 posts 12-12-2015 at 04:31pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I would recommend a performance that's been around for a long time, and which I still consider one of the best balanced and finest played: George Szell's with the Cleveland Orchestra.
tostadosunidos Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,197 posts 12-13-2015 at 03:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I heard the Cleveland Orch. do this piece a year or two ago at the Menuhin competition in Austin. It was amazing...jaw-dropping...head-shaking...almost unbelievable.
ebm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,311 posts 01-25-2016 at 03:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The 2 best Leopold Stokowski New Philharmonia Decca SDD 493 and Lorin Maazel Vienna Philharmonic SXL6085 on record.
schubert Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,386 posts 01-25-2016 at 05:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Gergiev/VPO on Phillips followed closely by Szell/Cleveland . A surprisingly good one in a box set of all 6 is Masur /Gewandhausorchester on Teldec