I’VE FOUND MY NINTH!

Of course no recording of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony can be all things to all people. However, having gone through my collection and sampled a number of the greats – Bernstein, Furtwängler, Szell, Toscanini, Walter – I came across something of a dark horse.

If we can reach our goal of $8000 by around 4:45 this afternoon, we will enjoy this extraordinary performance in its entirety. If we can’t, then we’ll just have to settle for the finale, and that would be a real shame, since the first two movements sound like the musicians ate lava for breakfast.

Our salute to Beethoven resumes on WWFM – The Classical Network, following today’s Noontime Concert. Won’t you support us at 1-888-232-1212 or wwfm.org? Make that recording of Beethoven’s Ninth the joyous occasion it is meant to be!