Typically excellent Beethoven, desert island Wagner

This Beethoven 4th has been on most shorlists since first released, and now has the best sound ever. The Wagner, an apparent farewell appearance with the Maitre's former band, shows how much we missed when bookers and record producers forced Monteux to play and record much more French repertoire than he wanted. Here is Wagner's most humane and tender music, sung on one sublime breath, like chamber music, which is how it was written. This wonderful Monteux completes my holy trinity for this work, along with Walter and Solti (only one Wiener Philharmoniker to a part).