According to the Arnold discography "The Orchestra on Record," the first
recording of the Beethoven 9th was done in 1923 by the Neues
Symphonie-Orchester conducted by  Bruno Siedler-Winkler, released on
Polydor 69607-69613.

Karl

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Clark Johnsen <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> As a companion to Frank Forman's fascinating question.
>
> NB The answer I propose has an asterisk on one of the symphonies.
>