Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
by Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra bestography
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 is ranked 7th best out of 20 albums by Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra is Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 which is ranked number 20292 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 52.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Igtonumama | Favourite Instrumental Albums | 19/66 | - |
| 2024 |  Leonard | Georg Solti | 22/44 | - |
| 2023 | Igtonumama | Top 100 Music Albums of 1972 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2018 | YoungPunk | Top 53 Music Albums of the 1970s | 52/53 | 1 |
| 2013 | goethe92 | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 1/40 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6 | |||
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/22/2026 12:53 | TonySayers61 | 25,721 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2025 12:19 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,736 | 74/100 |
| ! | 03/05/2023 13:16 | Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 82.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/01/2019 00:59 | #232797
A masterful presentation of the pinnacle of musical art.
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