Okay, I'm actually done with Beethoven - Brahms it is.

I also prefer Schubert's symphonies to Beethoven's.. and there are
changes regarding my fav mozart opera recordings.. can't deal with
Fricsay..
it's
Serail: Krips (Warner)
nozze: Suitner (Berlin Classics)
DG: Klemperer (DG)
cosi: Böhm (*Decca, EMI)
Zauberflöte: Bergman (Arthaus), *Klemperer (Warner)
there will also be changes wrt to my fav mozart pcs etc.
fav composers:
Mozart (recordings: the ones mentioned above, pletnev, horowitz, gould,
probably gilels, celibidache, maag in 32 slow movement...)
Schubert (hotter/moore, volodos, pletnev, celibidache, sawallisch,
orozco-estrada...)
Brahms (volodos, rubinstein, pletnev, gould, probably michelangeli,
celibidache...)
Schönberg/Webern/Berg (Boulez, Barenboim... still need to compare more)
Ravel (Michelangeli, Celibidache...), Dutilleux (Munch, Quatuor
Ebene...)