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Composer - Work <Year(s)>
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Label/No. [discs] <Rec.Date, if known>
Artists
Comments (if any)
Albinoni - Adagio for Organ & Strings in g (arr. Remo Giazotto) <1750d/arr: 1940s>
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Koch-Schwann
Werther/I Fiamminghi
w Vivaldi: ? <1741d>
Bach - Art of the Fugue (1080) <1748-50>
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DGG
Gilbert
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos (1046-51) <1721>
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Archiv 427 143-2 [2] <67>
Richter/Munich Bach Orch
w Oboe Conc (1055) & Conc Viol, Oboe & Str (1060) <?>
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos (1046-51) <1721>
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DGG
Goebel/Musica Antiqua Köln
(1) orig inst
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos (1046-51) <1721>
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Erato 45373-2/45374-2 [2] <83>
Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orch
orig inst
Bach - Brandenburg Concertos (1046-51) <1721>
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Oiseau-Lyre
Hogwood/Acad Anc Mus
(2) orig inst; shorter
Bach - Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue for Harpsichord in d (903) <1720-23>
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Supraphon
Moravec
piano
Bach - Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord (988) <1742>
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Erato 2292-45468-2 [2] <89>
Barenboim
piano
Bach - Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord (988) <1742>
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Erato 45326-2 <87>
Koopman
harpsichord
Bach - Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord (988) <1742>
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Virgin
Cole
harpsichord
Bach - Magnificat in D (243) <1723>
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Angel
Marriner/ASMF
Bach - Mass in b (232) <1733-38?>
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Archiv 415 514-2 [2] <85>
Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir, Engl Baroque Soloists
orig inst
Bach - Mass in b (232) <1733-38?>
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Philips
Smith, Chance.../Orch of 18th C
live perf
Bach - Musical Offering (1079) <1747>
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DGG
Musica Antiqua Köln
Bach - Orchestral Suites (1066-9) <1717?-30?>
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Erato ECD 88048/88049 [2] <83>
Gardiner/Engl Baroque Soloists
Bach - Orchestral Suites (1066-9) <1717?-30?>
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Hyperion
Goodman/Brandenburg Consort
Bach - St. Matthew Passion <1729>
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Archiv 427 648-2 [3] <88>
Johnson, Schmidt, Bonney, Monoyios.../Gardiner
orig inst
Bach - St. Matthew Passion <1729>
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Philips
Jochum/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Bach - Toccata & Fugue for Organ in d (565) <1708>
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DGG
Preston
Bach - Violin Concertos (1041-3) <1717?-23?>
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Archiv 410 646-2
Sandage, Wilcock/Pinnock/Engl Conc
Bach - Violin Concertos (1041-3) <1717?-23?>
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Erato 2292-45283-2
Huggett, Bury/Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orch
Bach - Violin Sonatas & Partitas (1001-6) <1720?>
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Camerata
Shiokawa
(2) ``non-baroque''
Bach - Violin Sonatas & Partitas (1001-6) <1720?>
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Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Kuijken
(1) ``baroque violin''
Bach - Violin Sonatas & Partitas (1001-6) <1720?>
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DGG 423 294-2 [2]
Milstein
(4)
Barber - Adagio for Strings <1936>
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EMI CDC 49463/Teldec?
Slatkin/St. Louis SO
from Str Quart 1; w Sch for Scand Overt, Essays... <1931,1937-78>
Bartók - Concerto for Orch <1943>
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CBS
Boulez/NYPO
(1)
Bartók - Concerto for Orch & Music for Str, Percuss and Celesta <1943,1936>
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RCA Living Stereo 61504-2 <55-58>
Reiner/Chicago SO
(2) w Hungarian Sketches <1931>
Bartók - Concertos for Piano and Orch nos. 1-3 <1926,1930-31,1945>
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Sony Classical SK 45835 <89>
Sándor/Fischer/Hungarian State Orch
Bartók - Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta <1936>
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London 411 894-2
Doráti/Detroit SO
w Miraculous Mandarin <1918-19>
Bartók - String Quartets [6] <1908-39>
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DGG 423 657-2 [2]
Emerson Quart
Beethoven - Cello Sonatas [5] (complete) <1797-1815>
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Philips 412 256-2 [2] <61>
Rostropovich, Richter
Beethoven - Overtures (complete) <1827d>
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DGG
Karajan/Berlin PO
(1)
Beethoven - Overtures (various) <1827d>
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CBS
Davis/Bavarian RSO
(2)
Beethoven - Piano Concertos [5] (complete) <1795-1809>
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CBS Masterwks M3K 44575 [3]
Perahia/Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Beethoven - Piano Concertos [5] (complete) <1795-1809>
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DGG
Kempff, Leitner/Berlin PO
Beethoven - Piano Concertos [5] (complete) <1795-1809>
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Sony Classical SB3K 48397 [3] <59-61>
Fleisher/Szell/Cleveland Orch
w Triple Concerto <1804>
Beethoven - Piano Sonata no. 21 (Waldstein) <1804>
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RCA
Richter
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas nos. 21, 23 & 26 (53,57,81a) <1804-11>
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DGG 419 162-2 <72-74>
Gilels
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas nos. 28-32 (101,106,109-11) <1817-23>
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DGG 419 199-2 <75-77>
Pollini
Beethoven - Piano Sonatas nos. 8, 14, 15 & 24 (13,27,28,78) <1799-1810>
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DGG 415 834-2 <65>
Kempff
Beethoven - String Quartet no. 14 in c-sharp (131) <1826>
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Calliope CAL 9638
Talich Quart
w String Quartet no. 9 in C (59:Razumovsky, no. 3) <1807>
Beethoven - String Quartet no. 7 in F (59:Razumovsky, no. 1) <1807>
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DGG 427 305-2 <85>
Melos Quart
w String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat (74:Harp) <1809>
Beethoven - String Quartets nos. 1-6 (18) <1800>
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DHM 77029-2 [2] <87>
Smithson String Quart
Beethoven - String Quartets nos. 1-6 (18) <1800>
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Philips 426 046-2 [3] <72-75>
Quartetto Italiano
1989 midprice rel
Beethoven - Symphonies nos. 1-9 <1800-17>
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DGG 429 036-2 [5] <61-62>
Karajan/Berlin PO
Beethoven - Symphonies nos. 1-9 <1800-17>
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DGG 429 089-2 [6] <75-77>
Karajan/Berlin PO
digital; w various overtures <?>
Beethoven - Symphonies nos. 1-9 <1800-17>
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Sony Classical SX6K 48099 [6] <58-59>
Walter/Columbia SO
w Coriolan & Leonore Overtures <1807>
Beethoven - Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (55:Eroica) <1804>
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Arkadia
Furtwängler/Berlin PO
Beethoven - Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (55:Eroica) <1804>
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DGG 413 778-2 <78>
Bernstein/Vienna PO
w Egmont Overture <1810>
Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in c (60) <1805>
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DGG
Kleiber/Vienna PO
Beethoven - Symphony no. 5 in c (60) & no. 7 in A (92) <1805,1812>
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EMI CDH 69803-2 <54>
Furtwängler/Vienna PO
Beethoven - Symphony no. 7 in A (92) <1812>
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DGG
Kleiber/Vienna PO
Beethoven - Symphony no. 9 in d (125:Choral) <1817>
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Hunt
Furtwängler/Berlin PO, Kittelcher Choir
Beethoven - Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano in C (56) <1804>
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Angel
Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter, Karajan/BPO
Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D (61) <1806>
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EMI CDC 47002
Perlman/Giulimi/Philharmonia Orch
Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D (61) <1806>
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EMI CDH 69799 <53>
Menuhin/Furtwängler/Philharmonia Orch
(3) mono; w Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e <1844>
Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D (61) <1806>
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Philips
Grumiaux, Galliera/New Philharmonia Orch
(1)
Beethoven - Violin Sonata no. 9 in A (47:Kreutzer) <1802>
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London 410 554-2 <73>
Perlman, Ashkenazy
w Violin Sonata no. 5 in F (24:Spring) <1801>
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique (14) <1830/rev:1831>
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Philips 411 425-2
Davis/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
(2)
Bizet - Carmen <1875>
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DGG 410 088-2 [3]
Baltsa, Carreras, van Dam.../Karajan/Berlin PO
Bizet - Jeux d'enfants (22) <1871>
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Philips
K. & M. Labeque
Bizet - L'Arlésienne: Suites nos. 1 & 2 <1872>
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CBS MYK 37260 <77>
Stokowski/National PO
Bizet - L'Arlésienne: Suites nos. 1 & 2 <1872>
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DGG 413 422-2
Abbado/London SO
Bizet - Symphony (no. 1) in C <1868>
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Chandos
Bychkov/Orchestre de Paris
Brahms - Cello Sonatas in e (38) & in F (99) <1862-65,1886>
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DGG
Rostropovich, Serkin
Brahms - Cello Sonatas in e (38) & in F (99) <1862-65,1886>
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EMI Studio CDM 63298 <68>
du Pré, Barenboim
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in b (115) <1891>
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Delos DE 3066 <89>
Shifrin/Chamber Music Northwest
w String Quintet no. 2 in G (111) <1890>
Brahms - Double Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orch in a (102) <1887>
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Supraphon
Suk, Nevarra, Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic
Brahms - Ein Deutsches Requiem (45) <1857-68>
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Angel/EMI Classics CDC 47238 <61>
Schwarzkopf, Fisher-Dieskau/Klemperer/Philh'a
Brahms - Fantasien (116), Intermezzi (117), P Pieces (119) (comp) <1892>
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Philips
Bishop-Kovacevich
Brahms - Fantasien (116), P Pieces (119), Rhapsod (79),... (selec) <1892,1879>
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RCA Gold Seal 60419-2
Cliburn
w Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 <1800>
Brahms - Intermezzi (117), P Pieces (119), Piano Concerto no. 2 <1892,1878-81>
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RCA Gold Seal (?) 7942-2
Cliburn
Brahms - Piano Concerto no. 1 in d (15) <1854-58>
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CBS Masterworks MK 42261 <68>
Serkin, Szell/Cleveland Orch
w R. Strauss: Burleske <?>
Brahms - Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat (83) <1878-81>
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CBS Masterworks MK 42262 <68>
Serkin, Szell/Cleveland Orch
w Piano Pieces (119) <1892>
Brahms - Piano Pieces (118) <1892>
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Philips
Bishop-Kovacevich
Brahms - Symphony no. 1 in c (68) <1855-76>
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DGG
Karajan/Berlin PO
(1)
Brahms - Symphony no. 1 in c (68) <1855-76>
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DGG 431 790-2
Addabo/Berlin PO
(2)
Brahms - Symphony no. 2 in D (73) <1877>
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DGG 427 643-2
Addabo/Berlin PO
Brahms - Symphony no. 4 in e (98) <1884-85>
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DGG 400 037-2
Kleiber/Vienna PO
Brahms - Symphony no. 4 in e (98) & Haydn Variations (56a) <1884-85,1873>
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DGG 435 349-2
Addabo/Berlin PO
Brahms - Trios for Piano, Violin & Cello (8,87,101) <1853-87?>
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Intercord
Abegg Trio
Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn (56a) <1873>
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DGG
Karajan/Berlin PO
Brahms - Violin Concerto in D (77) <1878>
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Acanta
Neveu, Schmidt-Isserstedt/N German RSO
(1)
Brahms - Violin Concerto in D (77) <1878>
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EMI CDC 47166 <76>
Perlman/Giulini/Chicago SO
(2)
Brahms - Violin Sonatas (78,100,108) <1878-88>
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EMI Classics CDC 47403 <83>
Perlman, Ashkenazy
Britten - War Requiem (66) <1961>
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London 414 383-2 [2] <63>
Vishnevskaya, Pears.../Britten/London SO
Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (34) <1946>
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London 425 659-2 <63>
Britten/London SO
Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (34) <1946>
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Telarc CD 80126 <85>
Previn/Royal PO
w Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Prokofiev: P & Wolf <1953,1936>
Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1 in g <1868>
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CBS Masterworks MDK 44902 <86>
Lin/Slatkin/Chicago SO
w Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e <1844>
Bruch - Violin Concerto no. 1 in g <1868>
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DGG
Shaham, Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch
Bruckner - Symphony no. 4 in E-flat (Romantic) <1874>
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Virgin
Janowski/Orch Philharmonia de Radio Fr
Bruckner - Symphony no. 7 in E <1883>
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DGG 429 226-2 <89>
Karajan/Vienna PO
Bruckner - Symphony no. 8 in c <1884>
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DGG 427 611-2 [2] <88>
Karajan/Vienna PO
Chopin - Ballades for Piano (23,38,47,52) <1835-42>
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DGG 423 090-2 <87>
Zimmerman
Chopin - Chopin Recital (various, except preludes & etudes) <1849d>
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RCA Gold Seal 7725-2 <60s>
Rubenstein
Chopin - Mazurkas [10] for Piano; Ballade no. 1; Scherzo no. 2;... <1830-41?>
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DGG
Michelangeli
Chopin - Mazurkas [51] for Piano <1849d>
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RCA RCD 5614-2 [2] <60s>
Rubenstein
Chopin - Nocturnes [21] for Piano <1827?-46?>
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London 414 564-2 [2] <70-80s>
Ashkenazy
Chopin - Piano Concerto no. 1 in e (11) <1830>
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Angel/EMI Class CDZ 4 79539-2
Pollini, Kletzki/Philharmonia Orch
(1) #1
Chopin - Piano Concerto no. 2 in f (21) <1829>
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DGG 431 581-2
Pogorelich, Abbado/Chicago SO
(2) #2
Chopin - Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 <1830,1829>
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Melodiya (Koch)
Kissin, Kitaenko/Moscow PSO
(2) #1, (1) #2
Chopin - Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 <1830,1829>
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RCA Red Seal 5612-2 <58-61>
Rubenstein/Skrowaczewski/New SO of London/...
Chopin - Piano Sonata no. 2 in b-Flat (35) <1839>
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DGG
Pollini
Chopin - Polonaises for Piano nos. 1-7 <1834-46>
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RCA RCD 5615-2 <60s>
Rubenstein
Chopin - Preludes [24] for Piano (28) <1836-39>
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Globe
Janssen
Chopin - Preludes [26] for Piano (28) <1836-39>
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EMI Eminence CDM 64117 <86>
Alexeev
Chopin - Waltzes [14] for Piano <1829?-47>
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RCA RCD 1-5492 <60s>
Rubenstein
Copland - Appalachian Spring Suite <1944>
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Sony Classical MYK 37257
Bernstein/NYPO
w Fanfare for the Common Man <1942>
Copland - Appalachian Spring Suite & Rodeo <1944,1942>
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London
Dorati/Detroit SO
Copland - Billy the Kid Suite <1938>
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CBS
Bernstein/NYPO
Copland - Rodeo & Billy the Kid <1942,1938>
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EMI CDC 47382
Slatkin/St Louis SO
Debussy - Images for Piano (Books 1 & 2) <1905,1907>
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DGG
Michelangeli
Debussy - Images for Piano (Books 1 & 2) <1905,1907>
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Elektra/Nonesuch 71365-2
Jacobs
w Estampes & Images of 1894 <1903,1894>
Debussy - La Mer <1904>
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DGG
Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch
Debussy - La Mer & Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun <1904,1894>
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Philips 416 444-2 <70s>
Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
w Iberia from Images <1908>
Debussy - Nocturnes for Orch & Chorus <1900>
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Philips 400 023-2 <70s>
Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
w Jeux <1912>
Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun <1894>
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DGG
Abbado/London SO
Debussy - String Quartet in g (10) <1893>
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Philips 411 050-2
Orlando Quartet
w Ravel: Quartet in F <1903>
Debussy - String Quartet in g (10) <1893>
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White Label
Bartók Quartet
w Ravel: Quartet in F & Dvorák: American Quartet <1903,1893>
Dvorák - Cello Concerto in b (104) <1895>
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DGG 413 819-2 <60's>
Rostropovich, Karajan/Berlin PO
w Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme <1876>
Dvorák - Piano Quintet in A (81) <1872>
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RCA Gold Seal 6263-2 <71>
Rubenstein/Guarneri Quartet
w American Quartet <1893>
Dvorák - String Quartet no. 12 in F (96:American) <1893>
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DGG 429 723-2 <84>
Emerson Quartet
w Smetana: String Quartet no. 1 <1876>
Dvorák - Symphonies nos. 7 in d & 8 in G (70,88) <1885,1889>
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London Wkd Classics 433 091-2 <63-66>
Kertész/London SO
Dvorák - Symphonies nos. 7 in d & 8 in G (70,88) <1885,1889>
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Philips 420 890-2
Davis/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Dvorák - Symphony no. 9 in e (95:From the New World) <1893>
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London Jubilee 417 724-2 <63-66>
Kertész/London SO
Dvorák - Symphony no. 9 in e (95:From the New World) <1893>
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Supraphon
Ancerl/Czech P
Dvorák - Violin Concerto in a (53) <1879-80>
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Angel
Little, Handley/Royal Liverpool PO
(2)
Dvorák - Violin Concerto in a (53) <1879-80>
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Fidelio
Suk, Ancerl/Czech PO
(1)
Elgar - Cello Concerto in e (85) <1919>
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Philips 412 880-2 <82>
Schiff, Marriner/Dresden State O
w Dvorák: Celloe Concerto <1895>
Elgar - Enigma Variations (36) <1898-99>
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London
Monteux/London SO
Elgar - Enigma Variations (36) <1898-99>
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Philips 416 813-2 <85-86>
Previn/Royal PO
w Pomp & Circum Marches <1901-30>
Elgar - Symphony no. 1 in A-flat (55) <1907-08>
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Angel
Boult/London PO
Elgar - Symphony no. 2 in E-flat (63) <1903?-10?>
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Angel
Boult/London PO
Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain & El Amor Brujo <1909,1915>
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London 430 703-2
de Larrocha/de Burgos/London PO
Falla - Three-Cornered Hat & Nights in the Gardens of Spain <1919,1909>
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Delos DCD 3060 <87>
Rosenberger/Schwarz/London SO
Fauré - Requiem (48) <1887>
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Hyperion
Best/Corydon Singers
Fauré - Requiem (48) <1887(1893?)>
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Telarc CD 80135 <85-86>
Blegen, Morris, Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus
w Duruflé: Requiem <1947>
Franck - Symphony in d <1888>
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London 425 432-2 <88>
Ashkenazy/Berlin RSO
(2)
Franck - Symphony in d <1888>
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Philips 432 096-2
Bychkov/Orchestre de Paris
(1)
Franck - Violin Sonata in A <1886>
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London 421 154-2 <77>
Chung, Lupu
w works by Debussy & Ravel <1918d,1937d>
Franck - Violin Sonata in A <1886>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Mobile Fidelity
Oistrakh, Richter
Gershwin - An American in Paris & Rhapsody in Blue <1928,1924>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
CBS Masterworks MK 42264
Bernstein/Columbia SO, NYPO
w Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite <1931>
Granados - Goyescas for Piano <1911>
{ - | + | > | - }
London
de Larrocha
Grieg - Peer Gynt (23: complete incidental music) <1875>
{ - | + | + | +> }
London 425 448-2
Blomstedt/San Fransisco SO
Grieg - Piano Concerto in a (16) <1869>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Angel
Lipatti, Galliera/Philharmonia Orch
Grieg - Piano Concerto in a (16) <1869>
{ + | + | + | +> }
CBS Masterworks MK 44899 <88>
Perahia/Davis/Bavarian RSO
live perf; w Schumann: Piano Concerto <1841-45>
Grieg - Violin Sonatas (8,13,45) <1865-87>
{ - | - | +> | - }
Aurora
Veselka, Dratvova
Handel - Messiah <1741>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Chandos
Hickox/Collegium Musicum 90
(2)
Handel - Messiah <1741>
{ - | + | + | +> }
Philips 420 865-2 [2] <66>
Harper, Watts, Wakefield.../Davis/London SO
Handel - Messiah <1741>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Teldec
Harnoncourt/Concentus Wien
(1) live perf
Handel - Music for the Royal Fireworks & Coronation Anthems <1749,?>
{ + | + | > | + }
Hyperion
King/King's Consort & Choir
orig inst
Handel - Water Music <1715-17>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Archiv 410 525-1
Pinnock/Engl Conc
(2) orig inst
Handel - Water Music <1715-17>
{ - | + | +> | + }
White Label
Sandor/Franz Liszt CO
(1) modern inst
Handel - Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks <1715-17,1749>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Argo 414 596-2 <71>
Marriner/ASMF
Haydn - String Quartets [6] (76: Erdödy) <1797-98>
{ - | - | +> | + }
Hungaraton HCD 12812-13-2 [2] <64>
Tátrai Quartet
Haydn - String Quartets [6] (76: Erdödy) <1797-98>
{ - | - | + | +> }
London 421 360-2/425 467-2 [2]
Takács Quartet
Haydn - String Quartets nos. 1-4 (33: Russian) <1781>
{ - | - | > | +> }
Hungaraton HCD 11887/88 [2]
Tátrai Quartet
Haydn - Symphonies no. 93-104 <1791-95>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Philips Silver Line 432 286-2 [4] <75-81>
Davis/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E-flat <1796>
{ + | + | > | +> }
Philips 420 203-2
Hardenberger/Marriner/ASMF
w Concertos by Hertel, Hummel and Stamitz <?,1837d,1801d?>
Hindemith - Symphony Mathis der Mahler & Symphonic Metamorph <1934,1943>
{ + | - | + | +> }
London 421 523-2 <87>
Blomstedt/San Francisco SO
w Trauermusik <?>
Holst - The Planets (32) <1914-16>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Angel/EMI Studio Pl CDM 64748
Boult/London PO
Ives - Symphony no. 2 <1897-1902>
{ + | - | > | - }
Sony
Thomas/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Ives - Three Places in N.E.; Symphony no. 4; Central Park... <1898-1916>
{ - | - | +/ | >+ }>
DGG 423 243-2 <70>
Thomas/Boston SO
AMG: + CP, > 3P
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsodies for Orch nos. 1-6 <1852>
{ + | + | > | - }
Mercury
Dorati/London SO
Liszt - Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem no. 3) <1854>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
DGG Galleria 427 222-2 <67>
Karajan/Berlin PO
(3) w Sibelius: Finlandia, Tchaik:Capriccio Italien <1900,1879>
Liszt - Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem no. 3) <1854>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Supraphon
Ancerl/Czech PO
(1)
Liszt - Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 <1830-49,1839>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
DGG 423 571-2 <87>
Zimmerman/Ozawa/Boston SO
(2); w Totentanz <1855?>
Liszt - Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 <1830-49,1839>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Philips 434 163-2 <61-62>
Richter, Rostropovich/Kondrashin/London SO
(1); w Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 2 <1797>
Liszt - Piano Sonata in b <1853>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
DGG 431 780-2 <90>
Zimmerman
(2); w other works <1830?-81?>
Liszt - Piano Sonata in b <1853>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Music & Arts
Richter
(1)
Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde <1908>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
Angel/EMI Classics CDC 47231
Ludwig, Wunderlich, Klemperer/Phiharmonia Orch
Mahler - Symphony no. 1 in D <1888>
{ + | + | +> | - }
Philips
Haitink/Berlin PO
Mahler - Symphony no. 2 in c (Resurrection) <1894>
{ + | + | > | + }
Angel
Schwarzkopf, Rössi-Majdan, Klemperer/Philh'a
Mahler - Symphony no. 2 in c (Resurrection) <1894>
{ + | + | - | +> }
DGG 423 395-2 [2] <87>
Bernstein/NYPO
live perf
Mahler - Symphony no. 5 in c-sharp <1902>
{ - | + | - | +> }
DGG 423 608-2 <87>
Bernstein/Vienna PO
live perf
Mahler - Symphony no. 9 in D <1909>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
CBS Masterwks M2K 42033 [2] <61>
Walter/Columbia SO
(2)
Mahler - Symphony no. 9 in D <1909>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Disques Montaigne
Hoenstein/French National Orch
(1)
Mendelssohn - Midsummer Night's Dream (overture/incidental) <1826>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Philips
Auger, Murray, Marriner/Philharmonia Orch
Mendelssohn - String Octet in E-flat (20) <1825>
{ - | - | + | +> }
Philips 420 400-2 <78>
Academy Chamber Ensemble
w String Quintet in B-flat (87) <1845>
Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 3 in a (56:Scottish) <1842>
{ - | + | > | - }
London
Maag/London SO
Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A & Midsummer Night's Dream (o/i) <1833,1826>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Philips 420 653-2 <76>
Davis/Boston SO
Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A (90:Italian) <1833>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG
Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch
(1)
Mendelssohn - Symphony no. 4 in A (90:Italian) <1833>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Philips
Brüggen/Orch of 18th C
(2) orig inst
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in e (64) <1844>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG
Shaham, Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in e (64) <1844>
{ + | + | + | +> }
London 410 011-2 <81>
Chung/Dutoit/Montreal SO
w Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto <1878>
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto in A (622) <1791>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Oiseau-Lyre 414 339-2 <84>
Pay/Hogwood/Acad Anc Mus
w Oboe Concerto (314) <1778?>
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A (581) <1789>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Denon
Meyer/Berlin Philharmonia Quint
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A (581) <1789>
{ - | + | + | +> }
Oiseau-Lyre 421 429-2 <87>
Pay/Acad Anc Mus Chamber Ens
w Oboe Quartet (370) & Horn Quintet (407) <?,?>
Mozart - Don Giovanni (527) <1787>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
EMI CDCC 47260 [3] <59>
Sutherland, Schwarzkopf.../Guilini/Philharmonia
Mozart - Horn Concertos (412,417,447,495) <1782-86>
{ - | + | + | +> }
EMI CDH 61013 <53>
Brain/Karajan/Philharmonia Orch
mono
Mozart - Horn Concertos (412,417,447,495) <1782-86>
{ - | + | +> | + }
London
Tuckwell, Maag/London SO
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro (492) <1786>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
London 410 150-2 [3] <81>
Te Kanawa, Popp, von Stade.../Solti/London PO
Mozart - Piano Concerto no. 20 in d (466) <1785>
{ - | + | > | + }
Nimbus
Kite, Goodman/Hanover Band
fortepiano
Mozart - Piano Concerto no. 23 (488) <1786>
{ + | + | +> | - }
London
Schiff, Végh/Salzburg Mozarteum Cam Acad
Mozart - Piano Concertos nos. 21 & 24 (467,491) <1785,1786>
{ - | + | - | +> }
CBS MYK 38523 <59-62>
Casadesus/Szell/Columbia SO?
Mozart - Piano Concertos nos. 22 & 24 (482,491) <1785,1786>
{ - | - | - | +> }
CBS Masterworks MK 42242
Perahia/English Chamber Orch
Mozart - Piano Sonatas (complete) <1765?-89?>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Harm Mundi HMC 901373.77 [5] <91>
Pludermacher
Mozart - Piano Sonatas [17] (complete) <1765?-89?>
{ + | + | > | + }
DGG
Pires
Mozart - Requiem in d (626) [compl Sussmeyr] <1791>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
Philips 411 420-2
Price, Schmidt.../Schreier/Dresden State Orch
Mozart - Serenade in G (525:Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) <1787>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Philips 412 269-2 <84>
Marriner/ASMF
w Divertimento in D (136) & Musical Joke (522) <1772,1787>
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola in E-fl (364) <1779>
{ - | + | +> | + }
DGG
Kremer, Kashkashian, Harnoncourt/Vienna PO
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola in E-fl (364) <1779>
{ - | + | + | +> }
Sony Classical SK 47693 <91>
Lin, Laredo/Leppard/English Chamber Orch
w Concertone in C for Two Violins & Orch <1773>
Mozart - String Quartets nos. 15 (421) & 19 (465:Dissonance) <1783,1785>
{ - | - | +> | +> }
Hyperion CDA 66170 <85>
Salomon String Quartet
orig inst
Mozart - Symphonies nos. 35, 36, 38-41 <1782-88>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Sony Classical SM3K 46511 [3] <59-61>
Walter/Columbia SO
Mozart - Symphonies nos. 39-41 <1788>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Teldec 9031-74858-2 [2] <91>
Harnoncourt/Chamser Orch of Europe
live perf
Mozart - Symphony no. 35 in D (385:Haffner) <1782>
{ + | + | > | - }
Philips
Marriner/ASMF
Mozart - Symphony no. 38 in C (504:Prague) <1786>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Philips
Brüggen/Orch of 18th C
Mozart - Symphony no. 38 in C (504:Prague) & Symph no. 36 <1786,1783>
{ - | + | + | +> }
Telarc CD 80148
Mackerras/Prague Chamber Orch
Mozart - Symphony no. 39 in E-flat (5) <1788>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Philips
Brüggen/Orch of 18th C
Mozart - Symphony no. 41 (551:Jupiter) <1788>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Nimbus NI 5259
Goodman/Hanover Band
Mozart - Violin Concertos nos. 3 & 5 (216,219) <1775>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Philips 412 250-2 <61>
Grumiaux, Davis/London SO
Mussorgsky - Night on Bare Mountain (reorch. Rimsky-Korsakov) <1867/reorch:?>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG
Sinopoli/NYPO
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (for Piano) <1874>
{ + | + | +> | - }
Urania
Richter
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel) <1874/orch:1922>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG
Sinopoli/NYPO
Nielsen - Symphony no. 4 (29:Inextinguishable) <1914-16>
{ + | - | - | +> }
London 421 524-2 <87>
Blomstedt/San Francisco SO
w Symphony no. 5 <1921-22>
Nielsen - Symphony no. 4 (29:Inextinguishable) <1914-16>
{ + | - | > | + }
Virgin
Karajan/Berlin PO
Orff - Carmina Burana (Scenic Cantata) <1935-36>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
DGG Galleria 423 886-2
Janowitz, Stoltze.../Jochum/Deutsche Opera O&C
Pachelbel - Canon in D <1706d>
{ - | + | > | - }
Philips
Marriner/ASMF
Paganini - Caprices for Unacc Violin (1) <1840d>
{ - | + | > | - }
Angel
Perlman
Paganini - Violin Concerto no. 1 in D (6) <1817>
{ - | + | +> | - }
Prompt
Ricci, De la Fuenta/Orquestra de las Americas
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf (67) <1936>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Telarc CD 80126 <85>
Previn/Royal PO
w Britten: Young Person's Guide & Courtly Dances <1946,1953>
Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf (67) <1936>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Virgin
Gielgud/Stamp/Academy of London
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto no. 3 in C (26) <1917-21>
{ - | + | + | +> }
Elan CD 2220 <89>
Rodriguez/Tabakov/Sofia PO
w Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 <1909>
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto no. 3 in C (26) <1917-21>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Simax
Andsnes/Ruud/Bergen PO
Prokofiev - Piano Concertos [5] (complete) <1911-32>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
London 425 570-2 [2]
Ashkenazy/Previn/London SO
Prokofiev - Symphonies nos. 1 in D (25: Classical) & 5 in B-flat (100) <1916,1944>
{ + | + | - | +> }
DGG 437 235-2 <68>
Karajan/Berlin PO
Prokofiev - Symphony no. 1 in D (25: Classical) <1916>
{ - | + | - | +> }
London 430 446-2 <82>
Solti/Chicago SO
w Mussorg: Pictures at an Exhib, Tchaik: 1812 Ov <1874/1922,1882>
Prokofiev - Violin Concertos nos. 1 in D (19) & 2 in g (63) <1914,1935>
{ - | - | + | +> }
London Jubilee 425 003-2 <75>
Chung/Previn/London SO
w Stravinsky: Violin Concerto <1931>
Puccini - La Bohème <1896>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
London 421 049-2 [2] <72>
Freni, Harwood, Pavaroti.../Karajan/Berlin PO
Puccini - Tosca <1900>
{ - | + | > | +> }
Philips 412 885-2 [2] <76>
Caballé, Carreras, Wixell/Davis/Royal Opera O&C
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 & Paganini Rhapsody <1901,1934>
{ + | + | + | +> }
London Jubilee 417 702-2
Ashkenazy/Previn/London SO
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in c (18) <1901>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG
Richter, Wislocki/Warsaw PO
(1) #2
Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no. 2 in c (18) <1901>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
RCA 5912-2 <58>
Cliburn/Reiner/Chicago SO
(2); w Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 <1874-75>
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for Piano & Orch <1934>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Chandos
Wild, Hornstein/Royal PO
Rachmaninoff - Symphony no. 2 in e (27) <1907>
{ - | + | > | - }
Philips 432 101-2
Bychkov/Orchestre de Paris
Ravel - Boléro & Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2 <1928,1912>
{ + | + | + | +> }
DGG 427 250-2 <64-66>
Karajan/Berlin PO
w Debussy: Prelude... of a Faun, La Mer <1894,1904>
Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé (complete) <1912>
{ - | + | +> | - }
DGG
Abbado/London SO
Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit for Piano <1908>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
DGG 413 363-2 <83?>
Pogorelich
(3) w Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 6 <1939-40>
Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit for Piano <1908>
{ - | + | + | +> }
Elan CD 2232 <89>
Laplante
w other works for piano <1895?-1911?>
Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit for Piano <1908>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Fone
Husson
(1)
Ravel - Rhapsodie Espagnole <1907>
{ - | + | +> | + }
DGG
Abbado/London SO
Ravel - Various collected orchestral works (all of above) <1937d>
{ - | + | + | +> }
London [Jubilee?] 421 458-2 [4] <80s>
Dutoit/Montreal SO
Respighi - Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Feste Romane <1924,1917,1929>
{ + | + | +> | + }
RCA Red Seal RCCD-1010?
Toscanini/NBC SO
Respighi - Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, The Birds <1924,1917,1927>
{ + | + | + | +> }
London Wkd Classics 425 507-2 <60s>
Kertész/London SO
Rimsy-Korsakov - Scheherazade (35) <1888>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Angel/EMI CDC 47717 <57>
Beecham/Royal PO
w Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor <1869-87>
Rimsy-Korsakov - Scheherazade (35) <1888>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Philips
Haitink/London PO
Rimsy-Korsakov - Scheherazade (35) <1888>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Philips 400 021-2 <79>
Kondrashin/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez, for Guitar & Orch <1939>
{ + | + | + | +> }
EMI Classics CDC 54665 <92>
Parkening, Litton/Royal PO
w Falla: El Amor Brujo & Nights in Gardens of Spain <1915,1909>
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez, for Guitar & Orch <1939>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Philips
Romero, Marriner/ASMF
Rossini - Overtures (various) <1868d>
{ - | + | +> | - }
Collins Classics
Solomans/Authentic Orch
(1)
Rossini - Overtures (various) <1868d>
{ - | + | +> | - }
RCA Vict Gold Seal 60387-2-RG
Reiner/Chicago SO
(2)
Saint-Saëns - Carnival of the Animals, for 2 Pianos & Orch <1886>
{ + | + | +> | + }
ADDA
Devoyon, Rouvier, Pettitgirard/Orch Sym Fr
Saint-Saëns - Symphony no. 3 in c (48:Organ Sym) <1886>
{ + | + | > | +> }
DGG 419 617-2 <86>
Preston/Levine/Berlin PO
w Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice <1897>
Saint-Saëns - Symphony no. 3 in c (48:Organ Sym) <1886>
{ + | + | - | +> }
RCA Living Stereo 61500-2 <59>
Munch/Boston SO
w Debussy: La Mer, Ibert: Escales <1904,1922>
Scarlatti, D. - Keyboard Sonatas (selections) <1757d>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Amon Ra
Cole
(2) harpsichord
Scarlatti, D. - Keyboard Sonatas (selections) <1757d>
{ - | + | +> | + }
PMG
Tomsic
(4) piano
Scarlatti, D. - Keyboard Sonatas [15] (selections) <1757d>
{ - | + | + | +> }
London 421 422-2 <87>
Schiff
piano
Scarlatti, D. - Keyboard Sonatas [17] (selections) <1757d>
{ - | + | + | +> }
CBS Masterworks MK 42410 <62-68>
Horowitz
piano
Scarlatti, D. - Keyboard Sonatas [30] (complete) <1757d>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Alvini
Nuova Era
(1) harpsichord
Scarlatti, D. - Keyboard Sonatas [30] (complete) <1757d>
{ - | + | + | +> }
Harm Mundi HMC 901164.65 [2] <84>
Puyana
harpsichord
Schoenberg - Five Pieces for Orch <1909/rev:1949>
{ + | - | > | - }
DGG
Levine/Berlin PO
Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht for Orch (4) <1899/arr:1917/rev:1943>
{ + | + | +> | + }
London
Chailly/Berlin PO
Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet (4) <1899>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Hyperion CDA 66425 <90>
Raphael Ensemble
w Korngold:Sextet in D (10) <1957d>
Schubert - Piano Quintet in A (667:Trout) <1819>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Angel
Leonskaja/Berg Quart
Schubert - Piano Quintet in A (667:Trout) <1819>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Sony Classical SMK 46252
Serkin, Laredo, Naegale, Parnas, Levine
w Mozart: Clarinet Quintet (581) <1789>
Schubert - Piano Sonata no. 21 in B-flat (960) & Wanderer Fantasie <1828,?>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
Philips 422 062-2 <87-88>
Brendel
Schubert - String Quartet no. 14 in d (810:Death & Maiden) <1824>
{ - | + | > | - }
Angel
Busch Quart
Schubert - String Quintet in c (956) <1828>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
Angel/EMI CDC 7 47018-2
Schiff/Berg Quart
shorter 1st mvmt
Schubert - String Quintet in c (956) <1828>
{ - | + | + | +> }
DGG Galleria 415 373-2
Rostropovich/Melos Quart
Schubert - Symphony no. 8 in D (759:Unfinished) <1822>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG 410 862-2
Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch
Schubert - Symphony no. 8 in D (759:Unfinished) <1822>
{ + | + | + | +> }
DGG Resonance 427 195-2
Jochum/Boston SO
w Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 <1805>
Schubert - Symphony no. 9 in C (944:Great) <1828>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG
Furtwängler/Berlin PO
(1)
Schubert - Symphony no. 9 in C (944:Great) <1828>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Virgin Classics VC 90708-2 <87>
Mackerras/Orch of the Age of Enlightenment
(2)
Schumann - Carnaval for Piano (9) <1934-35>
{ - | + | +> | + }
Angel
Egorov
Schumann - Carnaval for Piano (9) <1934-35>
{ - | - | + | +> }
RCA Red Seal 5667-2 <61-63>
Rubinstein
w Fantasiestücke (12), Prophet Bird, Romance (28) <1837-49>
Schumann - Fantasia for Piano in C (17) <1836>
{ + | - | +> | - }
Globe
Egorov
Schumann - Four Symphonies <1841-51>
{ + | + | + | +> }
DGG 429 672-2 [2] <71>
Karajan/Berlin PO
Schumann - Kreisleriana for Piano (16) <1838>
{ - | - | > | +> }
EMI Studio CDM 69537 <78>
Egorov
w Noveletten nos. 1 & 8 (21) <1838>
Schumann - Piano Concerto in a (54) <1841-45>
{ + | + | + | +> }
CBS Masterworks MK 42024 <60>
Istomin/Walter/Columbia SO
w Brahms: Double Concerto <1887>
Schumann - Piano Concerto in a (54) <1841-45>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Odyssey/EMI (BMG D 154653) <48>
Lipatti, Karajan/Philharmoia Orch
mono
Schumann - Piano Quintet & String Quartet in E-flat (44) <1842>
{ - | - | > | +> }
Philips 420 791-2 <75>
Bettelheim, Rhodes/Beaux Arts Trio
w Piano Quartet in E-flat (47) <1842>
Schumann - Symphonic Etudes for Piano (13) <1837>
{ - | - | +> | +> }
DGG 410 916-2 <84>
Pollini
w Arabeske (18) <1856d>
Schumann - Symphony no. 1 in B-flat (38:Spring) <1841>
{ - | + | > | - }
Collins Classics
Solomons/Authentic Orch
orig inst
Schumann - Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (97:Rhenish) <1850>
{ - | + | > | - }
Angel/EMI CDM 7 69472-2
Sawallisch/Dresden State Orch
w Symphony no. 2 <1845-46>
Schumann - Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (97:Rhenish) <1850>
{ - | + | - | +> }
Sony Classical SMK 47612
Bernstein/NYPO
w Symphony no. 4 <1841/1851>
Schumann - Symphony no. 4 in d (120) <1841/rev:1851>
{ + | - | +> | - }
DGG
Furtwängler/Berlin PO
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 10 in e (93) <1953>
{ + | - | - | +> }
RCA Red Seal 60448-2 <90>
Flor/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Shostakovich - Symphony no. 5 in d (47) <1937>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
London 410 017-2 <81>
Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Sibelius - Swan of Tuonela from Four Legends (22) & Finlandia (25) <1893,1900>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
DGG 413 755-2 <84>
Karajan/Berlin PO
w Tapiola & Valse Triste <1925,1904>
Sibelius - Symphony no. 2 in D (43) <1901>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Chesky CD 3/Menuet?
Barbirolli/Royal PO
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in d (47) <1903/rev:1905>
{ + | + | + | +> }
CBS Masterworks MK 44548 <87>
Lin/Salonen/Philharmonia Orch
w Nielsen: Violin Concerto <1911>
Sibelius - Violin Concerto in d (47) <1903/rev:1905>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Finlandia
Fried, Kamu/Helsinki PO
Smetana - The Moldau (Vltava, Symphonic Poem from Má Vlast) <1874>
{ - | + | + | +> }
DGG 427 808-2
Karajan/Berlin PO
w Liszt: Les Préludes, Grieg: Holberg Ste, Sib: Finl <1854,1885,1900>
Strauss, J. II - Waltzes & Overtures <1899d>
{ + | + | > | + }
Angel
Welser-Möst/London PO
Strauss, J. II - Waltzes & Overtures <1899d>
{ + | + | - | +> }
DGG 400 026-2/410 022-2/7-2 [3]
Karajan/Berlin PO
w works by Josef Strauss & J. Strauss I <?,?>
Strauss, R. - Also Sprach Zarathustra (30) & Ein Heldenleben (40) <1894,1898>
{ + | - | +> | +> }
RCA Living Stereo 61494-2 <54>
Reiner/Chicago SO
Strauss, R. - Der Rosenkavalier (59) <1909-10>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
Angel/EMI CDCC 49354 [3] <56>
Schwarzkopf, Stich-Randall.../Karajan/Philh'a O
Strauss, R. - Don Juan (20) <1888>
{ - | + | +> | + }
DGG
Furtwängler/Berlin PO
Strauss, R. - Don Juan (20); Till Eulenspiegel (28); Death and Tr (24) <1888,1895,1889>
{ - | + | + | +> }
CBS MYK 36721 <50s>
Szell/Cleveland Orch
Strauss, R. - Don Quixote (35) & Death and Transfiguration (24) <1896,1889>
{ - | - | > | +> }
DGG Galleria 429 184-2 <72>
Fournier/Karajan/Berlin PO
Strauss, R. - Four Last Songs <1850>
{ - | + | +> | - }
Angel
Schwarzkopf, Ackermann/Philharmonia Orch
Strauss, R. - Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche (28) <1895>
{ - | + | +> | - }
Philips
Masur/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch
Stravinsky - Firebird; Sherzo Fantastique; Fireworks <1910,1908>
{ + | + | - | +> }
Philips 414 409-2 <84>
Dutoit/Montreal SO
Stravinsky - Petrouchka & Rite of Spring <1911,1913>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Philips 416 498-2 <76-77>
Davis/Royal Concergebouw Orch
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring <1913>
{ + | + | +> | + }
London
Chailly/Cleveland Orch
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (49) <1882>
{ + | + | > | - }
Supraphon
Ancerl/London SO
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker (71) <1892>
{ + | + | > | - }
Philips
Bychkov/Berlin PO
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite (71a) <1892>
{ + | + | +> | + }
London
Celibidache/London PO
Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite (71a); Swan Lake & Sleeping B Suites <1892,1875,1888>
{ + | + | + | +> }
DGG Galleria 429 097-2 <78>
Rostropovich/Berlin PO
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto no. 1 in b-flat (23) <1874-75>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG
Kremer, Maazel/Berlin PO
(1)
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto no. 1 in b-flat (23) <1874-75>
{ + | + | +> | + }
DGG
Kissin/Karajan/Berlin PO
(6) very slow
Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto no. 1 in b-flat (23) <1874-75>
{ + | + | + | +> }
Elan CD 2228
Rodriguez/Tabakov/Sofia PO
w Grieg: Piano Concerto, Liszt: Concerto no. 1 <1869,1830-49>
Tchaikovsky - Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) <1869-80>
{ + | + | > | +> }
London 421 715-2 <87-88>
Ashkenazy/Royal PO
w Italian Capriccio, Francesca da Rimini, Elegy <1879,1877,?>
Tchaikovsky - Six Symphonies <1866-93>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
DGG 429 675-2 [4] <70s>
Karajan/Berlin PO
Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 4 in f (36) and no. 6 in b (74:Pathétique) <1877,1893>
{ + | + | > | +> }
DGG 419 745-2 [2] <60>
Mravinsky/Leningrad PO
Tchaikovsky - Symphony no. 6 in b (74:Pathétique) <1893>
{ + | + | +> | + }
Philips
Bychkov/Royal Concertgebouw Orch
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D (35) <1878>
{ + | + | - | +> }
London 410 011-2 <81>
Chung/Dutoit/Montreal SO
w Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e <1844>
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on ``Greensleeves'' <1934>
{ + | + | > | - }
Argo
Marriner/ASMF
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis <1910>
{ + | + | +> | - }
Argo
Marriner/ASMF
(1) Tallis
Vaughan Williams - Lark Ascending (romance for violin & orch) <1920>
{ - | - | +> | - }
Argo
Brown, Marriner/ASMF
Vaughan Williams - Symphony no. 2 (London) & Tallis Fantasia <1913,1910>
{ + | - | > | +> }
Angel/EMI CDC 49394 <86>
Haitink/London PO
(2) #2 (3) Tallis
Vaughan Williams - Symphony no. 2 (London) & Tallis Fantasia <1913,1910>
{ + | - | > | +> }
EMI CDC 47213 <70s>
Boult/London PO
(1) #2
Verdi - Aida <1871>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
Angel/EMI CDMC 69300 [3] <79>
Freni, Baltsa, Carreras.../Karajan/Vienna PO
Verdi - La Triviata <1853>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
London 430 491-2 [2] <79>
Sutherland, Pavarotti.../Bonynge/National PO
Verdi - Requiem Mass in Memory of Manzoni <1874>
{ - | + | +> | +> }
Angel/EMI CDCB 47257 [2] <60s>
Schwarzkopf, Ludwig.../Giulini/Philharmonia O&C
w Quattro Pezzi Sacri
Vivaldi - Concertos for Orch <1741d>
{ - | - | +> | - }
Oiseau-Lyre
Hogwood/Acad Anc Mus
Vivaldi - Four Seasons (8) <1725>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
Argo 414 486-2 <70>
Loveday/Marriner/ASMF
(3)
Vivaldi - Four Seasons (8) <1725>
{ + | + | +> | +> }
BIS CD-275 <84>
Sparf/Drottningholm Baroque Ens
(1) orig inst
Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (4 opera cycle) <1869-76>
{ - | + | > | +> }
Philips 420 325-2 [14] <67>
Nilsson, Flagstad, Crespin.../Solti/Vienna PO
live perf
Wagner - Lohengrin <1851>
{ - | + | > | +> }
London 421 053-2 [4] <85-86>
Norman, Randova, Domingo.../Solti/Vienna PO
Wagner - Overtures & Preludes <1883d>
{ - | + | +> | - }
Angel/EMI Classics 64334-2
Karajan/Berlin PO
(2)
Wagner - Overtures & Preludes <1883d>
{ - | + | +> | - }
Chesky
Horenstein/Royal PO
(1)
Wagner - Siegfried Idyll <1870>
{ + | - | > | - }
Philips
ASMF Chamb Ens
w Brahms: Serenade no. 1 <1857-8>
Wagner - Tannhäuser <1845>
{ - | + | > | +> }
London 414 581-2 [3] <71>
Dernesch, Ludwig, Kollo.../Solti/Vienna PO
Wagner - Tristan und Isolde <1865>
{ - | + | > | +> }
Angel/EMI CDCD 47321 [4] <52>
Flagstad, Thebom.../Furtwängler/Philharmonia O

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