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Albioni to Brahms

MM CH AMG NPR Composer Work Rec Label/No. [discs] Artists Comments Composed
  + +>   Albinoni Adagio for Organ & Strings in g (arr. Remo Giazotto)   Koch-Schwann Werther/I Fiamminghi w Vivaldi: ? 1750d/arr: 1940s;1741d
    +>   Bach Art of the Fugue (1080)   DGG Gilbert   1748-50
+ + + +> Bach Brandenburg Concertos (1046-51) 67 Archiv 427 143-2 [2] Richter/Munich Bach Orch w Oboe Conc (1055) & Conc Viol, Oboe & Str (1060) 1721;?
+ + +> + Bach Brandenburg Concertos (1046-51)   DGG Goebel/Musica Antiqua Köln (1) orig inst 1721
+ + + +> Bach Brandenburg Concertos (1046-51) 83 Erato 45373-2/45374-2 [2] Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orch orig inst 1721
+ + +> + Bach Brandenburg Concertos (1046-51)   Oiseau-Lyre Hogwood/Acad Anc Mus (2) orig inst; shorter 1721
    +>   Bach Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue for Harpsichord in d (903)   Supraphon Moravec piano 1720-23
  + +> + Bach Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord (988) 89 Erato 2292-45468-2 [2] Barenboim piano 1742
  + +> +> Bach Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord (988) 87 Erato 45326-2 Koopman harpsichord 1742
  + +> + Bach Goldberg Variations for Harpsichord (988)   Virgin Cole harpsichord 1742
  + +>   Bach Magnificat in D (243)   Angel Marriner/ASMF   1723
  + + +> Bach Mass in b (232) 85 Archiv 415 514-2 [2] Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir, Engl Baroque Soloists orig inst 1733-38?
  + +> + Bach Mass in b (232)   Philips Smith, Chance.../Orch of 18th C live perf 1733-38?
  + +>   Bach Musical Offering (1079)   DGG Musica Antiqua Köln   1747
+ + + +> Bach Orchestral Suites (1066-9) 83 Erato ECD 88048/88049 [2] Gardiner/Engl Baroque Soloists   1717?-30?
+ + +> + Bach Orchestral Suites (1066-9)   Hyperion Goodman/Brandenburg Consort   1717?-30?
  + + +> Bach St. Matthew Passion 88 Archiv 427 648-2 [3] Johnson, Schmidt, Bonney, Monoyios.../Gardiner orig inst 1729
  + +> + Bach St. Matthew Passion   Philips Jochum/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1729
+ + >   Bach Toccata & Fugue for Organ in d (565)   DGG Preston   1708
+ + +> +> Bach Violin Concertos (1041-3)   Archiv 410 646-2 Sandage, Wilcock/Pinnock/Engl Conc   1717?-23?
+ + + +> Bach Violin Concertos (1041-3)   Erato 2292-45283-2 Huggett, Bury/Koopman/Amsterdam Baroque Orch   1717?-23?
    +> + Bach Violin Sonatas & Partitas (1001-6)   Camerata Shiokawa (2) ``non-baroque'' 1720?
    +> + Bach Violin Sonatas & Partitas (1001-6)   Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Kuijken (1) ``baroque violin'' 1720?
    +> +> Bach Violin Sonatas & Partitas (1001-6)   DGG 423 294-2 [2] Milstein (4) 1720?
+ + +> +> Barber Adagio for Strings   EMI CDC 49463/Teldec? Slatkin/St. Louis SO from Str Quart 1; w Sch for Scand Overt, Essays... 1936;1931,1937-78
+ + +> + Bartók Concerto for Orch   CBS Boulez/NYPO (1) 1943
+ + +> +> Bartók Concerto for Orch & Music for Str, Percuss and Celesta 55-58 RCA Living Stereo 61504-2 Reiner/Chicago SO (2) w Hungarian Sketches 1943,1936;1931
+   + +> Bartók Concertos for Piano and Orch nos. 1-3 89 Sony Classical SK 45835 Sándor/Fischer/Hungarian State Orch   1926,1930-31,1945
+     +> Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta   London 411 894-2 Doráti/Detroit SO w Miraculous Mandarin 1936;1918-19
    +> +> Bartók String Quartets [6]   DGG 423 657-2 [2] Emerson Quart   1908-39
    > +> Beethoven Cello Sonatas [5] (complete) 61 Philips 412 256-2 [2] Rostropovich, Richter   1797-1815
  + >   Beethoven Overtures (complete)   DGG Karajan/Berlin PO (1) 1827d
  + >   Beethoven Overtures (various)   CBS Davis/Bavarian RSO (2) 1827d
+ + + +> Beethoven Piano Concertos [5] (complete)   CBS Masterwks M3K 44575 [3] Perahia/Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1795-1809
+ + +> + Beethoven Piano Concertos [5] (complete)   DGG Kempff, Leitner/Berlin PO   1795-1809
+ + +> +> Beethoven Piano Concertos [5] (complete) 59-61 Sony Classical SB3K 48397 [3] Fleisher/Szell/Cleveland Orch w Triple Concerto 1795-1809;1804
    +>   Beethoven Piano Sonata no. 21 (Waldstein)   RCA Richter   1804
  + + +> Beethoven Piano Sonatas nos. 21, 23 & 26 (53,57,81a) 72-74 DGG 419 162-2 Gilels   1804-11
      +> Beethoven Piano Sonatas nos. 28-32 (101,106,109-11) 75-77 DGG 419 199-2 Pollini   1817-23
+ +   +> Beethoven Piano Sonatas nos. 8, 14, 15 & 24 (13,27,28,78) 65 DGG 415 834-2 Kempff   1799-1810
    + +> Beethoven String Quartet no. 14 in c-sharp (131)   Calliope CAL 9638 Talich Quart w String Quartet no. 9 in C (59:Razumovsky, no. 3) 1826;1807
    + +> Beethoven String Quartet no. 7 in F (59:Razumovsky, no. 1) 85 DGG 427 305-2 Melos Quart w String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat (74:Harp) 1807;1809
    + +> Beethoven String Quartets nos. 1-6 (18) 87 DHM 77029-2 [2] Smithson String Quart   1800
    + +> Beethoven String Quartets nos. 1-6 (18) 72-75 Philips 426 046-2 [3] Quartetto Italiano 1989 midprice rel 1800
+ + +> +> Beethoven Symphonies nos. 1-9 61-62 DGG 429 036-2 [5] Karajan/Berlin PO   1800-17
+ + +> +> Beethoven Symphonies nos. 1-9 75-77 DGG 429 089-2 [6] Karajan/Berlin PO digital; w various overtures 1800-17;?
+ + + +> Beethoven Symphonies nos. 1-9 58-59 Sony Classical SX6K 48099 [6] Walter/Columbia SO w Coriolan & Leonore Overtures 1800-17;1807
+ + +> + Beethoven Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (55:Eroica)   Arkadia Furtwängler/Berlin PO   1804
+ + + +> Beethoven Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (55:Eroica) 78 DGG 413 778-2 Bernstein/Vienna PO w Egmont Overture 1804;1810
+ + +> + Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in c (60)   DGG Kleiber/Vienna PO   1805
+ + + +> Beethoven Symphony no. 5 in c (60) & no. 7 in A (92) 54 EMI CDH 69803-2 Furtwängler/Vienna PO   1805,1812
  + +>   Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A (92)   DGG Kleiber/Vienna PO   1812
+ + +> + Beethoven Symphony no. 9 in d (125:Choral)   Hunt Furtwängler/Berlin PO, Kittelcher Choir   1817
+ + >   Beethoven Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano in C (56)   Angel Oistrakh, Rostropovich, Richter, Karajan/BPO   1804
+ + + +> Beethoven Violin Concerto in D (61)   EMI CDC 47002 Perlman/Giulimi/Philharmonia Orch   1806
+ + +> +> Beethoven Violin Concerto in D (61) 53 EMI CDH 69799 Menuhin/Furtwängler/Philharmonia Orch (3) mono; w Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e 1806;1844
+ + +> + Beethoven Violin Concerto in D (61)   Philips Grumiaux, Galliera/New Philharmonia Orch (1) 1806
  + +> +> Beethoven Violin Sonata no. 9 in A (47:Kreutzer) 73 London 410 554-2 Perlman, Ashkenazy w Violin Sonata no. 5 in F (24:Spring) 1802;1801
+ + +> +> Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique (14)   Philips 411 425-2 Davis/Royal Concertgebouw Orch (2) 1830/rev:1831
  + +> +> Bizet Carmen   DGG 410 088-2 [3] Baltsa, Carreras, van Dam.../Karajan/Berlin PO   1875
    +>   Bizet Jeux d'enfants (22)   Philips K. & M. Labeque   1871
    + +> Bizet L'Arlésienne: Suites nos. 1 & 2 77 CBS MYK 37260 Stokowski/National PO   1872
    +> + Bizet L'Arlésienne: Suites nos. 1 & 2   DGG 413 422-2 Abbado/London SO   1872
+ + >   Bizet Symphony (no. 1) in C   Chandos Bychkov/Orchestre de Paris   1868
    +> + Brahms Cello Sonatas in e (38) & in F (99)   DGG Rostropovich, Serkin   1862-65,1886
    + +> Brahms Cello Sonatas in e (38) & in F (99) 68 EMI Studio CDM 63298 du Pré, Barenboim   1862-65,1886
    + +> Brahms Clarinet Quintet in b (115) 89 Delos DE 3066 Shifrin/Chamber Music Northwest w String Quintet no. 2 in G (111) 1891;1890
  + +>   Brahms Double Concerto for Violin, Cello & Orch in a (102)   Supraphon Suk, Nevarra, Ancerl/Czech Philharmonic   1887
  + > +> Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem (45) 61 Angel/EMI Classics CDC 47238 Schwarzkopf, Fisher-Dieskau/Klemperer/Philh'a   1857-68
  + > + Brahms Fantasien (116), Intermezzi (117), P Pieces (119) (comp)   Philips Bishop-Kovacevich   1892
  +   +> Brahms Fantasien (116), P Pieces (119), Rhapsod (79),... (selec)   RCA Gold Seal 60419-2 Cliburn w Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 1892,1879;1800
  +   +> Brahms Intermezzi (117), P Pieces (119), Piano Concerto no. 2   RCA Gold Seal (?) 7942-2 Cliburn   1892,1878-81
  + +> +> Brahms Piano Concerto no. 1 in d (15) 68 CBS Masterworks MK 42261 Serkin, Szell/Cleveland Orch w R. Strauss: Burleske 1854-58;?
+ + + +> Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat (83) 68 CBS Masterworks MK 42262 Serkin, Szell/Cleveland Orch w Piano Pieces (119) 1878-81;1892
  + > + Brahms Piano Pieces (118)   Philips Bishop-Kovacevich   1892
+ + > + Brahms Symphony no. 1 in c (68)   DGG Karajan/Berlin PO (1) 1855-76
+ + > +> Brahms Symphony no. 1 in c (68)   DGG 431 790-2 Addabo/Berlin PO (2) 1855-76
    +> +> Brahms Symphony no. 2 in D (73)   DGG 427 643-2 Addabo/Berlin PO   1877
+ + > + Brahms Symphony no. 4 in e (98)   DGG 400 037-2 Kleiber/Vienna PO   1884-85
+ +   +> Brahms Symphony no. 4 in e (98) & Haydn Variations (56a)   DGG 435 349-2 Addabo/Berlin PO   1884-85,1873
  + >   Brahms Trios for Piano, Violin & Cello (8,87,101)   Intercord Abegg Trio   1853-87?
+ + >   Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn (56a)   DGG Karajan/Berlin PO   1873
+ + > + Brahms Violin Concerto in D (77)   Acanta Neveu, Schmidt-Isserstedt/N German RSO (1) 1878
+ + > +> Brahms Violin Concerto in D (77) 76 EMI CDC 47166 Perlman/Giulini/Chicago SO (2) 1878
      +> Brahms Violin Sonatas (78,100,108) 83 EMI Classics CDC 47403 Perlman, Ashkenazy   1878-88

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From Metal to Mozart, Craig Heller (Chronicle Books)
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``200 Classical Cornerstones'', Columbia House Classical Club
AMG
All-Music Guide, Michael Erlewine & Scott Bultman, eds. (Miller Freeman)
NPR
NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection, Ted Libbey (Workman)
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