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Album Work Title Composer Performer Label Rating
BARTÓK, BELA: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
BARTÓK; BELA Faust, Isabelle (violin)
Harding, Daniel (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
J.S. BACH - Concerto for two violins in D minor BWV 1043; Violin concerto in A minor BWV 1041; Violin concerto in E major BWV 1042; Concerto for oboe & violin in C minor BWV 1060
BACH; J.S. Julia Fischer (violin)
Alexander Sitkovetsky (violin)
Andrey Rubtsov (oboe)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Decca 10 / 10
AARON COPLAND: Violin Sonata (1942-43); CHARLES IVES: Largo for violin, clarinet, & piano; LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Piano Trio (1937); ELLIOTT CARTER: Elegy for viola & piano; SAMUEL BARBER: String Quartet in B minor Op. 11 BARBER; SAMUELBERNSTEIN; LEONARDCARTER; ELLIOTTCOPLAND; AARONIVES; CHARLES James Ehnes (violin)
Members of the Seattle Chamber Music Society
Onyx 10 / 10
CHARLES IVES - Songs; Sets for Orchestra (16 songs for voice & piano; Sets 1-3 for Orchestra; Set for Theatre Orchestra; Set No. 5--The Other Side of Pioneering; Set No. 6--From the Side Hill; Set No. 7--Water Colors)
IVES; CHARLES Susan Narucki (soprano)
Sanford Sylvan (baritone)
Alan Feinberg (piano)

Bernas; Richard
: London Voices,Music Projects/London
Decca 10 / 10
PETER SCHICKELE - String Quartet No. 1 "American Dreams"; Quintet No. 1 for Piano & Strings; String Quartet No. 5 "A Year in the Country"
SCHICKELE; PETER Peter Schickele (piano)

Audubon Quartet
Centaur 10 / 10
BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 9
BRUCKNER; ANTON Honeck; Manfred
: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Reference Recordings 10 / 10
BRITTEN, BENJAMIN: Peter Grimes
BRITTEN; BENJAMIN Stuart Skelton, Robert Murray (tenor); Erin Wall, Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen (soprano); Roderick Williams, Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); Susan Bickley, Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Choir of Collegium Musicum, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Chandos 10 / 10
GLORIA COATES - String Quartets Nos. 1, 5, & 6
COATES; GLORIA Kreutzer Quartet
Naxos 10 / 10
BENJAMIN BRITTEN - Simple Symphony; Quartettino; Alla Marcia; String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94
BRITTEN; BENJAMIN Maggini String Quartet
Naxos 10 / 10
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BRITTEN; BENJAMINDEBUSSY; CLAUDEGARROP; STACYGOLIJOV; OSVALDO Avalon String Quartet
Cedille 10 / 10
ANTONIO VIVALDI - The Four Seasons (Concertos Op. 8 Nos. 1-4); Concertos in E-flat major RV 257*, B-flat major RV 376*, & D major RV 211* (*premiere recordings)
VIVALDI; ANTONIO Giuliano Carmignola (solo violin)

Marcon; Andrea
: Venice Baroque Orchestra
Sony Classical 10 / 10
ANTONIO VIVALDI - Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione Op. 8 (incl. The Four Seasons)
VIVALDI; ANTONIO Fabio Biondi (violin)
others

L'Europa Galante
Virgin Classics 10 / 10
ARVO PÄRT - Dopo la vittoria; The woman with the alabaster box; Berliner Messe; Solfeggio; Magnificat; Bogoroditse Djevo; Which was the son of...; I am the true vine
PÄRT; ARVO Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (organ)

Hillier; Paul
: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir,Pro Arte Singers,Theatre of Voices
Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
DICK KATTENBURG (1919-1944): Trio à cordes SÁNDOR KUTI (1908-1945): Serenade for String Trio HANS KRÁSA (1899-1944): Passacaglia & Fuga for String Trio; Tánec for String Trio GIDEON KLEIN (1919-1945): Trio for violin, viola, & cello PAUL HERMANN (1902-1944): Strijktrio GÉZA FRID (1904-1989): Trio à cordes Op. 1 FRID; GÉZAHERMANN; PAULKATTENBURG; DICKKLEIN; GIDEONKRÁSA; HANSKUTI; SÁNDOR Desirée Ruhstrat (violin); Aurélien Fort Pederzoli (viola); David Cunliffe (cello)
(Black Oak Ensemble)
Cedille 10 / 10
DOMENICO SCARLATTI - Cantatas (O qual meco Nice; Pur nel sonno almen tal’ora; Che vidi, oh Ciel, che vidi)
SCARLATTI; DOMENICO Cyrille Gerstenhaber (soprano)

Frisch; Jean-Christophe
: Musique des Lumières,XVIII-21
Auvidis-Astrée 10 / 10
Eugène Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin Op. 27 YSAŸE; EUGÈNE Murray, Tai (violin)
Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
BACH, J.S.: Partita No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004; Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006
YSAŸE, EUGÈNE: Sonata No. 2 Op. 27
SAARIAHO, KAIJA: Nocturne
MAZZOLI, MISSY: Dissolve, O My Heart
BACH; J.S.MAZZOLI; MISSYSAARIAHO; KAIJAYSAŸE; EUGÈNE Koh, Jennifer (violin)
Cedille 10 / 10
STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Firebird (complete ballet); Orchestrations & arrangements of Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, and Chopin
STRAVINSKY; IGOR Litton; Andrew
: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
BIS 10 / 10
SAARIAHO, KAIJA: Tocar; Cloud Trio; Light and Matter; Aure; Graal théâtre
SAARIAHO; KAIJA Jennifer Koh (violin); Nicolas Hodges (piano); Hsin-Yun Huang (viola); Wilhelmina Smith, Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Curtis 20/21 Ensemble, Conner Gray Covington
Cedille 10 / 10
NED ROREM - Pilgrims; Flute Concerto; Violin Concerto
ROREM; NED Jeffrey Khaner (flute)
Philippe Quint (violin)

Serebrier; José
: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 10 / 10
HAHN, REYNALDO: Le rossignol éperdu (excerpts); Premières valses (excerpts)
HAHN; REYNALDO Pavel Kolesnikov (piano)
Hyperion 10 / 10
HENRI TOMASI: Trio à cordes en forme de divertissement JEAN CRAS: Trio pour violon, alto, et violoncelle ÉMILE GOUÉ: Trio pour violon, alto, et violoncelle JEAN FRANÇAIX: Trio ROBERT CASADESUS: Trio à cordes GUSTAVE SAMAZEUILH: Suite en trio pour violon, alto, et violoncelle GABRIEL PIERNÉ: Trois pièces en trio CASADESUS; ROBERTCRAS; JEANFRANCAIX; JEANGOUÉ; ÉMILEPIERNÉ; GABRIELSAMAZEUILH; GUSTAVETOMASI; HENRI Black Oak Ensemble
Cedille 10 / 10
Works by Debussy, Tárrega, Ravel, Fauré, Albéniz, Nishimura, Casals, & Falla ALBÉNIZ; ISAACCASALS; PAUDEBUSSY; CLAUDEFALLA; MANUEL DENISHIMURA; AKIRARAVEL; MAURICETARREGA; FRANCISCO Wenting Kang (viola); Sergei Kvitko (piano)
Blue Griffin 10 / 10
GUERRA-PEIXE, CÉSAR: Symphonic Suites Nos. 1 and 2; Roda de Amigos
GUERRA-PEIXE; CÉSAR ()
Naxos 10 / 10
CHARLES IVES - Variations on "America"; Decoration Day; Fugue in C; Variations on "Jerusalem the Golden"; The Alcotts; others (arr. for band)
IVES; CHARLES Col. Timothy W. Foley
: The President's Own United States Marine Band
Naxos 10 / 10
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN: Spiritus sanctus vivificans vita GEORGE ENESCU: Fantaisie concertante GEORGE BENJAMIN: Three Miniatures EUGÈNE YSAŸE: Sonata No. 5 J. S. BACH: Partita No. 2 BACH; J.S.BENJAMIN; GEORGEBINGEN; HILDEGARD VONENESCU; GEORGEYSAŸE; EUGÈNE Carolin Widmann (violin)
ECM 10 / 10
Arias & Instrumental Selections from Teseo (Ouverture); Rinaldo; Alcina; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Ariodante; Aci, Galatea e Polifemo; Rodrigo (Passacaille); Amadigi di Gaula; Agrippina HANDEL; G.F. Lucy Crowe (soprano); Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano); Iestyn Davies (countertenor); Leo Duarte (oboe); Joe Qiu (bassoon); Thomas Gould (violin)
Bates; David
: La Nuova Musica
PentaTone 10 / 10
Café Zimmermann’s Re-scaled, Re-scored, Rewarding Bach BACH; C.P.E.BACH; J.S. Café Zimmermann
Alpha 10 / 10
BACH, J.S.: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
BACH; J.S. Klára Würtz (piano)
Piano Classics 10 / 10
Works by Serrano, Lauba, Bark, Goldstein, & Yang Scott Litroff (alto & soprano saxophones); Matthieu Cognet (piano)
MSR Classics 10 / 10
BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 8 (Nowak Version, 1890)
BRUCKNER; ANTON Poschner, Markus (Bruckner Orchestra Linz)
Capriccio 10 / 10
DE HARTMANN, THOMAS: Koliadky: Noëls Ukrainiens; Symphonie-Poème No. 4; Concerto Andaluz; Un fête en Ukraine (Suite)
DE HARTMANN; THOMAS Bülent Evcil (flute)
Kuchar; Theodore
: Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine
Toccata Classics 10 / 10
VERDI, GIUSEPPE: Messa da Requiem
VERDI; GIUSEPPE Jessye Norman (soprano); Agnes Baltsa (alto); José Carreras (tenor); Yevgeny Nesterenko (bass)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Riccardo Muti
BR Klassik 10 / 10
BACON, ERNST: Piano Trio No. 2
SOWERBY, LEO: Piano Trio
BACON; ERNSTSOWERBY; LEO Lincoln Trio
Cedille 10 / 10
Works by Arnold, Mahler, Chopin, Martinu, Kapustin, Byrd, Bull, Bartók, others ARNOLD; MALCOLMBARTÓK; BELABULL; JOHNBYRD; WILLIAMCHOPIN; FRÉDÉRICKAPUSTIN; NIKOLAIMAHLER; GUSTAVMARKEVITCH; IGORMARTINU; BOHUSLAV Various Soloists
Various Conductors and Orchestras
BISCapriccioDeccaDeutsche GrammophonNaxos 10 / 10
Arias by Mozart, Méhul, Spontini, Rossini, Adam, Donizetti, Verdi, Thomas, & Offenbach Michael Spyres (tenor)
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Marko Letonja
Erato 10 / 10
BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Symphony No. 4
MACMILLAN, JAMES: Larghetto for Orchestra
BRAHMS; JOHANNESMACMILLAN; JAMES Honeck, Manfred (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
Reference Recordings 10 / 10
CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Nocturnes (complete)
CHOPIN; FRÉDÉRIC Stephen Hough (piano)
Hyperion 10 / 10
BARTÓK, BELA: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Concerto for Orchestra
BARTÓK; BELA Mälkki, Susanna (Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra)
BIS 10 / 10
Loeffler: La Mort de Tintagiles Ruggles: Evocations Hanson: Before the Dawn Cowell: Variations for Orchestra COWELL; HENRYHANSON; HOWARDLOEFFLER; CHARLESRUGGLES; CARL Delphine Dupuy (viola d'amore)
Trevino; Robert
: Basque National Orchestra
Ondine 10 / 10
CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR: Suite Op. 34 JULES MOUQUET: La flute de Pan Op. 15 GABRIEL FAURÉ: Fantasie Op. 70; Morceau de concours GEORGES ENESCU: Cantabile et presto PHILIPPE GAUBERT: Nocturne et allegro scherzando; Fantasie; Madrigal CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (arranged by Gustave Samazeuilh); Syrinx DEBUSSY; CLAUDEENESCU; GEORGEFAURÉ; GABRIELGAUBERT; PHILIPPEMOUQUET; JULESWIDOR; CHARLES-MARIE Robert Langevin (flute); Margaret Kampmeier (piano)
Bridge 10 / 10
RAVEL, MAURICE: La valse; Alborada del gracioso; Rapsodie espagnole; Une barque sur l’océan; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro
RAVEL; MAURICE Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino
Ondine 10 / 10
BYRD, WILLIAM: Keyboard works (selected)
BULL, JOHN: Keyboard works (selected)
BULL; JOHNBYRD; WILLIAM Kit Armstrong (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 10 / 10
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE: Children’s Corner Suite
CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Preludes Op. 24
MUSSORGSKY, MODEST: Pictures at an Exhibition
CHOPIN; FRÉDÉRICDEBUSSY; CLAUDEMUSSORGSKY; MODEST Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
Alpha 10 / 10
SOWERBY, LEO: Syncronata (for Jazz Orchestra); Serenade for String Quartet; String Quartet in D minor; Tramping Tune for Piano and Strings; Symphony for Jazz Orchestra
SOWERBY; LEO Winston Choi (piano); Alexander Hanna (double bass)
Andy Baker Orchestra, Andrew Baker (cond.) Avalan String Quartet
Cedille 10 / 10
Arias by Puccini, Gounod, Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Ponchielli, Borodin, Dvorák, & Lehár BIZET; GEORGESBORODIN; ALEXANDERDVORÁK; ANTONINGOUNOD; CHARLESLEHÁR; FRANZPONCHIELLI; AMILCAREPUCCINI; GIACOMOTCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH Dmytro Popov (tenor)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Mikhail Simonyan
Orchid Classics 10 / 10
HOMILIUS, GOTTFRIED AUGUST: St. Mark Passion (Markuspassion) HoWV I.10
HOMILIUS; GOTTFRIED AUGUST Monika Mauch (soprano); Ruth Sandhoff (alto); Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor/Evangelist); Thomas Laske (baritone/Jesus)
Basler Madrigalisten; L'arpa festante, Fritz Näf
Carus 10 / 10
BACH, J.S.: Goldberg Variations (Arrangement by Bernard Labadie)
BACH; J.S. Les Violons du Roy, Bernard Labadie
ATMA Classique 10 / 10
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VANBRAHMS; JOHANNES Shaham, Gil (violin)
Jacobsen; Eric
: The Knights
Canary Classics 10 / 10
VENTURINI, FRANCESCO: Concerti di camera Op. 1: No. 2 in A minor, No. 11 in B-flat major, No. 9 in G minor; Ouverture à 5 in E minor; Concerto à 6 in A major
VENTURINI; FRANCESCO La Festa Musicale
Audite 10 / 10


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