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Album Work Title Composer Performer Label Rating
FIELD, JOHN: Eighteen Nocturnes
FIELD; JOHN Tyler Hay (piano)
Piano Classics 9 / 9
HAMILTON HARTY - Piano Concerto; A Comedy Overture; Fantasy Scenes
HARTY; HAMILTON Peter Donohoe (piano)

Yuasa; Takuo
: Ulster Orchestra
Naxos 9 / 9
JOHN FIELD - Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major "L'incendie par l'Orage"; Piano Concerto No. 6 in C major
FIELD; JOHN Benjamin Frith (piano)

Haslam; David
: Northern Sinfonia
Naxos 10 / 8
Various Composers and Works CHABRIER; EMMANUEL
FAURÉ; GABRIEL
SCHUBERT; FRANZ
WEILL; KURT
Various Singers and Instrumentalists; Steven Blier (piano)
NYFOS Records 10 / 7
SAMUEL BARBER: Motetto; Twelfth night; Easter chorale; Heaven-haven; Let down the bars, O death; The virgin martyrs; A stopwatch and an ordnance map; To be sung on the water; Reincarnations; Agnus Dei; Sure on this shining night; Happy birthday, Sam Barber BARBER; SAMUEL Banks; Eric
: The Esoterics
Terpsichore Records Insiders Only
SAMUEL BARBER - Choral Music: includes A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map Op. 15; Twelfth Night Op. 42 No. 1; To be sung on the water Op. 42 No. 2; Agnus Dei (Adagio for Strings Op. 11); Let Down the Bars, O Death Op. 8 No. 2; Heaven-haven Op. 13 No. 1; Sure on this shining night Op. 13 No. 3; God's Grandeur; others
BARBER; SAMUEL Len Vorster (piano)
Ben Dickson (timpani)

Lawrence; Douglas
: Choir of Ormond College,University of Melbourne
Naxos 7 / 7
BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Intermezzi Op. 117; Intermezzi Op. 118 Nos. 1 & 2; Intermezzo in E minor Op. 119 No. 2; Waltzes Op. 39 (selections)
FAURÉ, GABRIEL: Nocturnes Nos. 3 & 4; Prelude Op. 103 No. 3
BRAHMS; JOHANNES
FAURÉ; GABRIEL
Clara Sverner (piano)
Azul Music 3 / 8
BACH, J.S.: Sonata BWV 1001; Partita BWV 1002; Sonata BWV 1003
BACH; J.S. Faust, Isabelle (violin)
Harmonia Mundi 9 / 9
BARTÓK, BELA: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
BARTÓK; BELA Faust, Isabelle (violin)
Harding, Daniel (Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Harmonia Mundi 10 / 10
PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY - Violin Concerto; Sérénade mélancolique; Valse-Scherzo; Souvenir d'un lieu cher
TCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH Julia Fischer (violin)

Kreizberg; Yakov
: Russian National Orchestra
PentaTone Insiders Only
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
Works by Fischer, Fux, Froberger, Couperin, Staier, & J.S. Bach BACH; J.S.
COUPERIN; LOUIS
FROBERGER; JOHANN JAKOB
FUX; JOHANN JOSEPH
JOHANN CASPAR FERDINAND FISCHER
STAIER; ANDREAS
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
Alpha 9 / 9
MENDELSSOHN, FELIX: Songs Without Words (selections)
ALKAN, CHARLES VALENTIN: 25 Préludes Op. 31: No. 8 “La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer"
ALKAN; CHARLES VALENTIN
MENDELSSOHN; FELIX
Igor Levit (piano)
Sony Classical 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; SAMUEL
BERNSTEIN; LEONARD
CARTER; ELLIOTT
COPLAND; AARON
IVES; 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
PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Piano Sonata No. 4 in C major Op. 29; Symphony No. 5: Scherzo (transcribed by Nikita Mndoyants); Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major Op. 84
MNDOYANTS, NIKITA: Nocturne
MNDOYANTS; NIKITA
PROKOFIEV; SERGEI
Nikita Mndoyants (piano)
Aparte 9 / 9
Music by Bartók, Berlioz, Ravel, Takemitsu, Mahler, Bach, Poulenc, Rimsky-Korsakov, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Prokofiev, and Bernstein BACH; J.S.
BARTÓK; BELA
BERLIOZ; HECTOR
MAHLER; GUSTAV
POULENC; FRANCIS
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; NIKOLAI
STRAUSS; RICHARD
TAKEMITSU; TORU
TCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH
Various Vocal Soloists
Ozawa; Seiji
: Berlin Philharmonic,Boston Symphony Orchestra,Saito Kinen Orchestra,San Francisco Symphony,Vienna Philharmonic
Decca Insiders Only
CARL ORFF - Carmina Burana
ORFF; CARL Evelyn Mandac (soprano)
Stanley Kolk (tenor)
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
David Vernier (enthusiastic student chorister)

Ozawa; Seiji
: Boston Symphony Orchestra,New England Conservatory Chorus
RCA 9 / 9
TORU TAKEMITSU - November Steps, for orchestra with shakuhachi and biwa; Eclipse, for shakuhachi and biwa; Viola Concerto "A String Around Autumn"
TAKEMITSU; TORU Katsuya Yokoyama (shakuhachi)
Kinshi Tsuruta (biwa)
Nobuko Imai (viola)

Ozawa; Seiji
: Saito Kinen Orchestra
Philips 10 / 9
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
PETER SCHICKELE - Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY - Tell My Fortune, for Chamber Orchestra
DAVID NOON - ProMusica Sempre! Op. 173
SAMUEL BARBER - Knoxville: Summer of 1915
BARBER; SAMUEL
DAUGHERTY; MICHAEL
NOON; DAVID
SCHICKELE; PETER
Robert Spring (clarinet)
Carmen Pelton (soprano)

Russell; Timothy
: ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
Summit Records 8 / 9
PETER SCHICKELE - Serenade for Three for clarinet, violin, & piano; Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello, & piano; Monocrome III for nine clarinets; Octet for clarinet, bassoon, French horn, string quartet, & bass
SCHICKELE; PETER Naomi Drucker (clarinet)

The American Chamber Ensemble
Elysium 9 / 9
SGAMBATI, GIOVANNI: Sinfonia festiva (‘Ouverture de fête’); Piano Concerto in G minor Op. 15
SGAMBATI; GIOVANNI Massimiliano Damerini (piano)
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia
Naxos 8 / 8
GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
MARTUCCI; GIUSEPPE Bakels; Kees
: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
BIS 10 / 9
BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 9
BRUCKNER; ANTON Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
CSO Resound 8 / 8
SGAMBATI, GIOVANNI: Symphony No. 1; Cola di Rienzo--Overture
SGAMBATI; GIOVANNI Vecchia; Francesco La
: Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma
Naxos Insiders Only
BRUCKNER, ANTON: Symphony No. 9
BRUCKNER; ANTON Honeck; Manfred
: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Reference Recordings 10 / 10
SCHUMANN, ROBERT: Fantasie in C major Op. 17; Papillons Op. 2; Humoreske Op. 20; Davidsbundlertänze Op. 6; Nachtstücke Op. 23; Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op. 26
SCHUMANN; ROBERT Llŷr Williams (piano)
Signum Classics 7 / 9
MERCADANTE, SAVERIO: Omaggio a Bellini; Seconda Sinfonia caratteristica napoletana; Gran Sinfonia sopra motivi della Stabat Mater del celebre Rossini; Clarinet Concerto No. 2; Garibaldi--Sinfonia a grand'orchestra sopra l'inno dei cacciatori delle Alpi
MERCADANTE; SAVERIO Vecchia; Francesco La
: Rome Symphony Orchestra
Naxos Insiders Only
BEACH, AMY: Out of the Depths Op. 130; Variations on a Balkan Theme Op. 60; Dreaming Op. 15 No. 3; Ständchen (after Richard Strauss); Prelude and Fugue Op. 81; Canoeing Op. 119 No. 3; Honeysuckle Op. 97 No. 5; A Hermit Thrush at Eve Op. 92 No. 1; Nocturne Op. 107; Three Pieces Op. 128
BEACH; AMY Martina Frezzotti (piano)
Piano Classics 8 / 8
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Complete String Quartets
BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN (Dover Quartet)
Cedille 9 / 10
HANDEL, G.F.: Keyboard Suites No. 4 in D minor HWV 437; No. 3 in D minor HWV 428; No. 7 in G minor HWV 432; No. 8 in G major HWV 441
HANDEL; G.F. Evgeni Koroliov (piano)
Profil 8 / 9
CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11; Fantasy on Polish Airs Op. 3; Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brilliante Op. 22
CHOPIN; FRÉDÉRIC Abbey Simon (piano)
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Heribert Beissel
Vox 9 / 9
Various Composers Various Composers Various Soloists
Various Conductors and Orchestras
Various Labels 1 / 1
PARKER, ALICE: Settings of Poems by Emily Dickinson
PARKER; ALICE Griffiths; Sarah,Shelton; Lucy
Parker; Alice
: Manhattan String Quartet,Musicians of Melodious Accord
Gothic 9 / 9
MUNN, DOUGLAS: Complete Music for Solo Piano
MUNN; DOUGLAS Arta Arnicane (piano)
Toccata Classics 9 / 9
A Very Fruitful Apple Tree DAWSON; WILLIAM LEVI
GJEILO; OLA
IRELAND; JOHN
POSTON; ELIZABETH
PRAETORIUS; MICHAEL
Bass; James K.
: Seraphic Fire
Seraphic Fire Media 10 / 10
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano Op. 120 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS: Sonata in E-flat major for Clarinet & Piano Op. 167 FRANCIS POULENC: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano BRAHMS; JOHANNES
POULENC; FRANCIS
SAINT-SAËNS; CAMILLE
Maksim Shtrykov (clarinet); Misuzu Tanaka (piano)
Concertant Classics 9 / 9
Various Composers and Works Various Composers Various Soloists
Various
: Various orchestras
Various Labels 10 / 10
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL - Messiah
HANDEL; G.F. Julia Doyle (soprano)
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Allan Clayton (tenor)
Andrew Foster-Williams (bass)

Layton; Stephen
: Britten Sinfonia,Polyphony
Hyperion 9 / 9
Various Composers and Works BRAHMS; JOHANNES
CHOPIN; FRÉDÉRIC
KABALEVSKY; DIMITRI
LISZT; FRANZ
MENDELSSOHN; FELIX
RACHMANINOV; SERGEI
Yakov Flier (piano)
Various Conductors and Ensembles
Scribendum 7 / 5
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21 "Waldstein" and 23 "Appassionata"
BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN Serkin, Rudolf (piano)
Deutsche Grammophon 7 / 9
Various Composers and Works BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN
CHOPIN; FRÉDÉRIC
DEBUSSY; CLAUDE
GRIEG; EDVARD
MUSSORGSKY; MODEST
RACHMANINOV; SERGEI
Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano); Nikolai Medtner (piano); Jascha Heifetz (violin)
Various Conductors and Orchestras
Scribendum 8 / 5
Christmas From Norway Gjermund Larsen (violin); Marco Ambrosini (keyed fiddle); Sondre Meisfjord (double bass)
Norwegian Soloists' Choir, Grete Pedersen
BIS 10 / 10
ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: Vers la flamme Op. 72 RICHARD STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung (arranged by Severin von Eckardstein) OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jésus No. 20: Regard de l’Eglise d’amour SEVERIN VON ECKARDSTEIN: Improvisation LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN
MESSIAEN; OLIVIER
SCRIABIN; ALEXANDER
STRAUSS; RICHARD
Severin von Eckardstein (piano)
Cavi 9 / 9
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI: Tarantella; Capriccio di Bravura; Elegy No. 1 JULES MASSENET: Meditation from Thaïs PAUL HINDEMITH: Sonata for Double Bass & Piano VILMOS MONTAG: Sonata for Double Bass & Piano FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Sonata No. 2 for Cello & Piano Op. 58 SERGEI RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello & Piano Op. 19: III. Andante CÉSAR FRANCK: Sonata in A major for Violin & Piano BOTTESINI; GIOVANNI
FRANCK; CÉSAR
HINDEMITH; PAUL
MASSENET; JULES
MENDELSSOHN; FELIX
MONTAG; VILMOS
RACHMANINOV; SERGEI
Mikyung Sung (double bass); Jaemin Shin (piano)
Modus Vivendi Media 10 / 9
CHOPIN, FRÉDÉRIC: Complete Works
CHOPIN; FRÉDÉRIC Various soloists
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, Vahan Mardirossian
Brilliant Classics 8 / 8
HAYDN, JOSEPH: Complete Piano Sonatas
HAYDN; JOSEPH Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Chandos 10 / 10
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE: Études; Pour le piano; La plus que lente; Berceuse héroïque; Étude retrouvée
DEBUSSY; CLAUDE Steven Osborne (piano)
Hyperion 8 / 9
WAGNER, RICHARD: Das Rheingold (excerpts)
WAGNER; RICHARD Ferdinand Frantz (baritone); Benno Kusche, Josef Metternich (bass); Johanna Blatter, Rut Siewert (contralto); Lisa Otto, Melitta Muszely (soprano); Sieglinde Wagner (mezzo-soprano); Rudolf Schock, Helmut Melchert (tenor)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Rudolf Kempe
Berlin Classics 10 / 10

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