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Work Title	Composer	Performer	Label	Rating
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
:	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
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
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
PHILIP GLASS: Select Etudes J. S. BACH: Select keyboard pieces CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Selections from Estampes, Children's Corner, & the Préludes JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Select keyboard pieces	BACH; J.S.DEBUSSY; CLAUDEGLASS; PHILIPRAMEAU; JEAN-PHILIPPE	Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)	Deutsche Grammophon	10 / 10
BACH, J.S.: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II: Preludes & Fugues in C major, F minor, A-flat major, D-sharp minor, F major, B-flat minor, E-flat major, G minor, E major, G-sharp minor, B major, & B minor	BACH; J.S.	Piotr Anderszewski (piano)	Warner Classics	10 / 10
PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: Symphonies Nos. 1 "Classical", 2 and 3	PROKOFIEV; SERGEI	Litton, Andrew (Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra)	BIS	10 / 10
ROSSINI, GIOACHINO: Arias, duets, & trios from Il barbiere di Siviglia, Otello, Armida, La donna del Lago, Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra, Le Siège de Corinthe, Ricciardo e Zoraide	ROSSINI; GIOACHINO	Lawrence Brownlee, Michael Spyres, Xabier Anduaga (tenor); Tara Erraught (mezzo-soprano) I Virtuosi Italiani, Corrado Rovaris	Erato	10 / 10
CRUMB, GEORGE: Metamorphoses (Book 1): Ten Fantasy-Pieces (after celebrated paintings)	CRUMB; GEORGE	()	Bridge	10 / 10

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