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brahmsvogt BRAHMS, JOHANNES: Piano Concerto No. 2; Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op. 24
 		BRAHMS; JOHANNES Lars Vogt (piano, conductor)
Vogt; Lars
: Royal Northern Sinfonia
 		Ondine 9 / 9
616Q81St5L._SL1200 MARKO TAJCEVIC: Balkan Dances (1927) FRANZ LISZT: Tarantella, from Venezia e Napoli MANUEL DE FALLA: Ritual Fire Dance MAURICE RAVEL: Valse nobles et sentimentales ROBERT SCHUMANN: Davidsbündlertanze Op. 6 FALLA; MANUEL DELISZT; FRANZRAVEL; MAURICESCHUMANN; ROBERTTAJCEVIC; MARKO Mirjana Rajic (piano)
 		Genuin 9 / 9
Mahler7Vansk MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 7
 		MAHLER; GUSTAV Vänskä; Osmo
: Minnesota Orchestra
 		BIS 8 / 9
51kkYIXRoRL Various Composers and Works ARENSKY; ANTONBACH; J.S.BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VANLISZT; FRANZRACHMANINOV; SERGEISCARLATTI; DOMENICOSHOSTAKOVICH; DMITRI Maria Grinberg (piano)
Various Conductors and Ensembles
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Shapero SHAPERO, HAROLD: Sinfonia in C minor; Credo; Partita in D; On Green Mountain; Serenade in D for String Orchestra
 		SHAPERO; HAROLD Rose, Gil (Boston Modern Orchestra Project)
 		BMOP Sound 10 / 10
babayanrach RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Preludes, Etudes-Tableaux, Moments musicaux (selections)
 		RACHMANINOV; SERGEI Sergei Babayan (piano)
 		Deutsche Grammophon 10 / 10
Borisova-Ollas_-Angelus_BIS_ClassicsToday_ClassicalCritic_Jens-f-Laurson BORISOVA-OLLAS, VICTORIA: Angelus; The Kingdom of Silence; Before the Mountains Were Born; Creation of the Hymn; Open Ground
 		BORISOVA-OLLAS; VICTORIA Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko (Angelus; Creation of the Hymn), Martyn Brabbins (The Kingdom of Silence; Before the Mountains Were Born), Sakari Oramo (Open Ground)
 		BIS 7 / 10
81VuIctTwNL._SL1500 TORU TAKEMITSU: Rain Dreaming HENRY COWELL: Set of four KAIJA SAARIAHO: Jardin secret II GAVIN BRYARS: After Handel’s “Vesper” ANAHITA ABBASI: Intertwined distances LUC FERRARI: Programme commun “Musique socialiste?” ABBASI; ANAHITABRYARS; GAVINCOWELL; HENRYFERRARI; LUCSAARIAHO; KAIJATAKEMITSU; TORU Mahan Esfahani (harpsichord)
 		Hyperion 10 / 10
BACH_Matthew-Passion_KingsCollege_Cleobury_CLASSICSTODAY_jens-f-laurson_classical-critic BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
 		BACH; J.S. James Gilchrist (Evangelist); Matthew Rose (Jesus); Sophie Bevan (soprano); David Allsopp (countertenor); Mark Le Brocq (tenor); William Gaunt (bass)
The Choir of King’s College, Academy of Ancient Music, Stephen Cleobury
 		King's College 6 / 6
71LaEtWKC8L._SL1450 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Trio in C minor Op. 1 No. 3; Piano Trio in B-flat major Op. 97 (“Archduke”)
 		BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN Vienna Piano Trio
 		MDG 7 / 8
81QxRv8SmL._SL1200 BACH, J.S.: Six Partitas; Italian Concerto; Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue; French Overture; Four Duets; Goldberg Variations; Organ Works (selected); others
 		BACH; J.S. Scott Ross (harpsichord, organ)
 		Erato Insiders Only
71fA7zcMI0L._SL1200 PROKOFIEV, SERGEI: The Ugly Duckling Op. 18; 5 Poems Op. 23: Nos. 2, 3, & 6; 5 Poems of Anna Akhmatova Op. 27; 5 Poems Op. 36: No. 4; 2 Songs from Lieutenant Kijé Op. 60b: No. 1 Stonet siz y golubochek; 2 Choruses Op. 66a: 2. Anyutka (version for voice and piano); 3 Children’s Songs Op. 68: 1; The Chatterbox; 3 Songs from Alexander Nevsky Op. 78b: 2. Mark, Ye Bright Falcons; 3 Romances Op. 72: 2. The rosy dawn is colouring the east; 12 Russian Folksongs Op. 104: 6. Katerina
 		PROKOFIEV; SERGEI Margarita Gritskova (mezzo-soprano); Maria Prinz (piano)
 		Naxos 10 / 10
unnamed JOHANNES BRAHMS: String Quartet in C minor Op. 51 No. 1 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: String Quartet No. 3 Op. 30 RUTH CRAWFORD: String Quartet (1931) SAM PLUTA: binary/momentary logics: flow state/joy state ANTHONY CHEUNG: Real Book of Fake Tunes CHARMAINE LEE: Spinals GEORGE LEWIS: String Quartet No. 1.5 “Experiments in Living” BRAHMS; JOHANNESCHEUNG; ANTHONYCRAWFORD; RUTHSCHOENBERG; ARNOLD Claire Chase (flutes)
Spektral Quartet
 		New Focus 9 / 10
BeetLiszt BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: The Nine Symphonies (transcribed by Franz Liszt)
SCHUBERT, FRANZ: Piano Sonata in C minor D. 958
 		BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN Jean-Louis Haguenauer, Georges Pludermacher, Alain Planès, Paul Badura-Skoda, Michel Dalberto, Jean-Claude Pennetier (piano)
 		Harmonia Mundi 7 / 8
RespighiWilson RESPIGHI, OTTORINO: Roman Trilogy (Roman Festivals; Fountains of Rome; Pines of Rome)
 		RESPIGHI; OTTORINO Wilson; John
: Sinfonia of London
 		Chandos 6 / 9
Munch Music by Haydn, Mozart, Ravel, Widor, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Brahms, Frank, Saint-Saëns, Bizet, Fauré, D'Indy, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Roussel, Offenbach, Respighi, Barraud, and Berlioz Various Composers Munch; Charles
: Various orchestras
 		Decca Insiders Only
Perlman Music by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Ravel, Lalo, Chausson, Beethoven, Dohnányi, Sibelius, Dvorák, Mozart, others Various Composers Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Various Conductors and Orchestras
 		Sony Classical Insiders Only
616bPyvFJwL._SL1200 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Bagatelles Op. 126; Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109; Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor Op. 57 (“Appassionata”)
 		BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN Katie Mahan (piano)
 		Steinway & Sons 6 / 9
91hKQXC89aL._SL1500 DAVIS, WILLIAM MAC: Fearful Symmetry; Songs of Circles and The Wheel; Hymns for the Amusement of Children; 5 Elizabethan Lyrics; The Lord Bless You and Keep You
 		DAVIS; WILLIAM MAC Lynda Poston Smith (soprano); Robert Carl Smith (piano)
 		Centaur 9 / 8
Krommer69 KROMMER, FRANZ: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 9
 		KROMMER; FRANZ Griffiths; Howard
: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
 		CPO 9 / 9
BergQtt Various Composers, incl. Berg, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Rihm, Lutoslawski, Dvorák, Smetana, Brahms, others... BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VANBERG; ALBANDVORÁK; ANTONINHAYDN; JOSEPHLUTOSLAWSKI; WITOLDMOZART; WOLFGANG AMADEUSRIHM; WOLFGANGSCHUBERT; FRANZ Alban Berg Quartett
 		Warner Classics Insiders Only
735131919722 Works by Fauré, Debussy, Rameau, Chabrier, & Ravel CHABRIER; EMMANUELDEBUSSY; CLAUDEFAURÉ; GABRIELRAMEAU; JEAN-PHILIPPERAVEL; MAURICE Jorge Federico Osorio (piano)
 		Cedille 8 / 9
61d84yryiyL._SL1200 CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Nocturne ISAAC ALBÉNIZ: Chant d'Espagne Op. 232 Nos. 1, 4, & 5 EDVARD GRIEG: Lyric Pieces, Book 6 Op. 57 JOHANNES BRAHMS: Klavierstücke Op. 116 ALBÉNIZ; ISAACBRAHMS; JOHANNESDEBUSSY; CLAUDEGRIEG; EDVARD Uta Weyand (piano)
 		Ars Produktion 7 / 7
viennaharp GEORG CHRISTOPH WAGENSEIL: Concerto No. 2 in G major for harp, two violins, & violoncello; Sonata I for two violins, violoncello, & basso continuo JOHANN BAPTIST KRUMPHOLTZ: Sonata for harp in B-flat major CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK: Danse des Champs Elysées from Orfée et Eurydice; Che farò senza Euridice from Orfeo ed Euridice JOSEPH HAYDN: Trio No. 3 Op. 53 in D major Hob. XVI:42 for violin, viola, & violoncello; Quartetto No. 6 in F major Hob. XIV:F1 for flute, viola, violoncello, & harp GLUCK; CHRISTOPH WILLIBALDHAYDN; JOSEPHKRUMPHOLTZ; JOHANN BAPTISTWAGENSEIL; GEORG Margret Köll (single action harp); Marcello Gatti (transverse flute)
Il Furibondo
 		Accent 9 / 9
810J-bw1V5L._SL1500 CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Images Book I ALBERTO GINASTERA: Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 22 GYÖRGY LIGETI: Etudes Book I: No. 5, Arc-en-ciel SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major Op. 82 DEBUSSY; CLAUDEGINASTERA; ALBERTOLIGETI; GYÖRGYPROKOFIEV; SERGEI Dmytro Choni (piano)
 		Naxos 7 / 8
RimskyPet RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI: Capriccio Espagnol; Russian Easter Festival Overture; Scheherazade
 		RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; NIKOLAI Petrenko; Vasily
: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
 		Lawo 7 / 9
ASMF Various Composers Various Composers Various Soloists
Marriner; Neville
: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
 		Decca Insiders Only
art of dimunitions Works by Marini, Uccellini, Rossi, Kapsberger, others KAPSBERGER; GIOVANNIMARINI; BIAGIOUCCELLINI; MARCO Leonor de Lera (baroque violin)
L'Estro d'Orfeo
 		Challenge Classics 9 / 9
71pA0BAvBL._SL1200 SCHUBERT, FRANZ: Piano Sonatas in A minor D. 845; G major D. 894; C minor D. 948; & B-flat major D. 960
 		SCHUBERT; FRANZ Shai Wosner (piano)
 		Onyx 9 / 9
Jochum Works by Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Wagner, Bruckner, others BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VANBRUCKNER; ANTONMOZART; WOLFGANG AMADEUSSCHUBERT; FRANZSCHUMANN; ROBERTSTRAUSS; RICHARDWAGNER; RICHARD Jochum; Eugen
: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra,Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra,Berlin Philharmonic,Concertgebouw Orchestra
 		Eloquence Insiders Only
91lPqmZ88BL._SL1500 ROGER-DUCASSE, JEAN: Barcarolle No. 1 (1906); Etude No. 12 (1914); Etude No. 2 (1916); Etude (No. 3) en sixtes (1916); Arabesque No. 1 (1917); Arabesque No. 2 (1919); Rythmes (1917); Sonorités (1918); Barcarolle No. 2 (1920); Barcarolle No. 3 (1921)
 		ROGER-DUCASSE; JEAN Patrick Hemmerlé (piano)
 		Melism 10 / 9
RAT-D080-3000 BÉLA BARTÓK: Piano Sonata J.S. BACH: French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816 TONY CHEN LIN: Digression (Meditation on R.S.) ROBERT SCHUMANN: Humoreske Op. 20 BACH; J.S.BARTÓK; BELALIN; TONY CHENSCHUMANN; ROBERT Tony Chen Lin (piano)
 		Rattle 8 / 8
Tcherepnin TCHEREPNIN, NIKOLAI: Narcisse et Echo; La Princesse Lointaine
 		TCHEREPNIN; NIKOLAI Borowicz; Lukasz
: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
 		CPO 9 / 9
ekaterina Arias by Puccini, Charpentier, Gounod, Bizet, & Verdi Ekaterina Siurina (soprano); Charles Casttronovo (tenor)
Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbellian
 		10 / 10
71siuagaxHL._SL1200 WEIGL, KARL: String Quartets Nos. 7 & 8
 		WEIGL; KARL Thomas Christian Ensemble
 		CPO 9 / 9
71q0Ls7qtHL._SL1200 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Piano Sonatas Op. 31 Nos 1, 2, & 3; Variation on an Original Theme Op. 34; Eroica Variations Op. 35
 		BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
 		Harmonia Mundi 8 / 9
EscalesWilson Works by Chabrier, Duruflé, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Ibert, Massenet and Ravel CHABRIER; EMMANUELDEBUSSY; CLAUDEDURUFLÉ; MAURICEIBERT; JACQUESRAVEL; MAURICESAINT-SAËNS; CAMILLE Wilson; John
: Sinfonia of London
 		Chandos 4 / 9
Chailly Works by Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Dvořak, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Bartók, Gershwin, Mahler, Ravel, Debussy, Mussorgsky, Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Stravinsky, Varèse, Berio, Messiaen and Shostakovich Various Composers Chailly; Riccardo
: Various orchestras
 		Decca Insiders Only
81ERlSYrEL._SL1200 BEACH, AMY: Piano Quintet in F-sharp major Op. 67
ELGAR, EDWARD: Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84
 		BEACH; AMYELGAR; EDWARD Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Takács Quartet
 		Hyperion 9 / 9
71VYDc8akdL._SS500 SATIE, ERIK: Vexations
 		SATIE; ERIK Noriko Ogawa (piano)
 		BIS 8 / 9
HERNANDEZ_Sira_Piano-Music_NAXOS_jens-f-laurson_classical-critic HERNÁNDEZ, SIRA: Initiation to the Shadow; Terra Santa; Fantasia for Piano; Don't Forget About That
 		HERNÁNDEZ; SIRA Sira Hernández (piano)
 		Naxos 7 / 8
71MRYesw-xL._SL1450 STRAUSS, RICHARD: Also Sprach Zarathustra Op. 30; Don Quixote Op. 35; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28; Don Juan Op. 20; Tod und Verklärung Op. 24; Ein Heldenleben Op. 40; Der Bürger als Edelmann Op. 60: Der Rosenkavalier: Suite; Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils Op 54; Burleske for Piano & Orchestra; Concerto for Horn & Orchestra No. 1 in E-flat major Op. 11
 		STRAUSS; RICHARD Lorne Monroe (cello); Carlton Cooley (viola); Andel Brushilow (violin); Samuel Mayes (cello); William Smith (piano); Rudolf Serkin (piano); Mason Jones (horn)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
 		Sony Classical Insiders Only
Dawson DAWSON, WILLIAM LEVI: Negro Folk Symphony
KAY, ULYSSES: Fantasy Variations; Umbrian Scene
 		DAWSON; WILLIAM LEVIKAY; ULYSSES Fagen; Arthur
: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
 		Naxos 9 / 8
TARTINI_Violin-Concertos_Siranossian_ALPHA_ClassicsToday_Jens-f-Laurson_ClassicalCritic TARTINI, GIUSEPPE: Violin Concertos in E minor D. 56; A major D. 96; D minor D. 45; G major; D minor D. 44
 		TARTINI; GIUSEPPE Chouchane Siranossian (violin)
Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon
 		Alpha 9 / 10
81R0WuJya6L._SL1500 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major Op. 130; Grosse Fuge Op. 133; Quartet No. 15 in A minor Op. 132
 		BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN Tetzlaff Quartett
 		Ondine 8 / 10
jensen IRGENS-JENSEN, LUDVIG: Tema con Variazioni; Partita Sinfonica; Air; Suite Kong Baldvines Armring; Sinfonia d; Rondo marziale; Passacaglia
 		IRGENS-JENSEN; LUDVIG Aadland, Eivind (Trondheim Symphony Orchestra)
 		CPO Insiders Only
Mehta :
BRUCKNER; ANTONDVORÁK; ANTONINMAHLER; GUSTAVMUSSORGSKY; MODESTRIMSKY-KORSAKOV; NIKOLAISTRAUSS; RICHARDTCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH Mehta; Zubin
: Los Angeles Philharmonic
 		Decca Insiders Only
CALMUS_Landmarks_CARUS-Verlag_classicalcritic_jens-f-laurson_ClassicsToday Choral works by Leonard Cohen, Francis Poulenc, Federico Ruis, Veljo Tormis, Georg Kreisler, Mordechaj Gebirtig, Paul Moravec, Aylton Escobar, Jaako Mäntyjärvi, & Sting MÄNTYJÄRVI; JAAKKOMORAVEC; PAULPOULENC; FRANCISTORMIS; VELJO Calmus Ensemble
 		Carus 5 / 9
81AiImQNwhL._SL1390_-1 SCARLATTI, DOMENICO: Sonatas K. 56, 83, 97, 131, 154, 178, 204, 228, 248, 267, 285, 300, 305, 321, 338, 352, & 367
 		SCARLATTI; DOMENICO Eylam Keshet (piano)
 		Naxos 10 / 10
BEETHOVEN_Mandolin-Suites_Martineau_NAIVE_jens-f-laurson_classical-critic BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN: Sonatina in C minor, WoO 43b, No. 1; Adagio in E-flat, WoO 43a, No. 2; Sonatina in C, WoO 44a, No. 1; Andante and Variations in D, WoO 44b, No. 2; Symphony No.7 Allegretto (transcr. Hans Sitt) JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL: Grand Sonata for Mandolin and Piano op.37a CORENTIN APPARAILLY: Letter to the Immortal Beloved FRITZ KREISLER: Rondo on a Theme by Beethoven WALTER MURPHY: A Fifth of Beethoven BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VANHUMMEL; JOHANN NEPOMUKKREISLER; FRITZMURPHY; WALTER Julien Martineau (mandolin); Vanessa Benelli Mosell (piano); Yann Dubost (double bass); José Fillatreau (drums)
 		Naïve Insiders Only


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