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Album Work Title Composer Performer Label Rating
WAGNER, RICHARD: The Flying Dutchman
WAGNER; RICHARD Gerard Finley - bass-baritone Lise Davidsen - soprano Brindley Sherratt - bass Stanislas de Barbeyrac - tenor Erik Grøtvedt - Erik
Edward Gardner - Orchestra and Chorus of the Norwegian National Opera
Decca 10 / 10
MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 6
MAHLER; GUSTAV Currentzis; Teodor
: MusicAeterna
Sony Classical 8 / 7
MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
MAHLER; GUSTAV Anja Harteros (soprano); Bernarda Fink (alto)
Jansons; Mariss
: Bavarian Radio Chorus,Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
BR Klassik 5 / 8
MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 6
MAHLER; GUSTAV Kondrashin; Kirill
: SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg
Hänssler ClassicSWR Music Insiders Only
MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 4
SCHUBERT, FRANZ: An die Musik D. 547; Ständchen D. 889; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D. 965
MAHLER; GUSTAV
SCHUBERT; FRANZ
Ameling, Elly (soprano)
Previn; André
: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
EMI Insiders Only
GRIEG, EDVARD: Lyric Pieces (selections)
GRIEG; EDVARD Janina Fialkowska (piano)
ATMA Classique 9 / 9
GRIEG, EDVARD: Complete Orchestral Works
GRIEG; EDVARD Gimse, Håvard (piano)
Engeset; Bjarte
: Malmö Symphony Orchestra,Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Naxos Insiders Only
EDVARD GRIEG - Holberg Suite; Two Elegiac Melodies; Two Melodies Op. 53; Two Nordic Melodies Op. 63; Two Lyric Pieces Op. 68
GRIEG; EDVARD Ruud; Ole Kristian
: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
BIS Insiders Only
GRIEG, EDVARD: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3
GRIEG; EDVARD Frederic Chiu (piano)
Pierre Amoyal (violin)

Harmonia Mundi Insiders Only
GRIEG, EDVARD: Three Concertos for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (transcriptions of Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-3, by Henning Kraggerud and Bernt Simen Lund)
GRIEG; EDVARD Kraggerud, Henning (violin)
Tromsø Chamber Orchestra
Naxos Insiders Only
NIELSEN, CARL: Symphonies Nos. 1-6
NIELSEN; CARL Davis; Colin
: London Symphony Orchestra
LSO Insiders Only
NIELSEN, CARL: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 "Sinfonia semplice"
NIELSEN; CARL Gilbert; Alan
: New York Philharmonic
Dacapo 10 / 10
GOUNOD, CHARLES: The Complete Works for Pedal Piano and Orchestra (Suite concertante; Concerto in E flat major; Fantasy on the Russian National Anthem; Danse roumaine)
GOUNOD; CHARLES Prosseda, Roberto (piano)
Shelley; Howard
: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Hyperion Insiders Only
CARL NIELSEN - String Quartets in E-flat Op. 14; in F Op. 44
NIELSEN; CARL Oslo String Quartet
Naxos 9 / 8
CHARLES GOUNOD - Faust
GOUNOD; CHARLES Victoria de Los Angeles, Marthe Angelici (soprano)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Boris Christoff (bass)
Jean Borthayre (baritone)

Cluytens; André
: Chorus & Orchestra of the Theatre National de l’Opera
Urania 8 / 6
MAHLER, GUSTAV: Symphony No. 9
MAHLER; GUSTAV David Bernard/Park Avenue Chamber Symphony
Recursive Classics 8 / 9
ELGAR, EDWARD: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2; In the South; Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 & 4
ELGAR; EDWARD Sinopoli; Giuseppe
: Philharmonia Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon Insiders Only
ELGAR, EDWARD: Piano Quintet; Sea Pictures (arrangements by Donald Fraser)
ELGAR; EDWARD Woods; Kenneth
: English Chamber Orchestra,English Symphony Orchestra
Avie Insiders Only
EDWARD ELGAR - Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
ELGAR; EDWARD Boult; Adrian
: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Lyrita Insiders Only
EDWARD ELGAR - Violin Concerto
FREDERICK DELIUS - Violin Concerto
DELIUS; FREDERICK
ELGAR; EDWARD
Albert Sammons (violin)

Sargent; Malcolm,Wood; Henry
: Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,New Queen's Hall Orchestra
Naxos Insiders Only
RICHARD STRAUSS - Die Ägyptische Helena
STRAUSS; RICHARD Deborah Voigt, Celena Shafer (soprano)
Jill Grove (mezzo-soprano)
Carl Tanner, Eric Cutler (tenor)
Christopher Robertson (baritone)
others

Botstein; Leon
: American Symphony orchestra,Concert Chorale of New York
Telarc 8 / 8
RICHARD STRAUSS - Aus Italien; Macbeth; Ein Heldenleben; Tod und Verklärung; Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche; Also Sprach Zarathustra; Eine Alpensinfonie; Festliches Präludium; Metamorphosen; Vier Letzte Lieder; Oboe Concerto; Sinfonia Domestica; Parergon for Piano (left-hand) & Orchestra; Don Quixote; Romanze in F; Serenade in E-flat for 13 Winds Op. 7
STRAUSS; RICHARD Thomas Grossenbacher (cello)
Michel Rouilly (viola)
Roland Pöntinen (piano)
Simon Fuchs (oboe)
Melanie Diener (soprano)
Primoz Novsak (violin)

Zinman; David
: Tonhalle Orchestra of Zurich
Arte Nova Classics 8 / 9
RICHARD STRAUSS - Die Frau ohne Schatten
STRAUSS; RICHARD Hans Hopf (tenor)
Leonie Rysanek, Christel Goltz (soprano)
Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo-soprano)
Ludwig Weber, Kurt Böhme (bass)
others

Böhm; Karl
: Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Orfeo 9 / 5
RICHARD STRAUSS - Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks; Death and Transfiguration
STRAUSS; RICHARD Abbado; Claudio
: London Symphony Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 9 / 8
RICHARD STRAUSS - Suites from Der Rosenkavalier; Die Frau ohne Schatten; Josephs-Legende
STRAUSS; RICHARD Falletta; JoAnn
: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos 6 / 8
Big Boxes: Warner’s Stravinsky Edition STRAVINSKY; IGOR Various Soloists, Choirs, Orchestras, & Conductors
Warner Classics Insiders Only
GALLO, DOMENICO: 12 Trio Sonatas
GALLO; DOMENICO Parnassi musici
CPO Insiders Only
Big Boxes: Finally, Stravinsky’s Complete Columbia & RCA Recordings, The Right Way STRAVINSKY; IGOR Various Soloists & Orchestras
Craft; Robert,Stravinsky; Igor
Sony Classical Insiders Only
STRAVINSKY, IGOR: The Firebird; Petrushka; The Rite of Spring (orchestral and piano versions)
STRAVINSKY; IGOR Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa (pianos)
Davies; Dennis Russell
: Basel Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonieorchester Basel Insiders Only
STRAVINSKY, IGOR: L'Histoire du Soldat (suite); Octet; Suites from The Firebird and Pulcinella; Petrushka; The Rite of Spring (2 performances); Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments; Oedipus Rex; Symphony of Psalms
STRAVINSKY; IGOR Various Soloists
Bernstein; Leonard
: Boston Symphony Orchestra,London Symphony Orchestra,New York Philharmonic
Sony Classical Insiders Only
J.S. Bach: Transcriptions (selected) BACH; J.S. Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Warner Classics 9 / 9
Giacomo Puccini - Tosca PUCCINI; GIACOMO Eleanora Buratto - Floria Tosca, soprano Jonathan Tetelman -Mario Cavaradossi, tenor Ludovic Tézier - Baron Scarpia, baritone Davide Giangregorio - Sacristan, baritone Giorgi Manoshvili - Angelotti, bass
Daniel Harding - Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Deutsche Grammophon 7 / 6
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS: Piano Concerto No. 23
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Piano Concerto No. 3
MOZART; WOLFGANG AMADEUS
RACHMANINOV; SERGEI
Sokolov, Grigory (piano)
Pinnock; Trevor,Tortelier; Yan Pascal
: BBC Philharmonic,Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon Insiders Only
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 4; Rhapsody on the Theme by Paganini
RACHMANINOV; SERGEI Kocsis, Zoltan (piano)
Waart; Edo de
: San Francisco Symphony
Philips Insiders Only
Ludwig van Beethoven: The 32 Piano Sonatas BEETHOVEN; LUDWIG VAN Hieyon Choi (piano)
Decca 8 / 9
ERIK SATIE - Piano Works
SATIE; ERIK Aldo Ciccolini (piano)

EMI 10 / 7
ERIK SATIE - Socrate (arranged for two pianos by John Cage)
FRANZ LISZT - Via Crucis (arranged for piano duet by Franz Liszt)
LISZT; FRANZ
SATIE; ERIK
Dezso Ranki (piano)
Edit Klukon (piano)

BMC 9 / 9
ERIK SATIE - Complete music for piano four hands
SATIE; ERIK Sandra & Jeroen van Veen (piano)

Brilliant Classics 10 / 10
ERIK SATIE - Complete Solo Piano Works
SATIE; ERIK Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

Decca Insiders Only
Various Composers and Works Various Composers Various Soloists
Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra
Sony Classical 10 / 5
WAGNER, RICHARD: Polonia; Rule Britannia; Imperial March; American Centennial March
WAGNER; RICHARD Kojian; Varujan
: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Naxos Insiders Only
WAGNER, RICHARD: Selections from Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, The Flying Dutchman, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Parsifal, Die Walküre, Götterdämmerung, & Tristan und Isolde (arranged for piano and harmonium by Sigfrid Karg-Elert)
KARG-ELERT; SIGFRID
WAGNER; RICHARD
Jan Hennig (harmonium); Ernst Breidenbach (piano)
Pan Classics Insiders Only
SIEGFRIED WAGNER - Sonnenflammen
WAGNER; SIEGFRIED Roman Trekel, Ulrich Studer (baritone)
Michaela Schneider, Eva Batori (soprano)
Richard Brunner (tenor)
Jürgen Trekel (bass), Niels Giesecke (tenor buffo)
Ulrike Schneider (alto)

Epple; Roger
: Orchester des Opernhauses Halle
CPO Insiders Only
WAGNER, RICHARD: Overture to The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser Prelude to Act III; Parsifal (Symphonic Synthesis)
WAGNER; RICHARD Toscanini; Arturo
: NBC Symphony Orchestra
Testament Insiders Only
TCHAIKOVSKY, PIOTR ILYICH: Swan Lake; The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker (complete ballets)
TCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH Slatkin; Leonard
: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA Insiders Only
TCHAIKOVSKY, PIOTR ILYICH: Violin Concerto
DVORÁK, ANTONIN: Violin Concerto
DVORÁK; ANTONIN
TCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH
Milstein, Nathan (violin)
Munch, Charles (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Dorati, Antal (Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra)
RCA Insiders Only
TCHAIKOVSKY, PIOTR ILYICH: Piano Concerto No. 1; Nutcracker Suite (arr. two pianos)
TCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH Martha Argerich and Nicolas Economou (pianos)
Abbado; Claudio
: Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon Insiders Only
TCHAIKOVSKY, PIOTR ILYICH: Piano Concerto No. 1
GRIEG, EDVARD: Piano Concerto in A minor
GRIEG; EDVARD
TCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH
Stewart Goodyear (piano)
Czech National Symphony, Stanislav Bogunia
Steinway & Sons 8 / 7
TCHAIKOVSKY, PIOTR ILYICH: Violin Concerto
KORNGOLD, ERICH WOLFGANG: Violin Concerto
KORNGOLD; ERICH WOLFGANG
TCHAIKOVSKY; PIOTR ILYICH
Mutter, Anne-Sophie (violin)
Previn; André
: London Symphony Orchestra,Vienna Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon Insiders Only
Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Quintet ; Piano Quartet No. 3; Six Songs HAHN; REYNALDO Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Chandos 9 / 9

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