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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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