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GREATEST CLASSICAL MUSIC WORKS OF ALL TIME

Bold = Recently added
Bold + Italics = Recently re-ranked
***Classical Work*** = Rating/Ranking is estimated/tentative/premature/lacks confidence. Needs further evaluation.

9.7/10
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)

9.6/10

9.5/10

9.4/10
Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)

9.3/10
***Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)***

9.2/10

9.1/10
Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)
***Der Ring des Nibelungen - Richard Wagner (1874)***

9.0/10
Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)
Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)
***Lulu - Alban Berg (1935)***

8.9/10
***Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)***
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Elektra - Richard Strauss (1909) [Classical]
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)

8.8/10
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926)
***Pelléas et Mélisande - Claude Debussy (1898)***
***Messiah - George Frideric Handel (1741)***
***St. Matthew Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727)***
***Missa Solemnis – Ludwig van Beethoven (1823)***[/i][/b]
***Aida - Guisseppe Verdi (1871)***
***The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)***

***Saint Luke Passion - Krysztof Penderecki (1966)***
***La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ - Olivier Messiaen (1969)***
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)
Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)
Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)

8.7/10
Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)
Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)
Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)
The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)
***From The House of The Dead - Leos Janacek (1928)***
***Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten (1945)***
***The Magic Flute - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)***
Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)
Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837)

8.6/10
Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)
***Einstein on the Beach - Philip Glass (1975)***
***Otello - Giuseppe Verdi (1887)***
***Le Grand Macabre - Gyorgy Ligeti (1977)***
***Saint-Francois d'Assise - Olivier Messiaen (1983)***
Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005)
Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)
The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)
***Salome - Richard Strauss (1905)***
***Lohengrin - Richard Wagner (1850)***
***La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi (1853)***
***War Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1962)***

8.5/10
Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)
Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)
Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)
Symphony No. 8 in C minor "Stalingrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1943)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)
***St. John Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1724; revised 1725, 1732 & 1749)***
String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Anton Bruckner (1892)
***The Creation - Joseph Haydn (1798)***
Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)
***Cosi` Fan Tutte - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1790)***
***Porgy And Bess - George Gershwin (1935)***
***Symphony No. 7 in E major "Lyric" - Anton Bruckner (1883; revised 1885)***

8.4/10
Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)
Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)
Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (1878)
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)
Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974)
Faust Cantata - Alfred Schnittke (1983)
Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1827)
***Falstaff - Giuseppe Verdi (1893)***
Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)
Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1925)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936)

8.3/10
Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)
Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)
Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)
Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)
Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)
Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
***Parsifal - Richard Wagner (1882)***
Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966)
Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)
Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906)
Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894)
Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)
Symphony No. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" - Krzysztof Penderecki (1996)
Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805; revised 1806-1814)
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" - Alban Berg (1935)
Tablet/Songs from the Hill - Meredith Monk (1979)
***Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" - Anton Bruckner (1874; multiple revisions until 1888)***
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967)
The Well-Tempered Clavier (Books I & II) - Johann Sebastian Bach (1722; 1742)

8.2/10
Sinfonia - Luciano Berio (1969)
Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique" - Arthur Honegger (1946)
The Ascension - Glenn Branca (1981)
***Carmen - Georges Bizet (1875)***
Symphony No. 8 - Eduard Tubin (1966)
Symphony No. 7 - Roger Sessions (1967)
Symphony No. 3 "Collages" - Roberto Gerhard (1960)
Symphony No. 8 - Vagn Holmboe (1952)
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major - Jean Sibelius (1919)
Symphony No. 4 - Michael Tippett (1977)
String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
Symphony No. 7 in E minor "Song of the Night" - Gustav Mahler (1905)
Symphony No. 6 "Fantaisies Symphoniques" - Bohuslav Martinu (1953)

8.1/10
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783)
Symphony of Three Orchestras - Elliot Carter (1976)
Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938)
Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" - Alexander Scriabin (1908)
Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)
Symphony No. 11 in G minor "The Year 1905" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky (1911)
Cantata Profana - Bela Bartok (1930)
Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965)
Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)
Symphony No. 5 - Carl Neilsen (1922)

8.0/10
Concerto for Orchestra - Bela Bartok (1943)
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982)
String Trio - Alfred Schnittke (1985)
Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794)
Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock" - Joseph Haydn (1793-1794)
***Swan Lake - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1876)***
String Quartet No. 4 - Bela Bartok (1928)
Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith (1934)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor "Organ" - Camille Saint-Saens (1886)
Symphony No. 3 - Witold Lutoslawski (1983)
Octet for Strings in E-flat major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)
Symphony No. 1 "Titan" in D major - Gustav Mahler (1888)

7.9/10
Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)
Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 - Robert Schumann (1839)
***The Nose - Dmitri Shostakovich (1930)***
Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888)
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)
L’Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi (1607)
***Carmina Burana - Carl Orff (1936)***
Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss (1896)
The Planets - Gustav Holst (1916)
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)
Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851)
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Johannes Brahms (1879)
Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963)
Symphony in C - Igor Stravinsky (1940)
Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1907)
Symphony No. 94 in G major "Surprise" - Joseph Haydn (1791)
Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" - Joseph Haydn (1795)
Symphony No. 103 in E flat major "Drum Roll" - Joseph Haydn (1794-1795)
Symphony No. 100 in G major "Military" - Joseph Haydn (1793-1794)
Symphony in Three Movements - Igor Stravinsky (1945)
Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives (1910)
Cello Concerto in B minor - Antonin Dvorak (1895)

7.8/10
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)
Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)
Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras - Elliott Carter (1961)
***The Nutcracker - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1892)***
***A Midsummer Nights Dream - Felix Mendelssohn (1842)***
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor - Johannes Brahms (1891)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)
Via Crucis - Franz Liszt (1879)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866)
Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky (1874)
Diabelli Variations - Ludwig van Beethoven (1823)
Symphony of Psalms - Igor Stravinsky (1930)
Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness (1955)
Symphony No. 4 in G major - Gustav Mahler (1900)
Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony" - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1922)
***La Damnation de Faust - Hector Berlioz (1845)***
***The Seasons - Joseph Haydn (1801)***
Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 - Johannes Brahms (1882)
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 - Johannes Brahms (1883)

"UNOFFICIALLY" REVISED RATINGS BELOW 7.8 ... FOR NOW I AM ONLY ADDING WORKS THAT WERE RECENTLY 7.8+ BUT NOW SEEM 7.3-7.7/10

7.7/10
String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Tabula Rasa - Arvo Part (1977)
Turangalila Symphony - Olivier Messiaen (1948)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)
Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" - Henryk Gorecki (1976)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a - Sergei Prokofiev (1942; re-arranged 1943)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major - Cesar Franck (1886)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 134 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1968)

7.6/10
String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)
Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)
Et Exspecto Ressurectionem Mortuoram - Olivier Messaien (1964)
Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)
Symphony No. 7 in C Major "Leningrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)
Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra "Introitus" - Sofia Gubaidulina (1978)
Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven (circa 1800-1803)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861)
Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)
Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 - Johannes Brahms (1854)
Oiseaux Exotiques - Olivier Messiaen (1956)

7.5/10
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)
Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1831)
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra - Alfred Schnittke (1979)
Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849)
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Byzantine Concerto - Ljubica Maric (1959)
Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (1930)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829)
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
Trio in A minor "In Memory of a Great Artist" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1882)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
Harmonielehre - John Adams (1985)
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890)
Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind" - Osvaldo Golijov (1994)
Sinfonietta - Leos Janacek (1926)
String Quartet No. 15 in G Major - Franz Schubert (1826)
Vier Ernste Gesange, Op. 121 - Johannes Brahms (1896)
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1806)
Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)

7.4/10
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)
Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
String Quartet No. 16 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major "Triple Concerto" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853)

7.3/10
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789)
Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)
Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)
Violin Concerto in D Major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1960)
Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925)
Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor - Franz Schubert (1828)
Violin Concertos, Nos. 1-12, Op. 3 “L'Estro Armonico” - Antonio Vivaldi (1711)
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major "Coronation" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer Fantasy" - Franz Schubert (1822)
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Symphony No. 1 in C major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1795-1801)
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)
Clarinet Concerto in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)
Violin Sonata - Francis Poulenc (1943)

7.1/10 - 7.2/10??? Maybe 7.3+
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)
Symphony No. 5 in D minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1937)

6.8-7.2?
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)
Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844)
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)
Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977)
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1730)
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1739)

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)
Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828)
Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1706-1713)
Keyboard Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)
Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)
Keyboard Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)
Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)
Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)
Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1738)
Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin (1913)

6.4/10???
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)

6.1/10??
Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)
Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)

UNDECIDED ON RATING/RANKING BUT MANY OF THESE ARE PROBABLY 7.3/10+ and 7.8/10+
Fantasy (Prelude) in A Minor, BWV 922 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1710-1714)
Six English Suites, BWV 806-811 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1715) [Not as one single work altogether; 1 or more of the 6 could be 7.8+]
Six French Suites - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1722-1725) Not as one single work altogether; 1 or more of the 6 could be 7.8+]
Six Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 - Francesco Geminiani (1732; revised 1757)
Christmas Oratorio - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)
Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 "Twelve Grand Concertos" - George Frideric Handel (1739)
A Musical Offering - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1747)
Symphony No. 29 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1774)
Mass in C major "Coronation" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1779)
Mass in C minor "Great" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783)
String Quartets No. 17 in B-flat major "The Hunt" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)
String Quartet No. 19 in C major "Dissonance" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)
String Quartet No. 20 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano in E flat major "Kegelstatt" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)
String Quintet No. 4 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)
Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)
Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)
Symphony No. 92 in G major "Oxford” - Joseph Haydn (1789)
Symphony No. 96 in D major "Miracle" - Joseph Haydn (1791)
Symphony No. 99 in E flat major - Joseph Haydn (1793)
String Quartet No. 61 in D minor, Op. 76/No. 2 “Fifths” - Franz Joseph Haydn (1797-1798)
String Quartet No. 62 in C major, Op. 76/No. 3 “Emperor” - Franz Joseph Haydn (1797-1798)
String Quartet No. 63 in B-flat major, Op. 76/No. 4 “Sunrise” - Franz Joseph Haydn (1797-1798)
String Quartet No. 64 in D major, Op. 76/No. 5 - Franz Joseph Haydn (1797-1798)
Septet in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1800)
Symphony No. 2 in D major - Ludwig Van Beethoven (1802)
String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59/No. 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59/No. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59/No. 3 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)
String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major “Harp” - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor “Serioso” - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1810-1811)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major - Niccolo Paganini (circa 1817-1818)
String Quartet No. 13 in A minor "Rosamunde" - Franz Schubert (1824)
Transcendental Études - Franz Liszt (1837; revised 1852)
Kreisleriana - Robert Schumann (1838; revised 1850)
24 Preludes, Op. 28 - Frederic Chopin (1839)
Nocturnes - Frederic Chopin (1827-1846) [If they can be collectively considered as one work]
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major "Rhenish" - Robert Schumann (1850)
A Symphony to Dante’s Divine Comedy - Franz Liszt (1857)
Night on the Bare Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky (1867)
Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1888)
Death and Transfiguration - Richard Strauss (1889)
Prelude a l'Apres-midi d'un Faune - Claude Debussy (1894)
Symphony No. 9 in D minor "Unfinished" - Anton Bruckner (1896)
Symphony No. 3 in C minor "Le Divin Poeme" - Alexander Scriabin (1904)
Madame Butterfly - Giacomo Puccini (1904)
Violin Concerto in D minor - Jean Sibelius (1904; revised 1905)
La Mer - Claude Debussy (1905)
Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E major - Arnold Schoenberg (1906)
Jeux - Claude Debussy (1912)
Daphnis et Chloe - Maurice Ravel (1912)
Pierrot Lunaire - Arnold Schoenberg (1912)
Preludes (Books I & II) - Claude Debussy (1910; 1913) [If they can be collectively considered as one work]
Symphony No. 2 in G major "London" - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1913)
Symphony No. 4 "Inextinguishable" - Carl Nielsen (1916)
Symphony No. 1 in D major "Classical" - Sergei Prokofiev (1917)
Piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass., 1840–60 - Charles Ives (1920; 1947)
String Quartet No. 3 - Bela Bartok (1927)
String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" - Leos Janacek (1928)
Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - Sergei Prokofiev (1928)
Violin Concerto in D major - Igor Stravinsky (1931)
String Quartet No. 5 - Bela Bartok (1934)
Violin Concerto - Arnold Schoenberg (1936)
Romeo and Juliet - Sergei Prokofiev (1938)
Violin Concerto - Benjamin Britten (1939)
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor - Bohuslav Martinu (1943)
Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant-Jesus - Olivier Messiaen (1944)
String Trio - Arnold Schoenberg (1946)
Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor - Sergei Prokofiev (1947)
Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seul - Pierre Schaeffer (1950)
Structures - Pierre Boulez (1951)
Gesang der Junglinge - Karlheinz Stockhausen (1956)
Catalogue d'Oiseaux - Olivier Messiaen (1958)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1959)
Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima - Krzysztof Penderecki (1960)
Orient-Occident - Iannis Xenakis (1960)
Klavierstuck IX - Karlheinz Stockhausen (1961)
String Quartet No. 10 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1964)
Piano Concerto - Elliott Carter (1965)
String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major – Dmitri Shostakovich (1968)
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor – Dmitri Shostakovich (1970)
Mantra - Karlheinz Stockhausen (1970)
Drumming - Steve Reich (1971)
Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra - Gyorgy Ligeti (1972)
Symphony No. 10 - Eduard Tubin (1973)
Violin Concerto No. 1 - Krzysztof Penderecki (1977; revised 1987)
Music for 18 musicians - Steve Reich (1978)
Violin Concerto "Offertorium" - Sofia Gubaidulina (1980; revised 1982 & 1986)
Repons - Pierre Boulez (1981; revised until 1985)
Water Dances - Michael Nyman (1984)
Ostrobothnian Symphony - Osvaldas Balakauskas (1989)
Symphony No. 4 - Witold Lutoslawski (1992)
Violin Concerto - Karel Husa (1992)
Violin Concerto - Gyorgy Ligeti (1993)
Violin Concerto No. 2 “Metamorphosen” - Krzysztof Penderecki (1995)
Piano Concerto "The Quest" - Horatiu Radulescu (1996)
Violin Concerto "Concentric Paths" - Thomas Ades (2005)

GREATEST CLASSICAL MUSIC WORKS - BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCES

These selections have been made from over 20 years of experience listening to Classical music. I've chosen them based mainly on the best combination of two factors:

(1) how impressive the performance itself is.
(2) the sound quality of the recording.

Performance quality is certainly the more important of the two factors, though the sound quality should ideally be excellent, and should at least be good enough so as not to lessen the impact or expressiveness on display. This is particularly an issue with older recordings, especially pre-1950s. Some of these older performances are technically on par (and sometimes even superior) with many more recent renditions, however, their recording quality is usually such that their impact and expressiveness suffers and are therefore at a disadvantage versus most of the selections on this list.

I've provided links to the best recorded performances on Spotify and YouTube when available. Spotify usually has better sound quality, therefore is more strongly recommended than YouTube in a majority of cases.

Please note that Spotify has a rather weak search function. So, pay attention to albums that are titled in foreign languages and that may need to be entered as such to be found (ex: "Missa in h-moll" instead of "Mass in B Minor", etc). Also, there are cases where one enters the obvious title but Spotify still fails to find the correct album. Try different search words and/or secondary artists' names listed on the album cover (in some cases, even "Symphonies" instead of "Symphony", or vice versa, can be the difference!). General rule is, if I list a Spotify entry for the album, it exists there as shown in the image (unless it's since been removed). I do my best to provide the most recent and best sounding Spotify selection for a given recording.

The ratings listed above various sections of the listed works (9.7/10, 9.6/10, 9.5/10, 9.4/10 ... etc) correspond to my ratings for the Classical work itself, not to be confused as ratings for the recordings.

Within the individual listings, one will find the selections for "Best Recorded Performances" and their ratings for "Performance Quality" and "Sound Quality". As performance quality is more important than sound quality, the ratings are ranked with a weighted emphasis on this as shown below, from highest to the lowest rating eligible for this list.

TIER #1
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 10
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8.5
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 6.5
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 6
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 5.5


TIER #2
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 10
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9.5
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 5
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8.5
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 6.5
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 6
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 5.5


TIER #3
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 10
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 4.5
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 5
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 6.5
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 6
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 5.5


TIER #4
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 10
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 9.5
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 4
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 4.5
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 5
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 9
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 8.5
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 8
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7.5
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 6.5
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 6
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 5.5


TIER #5
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 10
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 9.5
Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 3.5
Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 4
Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 4.5
Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 5
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 9
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 8.5
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 8
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 7.5
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 7
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 6.5
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 6
Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 5.5


You will not find a lower rating than 9/5.5 on this list (or even eligible for it) -- though this is still a very high rating overall, so don't dismiss it!

(NOTE: I may make exceptions such as when the only excellent recording available is lower than 9/5.5)

Please note that a 10 in performance or sound quality is rare (VERY rare for "performance quality").

The higher the rating in performance quality the more it will be an account that:

Expresses the work in a singular fashion (standing out from all others) without losing touch with the composer's idiom, and in such a way that most powerfully or compellingly illuminates its emotional/conceptual significance and ingenuity.

The higher the rating in sound quality, the more it will be a recording that:

Articulates all its elements vividly, at strong volumes and optimal balances/spatial dynamics, so as to bring the performance to its most expressive and life-like sensation, short of actually being there.

A 10 indicates that such a performance or its sound quality seems quite unlikely to be surpassed. Recording technology tends to make a leap about every 10 years, (give or take) so sound quality ratings will tend to be more transient (though note that it isn't just the technical quality of sound being judged but also how well the different parts and details have been captured and illuminated, which isn't entirely up to recording technology alone). For performance quality in particular, there is typically only one recording, if any at all, that I've rated a 10 for a given Classical work, and in a majority of cases this will be permanent. A 10 means that the performance is tremendously special and has captured a truly extraordinary, even miraculous, document in time that reached the highest standards of the criteria described above and that is unlikely to be repeated or surpassed. It does not always mean "100% technical perfection" throughout its entirety, though it will surely be of a very high standard in this regard. More importantly it will demonstrate an extraordinary inspiration and expressiveness that separates itself. It is rare in the extreme and is only given out when a particular performance stands above all others and is of such a special quality and character that it is a singular embodiment of the work and its idiom. Where there is no 10, you will see a 9 or 9.5 for its top performance, or no selection yet. Where there are multiple top selections with the same performance quality rating, I will choose the one with the best sound quality as the tie breaker. All ratings are subject to change in cases where performance quality has been improved upon and as recording quality improves.

In rare cases where a 10 in performance quality has been achieved but (due to poor recording quality) isn't actually the very top selection, I will still include it among the selections for that work (even if it is in too low a ratings tier to qualify). This is because it is the only 10 for that work, and it is usually much more the fault of time and old recording technologies (not the performers) that it was recorded that poorly. And the performance itself will tend to be so essential and astonishing that it must be heard and known by someone assimilating that Classical work.

A plus "+" symbol with the Performance Quality rating (Ex: 9.5+) simply means it is higher than alike ratings (Ex: 9.5+ is higher than a 9.5 but not quite a 10).

For each Classical work, my "Best Recorded Performance" selections will be ranked in numerical order. If they do not have a numerical rank to their left yet (#1, #2, etc) that means I am currently undecided as to their order, and this is still under review. How many selections I include will vary depending on the qualitative discrepancy between the #1 choice and the additional ones. The rule is that the additional selections must rate within two "tiers" of the #1 choice (see above ratings scale and its tiers). Ex: If the top recording is within "Tier #1", all additional selections for that Classical work must be no less than the lowest rating in "Tier #3". If the top recording is within "Tier #2", all additional selections for that Classical work must be no less than the lowest rating in "Tier #4". If the top recording is within "Tier #3", all additional selections for that Classical work must be no less than the lowest rating in "Tier #5". Regardless of the top selection, I will not select any recordings lower than "Tier #5" (I may make an exception if there is only one or very few available recordings for the work and the best one is still excellent).

Recommendations and suggestions welcome. For my criteria and accompanying pages, go here:
http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...hp?t=15503

For an excellent, largely alternative selection of recordings, particularly if you want to investigate many older, historically impressive and obscure renditions, I also recommend the following list: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/lesbianw...progress_/

SCROLL DOWN OR CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR COMPOSERS A-G (by last name): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...824#463824

SCROLL DOWN OR CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR COMPOSERS H-Q (by last name): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...833#463833

SCROLL DOWN OR CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR COMPOSERS R-Z (by last name): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...463844[/b]


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GREATEST CLASSICAL MUSIC WORKS - BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCES

COMPOSERS: A - G

SCROLL DOWN OR CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR COMPOSERS H-Q (by last name): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...833#463833

SCROLL DOWN OR CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR COMPOSERS R-Z (by last name): https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...844#463844

Kalevi Aho (1949-)

Symphony No. 11 For Six Percussionists And Orchestra - Kalevi Aho (1998)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Osmo Vanska - Lahti Symphony Orchestra (2004)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1085_.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C2Uhi33XQ0
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pgAojc_qx8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8wUBYJsIHY

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1704)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Peter Hurford - Organ Rieger, Ratzeburg Cathedral, Germany (1978)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Youtube [STARTS AT 1:02:29]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqtTDbfXG0M

Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1706-1713)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Peter Hurford (1976-1981)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...qEp7hL.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5VepPgOUQ0

Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 903 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andreas Staier (1988)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmLmYiZvsyI

Cello Suite No. 6 in D major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pierre Fournier (1961)

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Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX300_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...TSqhFZF5r1

Violin Concerto in A minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1717-1723)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Petra Mullejans, Gottfried Von Der Goltz & Anne-Katharina Schreiber - Freiburger Barockorchester (2012)


Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 10

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-NonVoc...HM-CD].jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVmMEfMQUyM

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1718)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trevor Pinnock - European Brandenburg Ensemble (2007)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jSgTWvzEKrA/.../cover.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=848R5qN-eE4
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gzzf0chorw
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1njEgdnWUA

Violin Concerto in E major - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Petra Mullejans, Gottfried Von Der Goltz & Anne-Katharina Schreiber - Freiburger Barockorchester (2012)


Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 10

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-NonVoc...HM-CD].jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIfOaYlHfvs

Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1718-1720)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Petra Mullejans, Gottfried Von Der Goltz & Anne-Katharina Schreiber - Freiburger Barockorchester (2012)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 10

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Pic-NonVoc...HM-CD].jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHe9mPFsPeQ

Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Itzhak Perlman (1986-87)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...tJZkTL.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNhgqAJ...amp;index=

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ehnes (Analekta)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Milstein (DG)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality:

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Teztlaff (Virgin)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oscar Shumsky (ASV)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Joseph Szigeti (Vanguard Classics)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Yehudi Menuhin 1934 (EMI)

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LISTEN TO: Fulkerson (Bridge)

Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1720)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nathan Milstein (1973)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1zVzM70gE4

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Itzhak Perlman (1986-87)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...tJZkTL.jpg

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ehnes (Analekta)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Teztlaff (Virgin)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oscar Shumsky (ASV)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Joseph Szigeti (Vanguard Classics)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Yehudi Menuhin 1934 (EMI)

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LISTEN TO: Fulkerson (Bridge)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major - Johann Sebastian Bach (1721)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trevor Pinnock - European Brandenburg Ensemble (2007)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jSgTWvzEKrA/.../cover.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_T1tjwPIS0
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YfS2EkK9F4
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk8IOEqV5zg

St. John Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1724; revised 1725, 1732 & 1749)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE:

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Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trevor Pinnock (2000)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...G697TL.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOgqLRLW9tI
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50dg3XJ5TA
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fqSyf84SmA
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zr7ZWqosi4
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLdm-5e1rB8
(6th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMGFNPItujg

Keyboard Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trevor Pinnock (2000)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...G697TL.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n621MvwHTrA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_OrnuVENSY
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbgvLJyVK4Y
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoJU8JJU1qU
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-EnVP_bw6Y
(6th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neMs6uCAboo

Keyboard Partita No. 3 in A Minor, BWV 827 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trevor Pinnock (2000)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...G697TL.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RUq5vUxAYU
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eASUKU3u0wc
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKF7XfqW49M
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4R2BpuThYk
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abkEoIi1bvk
(6th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLPBGFJZhvM
(7th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqpLEkThM-8

Keyboard Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trevor Pinnock (2000)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...G697TL.jpg

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Keyboard Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830 - Johann Sebastian Bach (circa 1725-1731)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trevor Pinnock (2000)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...G697TL.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYolkzbm4q8
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TLL6CNcLl8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y27phpXpBJE
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up-D_IwUvxo
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ah8QaGxHnU
(6th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRDlRgh0834
(7th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iaPXKCGKdE

St. Matthew Passion - Johann Sebastian Bach (1727)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Philippe Herreweghe - Collegium Vocale Gent (1998)

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Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.collegiumvocale.com/system/p...%20(2).jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT8DFLjWdC8

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Veldhoven (Channel Classics)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klemperer (EMI)

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Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1734)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andreas Staier - Freiburger Barockorchester (2015)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://musicophilesblog.files.wordpres...29_600.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jruePLnEvMs

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonhardt (DHM) / Gustav Leonhardt, Leonhardt Consort (Teldec)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pinnock/English Consort (Archiv)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Christophe Rousset, Academy of Ancient Music (Decca)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mortensen

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Levin/Rilling (Hänssler)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karl Richter, Munich Bach Orchestra (Archiv)

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Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach (1741)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andreas Staier (2010)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pierre Hentai (1st recording)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Christophe Rousset

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gilbert (HM)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dershavina (Arte Nova)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kipnis (EMI)

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LISTEN TO: Frisch (Alpha); Rannou (Alpha) / REVISIT: Hentai's 2nd Recording 2003

PIANO RENDITIONS:

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gould (1982)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gould (1955)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Perahia

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The Well-Tempered Clavier (Books I & II) - Johann Sebastian Bach (Book I: 1722; Book II: 1742)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kenneth Gilbert 1983

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Verlet

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Suzuki

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rousset

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Mass in B Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach (1749)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Philippe Herreweghe - Collegium Vocale Gent (2011)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 10

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Thomas Hengelbrock - Balthasar-Neumann-Chor - Barockorchester (1996)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Masaaki Suzuki - Bach Collegium Japan (2007)

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The Art of Fugue - Johann Sebastian Bach (1750)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alain (Erato)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Helmut Walcha

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Joan Lippincoat

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HARPSICHORD: Leonhardt (DHM); Hill (Hanssler); Davitt Moroney (HM)

PIANO: Koroliov (Tacet); Rosen (Sony); Hewitt (Hyperion); Sheppard (Romeo)

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)

String Quartet No. 4 - Bela Bartok (1928)

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Cantata Profana - Bela Bartok (1930)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pierre Boulez - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Chicago Symphony Chorus (1992)

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Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Bela Bartok (1936)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fritz Reiner - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1958)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1qOrWcMQvY
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbMg5K5WIfc
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etG-fc8shGw
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbeX-Vh-Cxo

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fischer (Philips)

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Violin Concerto No. 2 - Bela Bartok (1938)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Christian Tetzlaff - Hannu Lintu - Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2018)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

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(1st Movement) https://youtu.be/UAo44MemdF0
(2nd Movement) https://youtu.be/gSWj9iuV73M
(3rd Movement) https://youtu.be/QAv5aNS_w38

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Tetzlaff/Gielen

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Chung/Solti

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Perlman

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Concerto for Orchestra - Bela Bartok (1943)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kubelik (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kocsis (Hungaroton)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fritz Reiner - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1955)

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Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major - Bela Bartok (1945)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Zoltán Kocsis - Iván Fischer - Budapest Festival Orchestra (1984)

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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1798)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Emil Gilels (1980)

Performance Quality: 9.5 or 10 / Sound Quality: 8

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Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor "Quasi una fantasia" (aka, "Moonlight") - Ludwig van Beethoven (1801)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Annie Fischer (1977-1978)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7

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Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (circa 1800-1803)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gilels/Szell (1969 - Live) (Orfeo)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arthur Rubinstein - Erich Leinsdorf - Boston Symphony Orchestra (1965)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7.5

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxdXCR6fU1w
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsF6yD_p8Tc
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8einxwsiG6g

Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major "Triple Concerto" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: David Zinman - Truls Mørk; Yefim Bronfman; Gil Shaham - Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra (2005)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

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(1st Movement) https://youtu.be/-5vZHQsreTc
(2nd Movement) https://youtu.be/ovys2_034iI
(3rd Movement) https://youtu.be/ARcyn5mL_JM

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major "Kreutzer" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1803)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kogan/Gilels Live 1964

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 6

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Augustin Dumay - Maria-Joao Pires (2002)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Isabelle Faust/Melnikov

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality:

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oistrakh/Obirin

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Perlman/Ashkenazy

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux/Haskil (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Schneiderhan/Kempff (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Perlman/Argerich (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Joseph Szigeti/Bela Bartók 1940

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LISTEN TO: Repin/Argerich; Adolf Busch/Rudolf Serkin / REVISIT: Josef Suk/Jan Panenka; Ferras/Kempff 1959; Yehudi Menuhin/Wilhelm Kempff

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Annie Fischer (1977-1978)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7

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Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Manfred Honeck - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Harnoncourt/Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: George Szell - Cleveland Orchestra (1957)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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(1st Movement) https://youtu.be/O9lF1-POT7I
(2nd Movement) https://youtu.be/woLkei45TuE
(3rd Movement) https://youtu.be/nE5iMJWiEtQ
(4th Movement) https://youtu.be/LgdHxhE6kYM

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klaus Tennstedt/NDR

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pierre Monteaux (Philips)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Otto Klemperer

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7

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REVISIT: Karajan (1962); Erich Kleiber 1950; Toscanini; Jarvi; Wand/NDR; Furtwangler

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richter (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richter - Live - Prague - 1959

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (Live Recital - 1970)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Peter Serkin

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REVISIT: Barenboim; Gilels; Kempff; Arrau's other renditions

Violin Concerto in D Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Perlman/Giulini

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oistrakh/Cluytens

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pinchas Zukerman/Mehta (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szeryng/Haitink (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux/Colin Davis

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Heifetz/Munch/Boston (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Josef Suk/Konwitschny

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bronislaw Huberman/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/George Szell 1934


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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mela Tenenbaum/Richard Kapp/Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

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Ida Haendel 1957???

Fidelio - Ludwig van Beethoven (1805; revised 1806-1814)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Levine/Mattila/Ben Heppner (DG, Jurgen Flimm Prod, Met) [DVD]

Performance Quality: 10? / Sound Quality:

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein/Janowitz (DG) [DVD]

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klemperer/Ludwig/Vickers (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nielsen/Winbergh (Naxos)

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Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1806)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arrau/Dohnanyi (1959)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fleisher/Szell

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau - Sir Colin Davis - Staatskapelle Dresden (1984)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTBHUVUHwU
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99R0hXxWKY
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPpebQA5d-0

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Yevgeny Sudbin - Osmo Vanska

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[NOTE: Revisit Ashkenazy/Solti; Bronfman/Zinman; Uchida/Sanderling]

Symphony No. 5 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gardiner 2016 BBC video

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wand/NDR

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Harnoncourt/COE

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kleiber

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Honeck/PSO

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Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1808)

Pierre Monteux

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Walter

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Norrington (SWR)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karl Bohm - Wiener Philharmoniker (1979)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wand/NDR

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fey (Hanssler)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Osmo Vanska

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Harnoncourt/COE

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gardiner

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Piano Trio in D major "Ghost" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1809)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Daniel Sepec, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Andreas Staier (2008)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 10

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Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major "Emperor" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fleisher / Szell

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ashkenazy / Solti

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mindru Katz - Hallé Orchestra - Sir John Barbirolli (1959)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arrau / Davis

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gilels / Ludwig

Performance Quality: 9.5?/ Sound Quality:

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REVISIT: Arrau/Munch; Sudbin/Vanska; Uchida/Sanderling; Gilels/Sanderling 1957; Bronfman/Zinman; Horowitz/Reiner; Gieseking; Schnabel; Solomon; Kempff

Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat Major "Archduke" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1811)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alexander Melnikov - Isabelle Faust - Jean-Guihen Queyras (2014)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Beaux Arts 1979 (Philips)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kempf Trio

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REVISIT: Heifetz/Rubinstein/Feuermann; Istomin/Stern/Rose; Cortot/Casals/Thibaud; Edwin Fischer/Schneiderhan/Mainardi; Perlman/Harrell/Ashkenazy; Kempf/Szeryng/Fournier; Solomon/Holst/Pini

Symphony No. 7 in A Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein - Vienna

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kleiber Live...

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Osmo Vanska

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 9.5 or 10

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Manfred Honeck - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (2015)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Daniel Barenboim - Staatskapelle Berlin (Warner)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: George Szell - Cleveland

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Blomstedt/Staatskapelle Dresden (Berlin Classics)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wand/NDR

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlos Kleiber (Concertgebouw Video)

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REVISIT: Dohnanyi; Kleiber/Vienna (DG); Karajan DG and video(s) during his peak; Harnoncourt/COE

Symphony No. 8 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1812)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Riccardo Chailly - Gewandhausorchester (2007-2009)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Haitink/LSO

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szell/Cleveland

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Barenboim (Teldec)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wand (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jarvi

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Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1818)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Annie Fischer (1977-1978)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (Philips)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Charles Rosen (1965)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Perahia

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Serkin

Performance Quality: 9.5? 9.5+? / Sound Quality:

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sviatoslav Richter Live

Performance Quality: 9.5? 9.5+? / Sound Quality:

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sviatoslav Richter Live Prague 1975

Performance Quality: 9.5? 9.5+? / Sound Quality:

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Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1820)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Annie Fischer

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (Recital circa 1969-1977 - Music & Arts Programs of America)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 6

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bruce Hungerford

Performance Quality: 9.5+ 10?/ Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (Video Recording, 19??)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7

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Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koqAdGcty3k

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau 1965 (Philips)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality:

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Available on Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8ibOIZ-MxeE

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richter 1963 Live Leipzig

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ishay Shaer

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Brendel (Vox Box)

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Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1821)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (1960)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 6.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/2...20_600.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYJgvrH6FpU
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky_YNLkg66o
(3rd Movement - Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CKpM3q5_g8
(3rd Movement - Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEXcB1WX_ME

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1822)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (1970 - Video Recording)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eO7vB9x23A

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (1960)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7

Available on Spotify as follows: http://static.qobuz.com/images/covers/2...20_600.jpg

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richter (1963 - Live - Leipzig)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7

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Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEU1noNlnCU&t=3756s

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hans Richter-Haaser (1959?)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arrau (1965) (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Brendel

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kempff

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pollini (DG)

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REVISIT: Richard Goode; various Sviatoslav Richter; various Richter-Haas; various Brendel; Igor Levit

Diabelli Variations - Ludwig van Beethoven (1823)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andreas Staier (2012)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: http://alexrossmusic.typepad.com/.a/6a0...507970d-pi

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqtgTDCkYlM

Missa Solemnis - Ludwig van Beethoven (1823)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Otto Klemperer - New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus (1965)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9MIiIo0dUA

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Harnoncourt

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein/Concertgebouw (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Shaw (Teldec)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herreweghe (Harmonia Mundi)

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REVISIT: Levine; Karajan 1966 (DG); Gardiner (Archiv) / DVD: Harnoncourt

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herbert von Karajan - Berlin Philharmonic (1968 - Video Recording)[/color]

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Note: This is not one of Karajan's album/CD releases. It is only available on video. Also the rating above is for the musical performance alone, not the visuals or editing or other filmic aspects accompanying it. This is the correct issue: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY445_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCZeSmY62Sk

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gunter Wand - NDR Sinfonieorchester (1996)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKGkwmilwDY
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WEWy1bh5-Q
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2isB_U6y24
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8JxVyQ9F24

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herbert von Karajan - Berlin Philharmonic (1962)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com..._QL70_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtIo2RSi_YA

LISTEN TO: Karajan/BPO Live 1963; most recent Gardiner live video / REVISIT: Szell; Fricsay; Bernstein; Chailly; Furtwangler 1942, 1951, 1954; Toscanini; Vanska; Munch

String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alban Berg Quartet (1984)

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Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UklsIaKocgo

String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major (Original Composition with Grosse Fugue) - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alban Berg Quartet (1984)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vegh Quartet (Naïve)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Yale Quartet (Vanguard Classics)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Emerson (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kodalay (Naxos)

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LISTEN TO: Cleveland Quartet (Telarc) / REVISIT: Takacs

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1825)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Cleveland Quartet (Telarc)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality:

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alban Berg Quartet (1984)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiVbMB6iLPc

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Takacs

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vegh (Naive)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alban Berg Quartet (1984)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ8B_DlAshE

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vegh (Naive)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7.5

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String Quartet No. 16 in F Major - Ludwig van Beethoven (1826)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alban Berg Quartet (1984)

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Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnMGP1maBBk

Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)

Lulu - Alban Berg (1935)

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Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" - Alban Berg (1935)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Anne-Sophie Mutter - James Levine - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1992)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...%2BkWL.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbDMj7sF-ZY
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbDMj7sF-ZY

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Itzhak Perlman/Ozawa/Boston (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Henryk Szeryng - Rafael Kubelik - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kyung-Wha Chung

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Frank Peter Zimmerman

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LISTEN TO: Ivry Gitlis

Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)

Sinfonia - Luciano Berio (1969)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Riccardo Chailly - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1990)

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Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...YPGzuL.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxG1usqX6Ko
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvqNEjn0m-Y
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9pYJzz75QY
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wH93Av9nXs
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfN3FtiNwLU

Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)

Symphonie Fantastique - Hector Berlioz (1830)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Tilson Thomas/San Fran

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herbert von Karajan - Berlin Philharmonic (1975)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.scdn.co/image/a4757706d801b16...6675849600

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibJWh9pC4nA

REVISIT: Munch 1962 (RCA); Inbal & Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt; Colin Davis 1963; Markevitch (DG); Bernstein (Sony); Thomas (RCA); Muti (EMI); Norrington (SWR); Janowski

Grande Messe des morts - Hector Berlioz (1837)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Munch (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sir Colin Davis - London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra (2012)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJLRcoC9tac
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvnKK4z5WxI
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piea6vo6wHA
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVCcb6Wqilk
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyC-2aFUVqI
(6th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaI7jS6DGFg
(7th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr72qYZ9g_E
(8th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC2noWvxhXc
(9th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPa0odOcAVw
(10th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9KIA57ydWw

REVISIT: Davis - Staatskapelle Dresden (Profil); Davis/LSO (Philips)

La Damnation de Faust - Hector Berlioz (1845)

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Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety" - Leonard Bernstein (1949)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein/Lukas Foss

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - Philippe Entremont - New York Philharmonic (1965)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com..._SS500.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...9egiz3t9Ob

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alsop

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Marc-André Hamelin/Sitkovetsky

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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms (1853)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andre Laplante (1995?)

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Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrNsvTTLifk
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2ADy67D8jI
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7lk8R7lZXw
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUHF4R2KnI4
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV481FwtJVw

Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 - Johannes Brahms (1854)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trio Wanderer (2005)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/prod...191516.jpg

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor - Johannes Brahms (1858)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nelson Freire - Riccardo Chailly - Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig (2006)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2eA-xNGZrc

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Serkin/Szell

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gilels/Jochum

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fleisher/Szell

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arrau/Kubelik (Orfeo)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Buchbinder/Harnoncourt

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rubinstein/Leinsdorf

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rubinstein/Reiner

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Katchen/Monteux

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Piano Quintet in F minor - Johannes Brahms (1864)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arthur Rubinstein - Guarneri Quartet (1966)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/56/f9/ae/56f9...-piano.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jKYa2Y6BaQ

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Serkin/Budapest

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hough/Takács Quartet (Hyperion)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andreas Staier/Leipzig String Quartet

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REVISIT: Pollini/Quarteto Italiano; Silke Avenhaus/Arcanto Quartett (HM); Andsnes/Artemis

Ein Deutsches Requiem - Johannes Brahms (1868)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Otto Klemperer - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra (1961)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bugzbO3G2Q0

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Blomstedt/San Francisco (Decca)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

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REVISIT: Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir (Philips); C. Davis (RCA); Karajan (EMI)

Symphony No. 1 in C Minor - Johannes Brahms (1876)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wilhelm Furtwangler - Orchester Des NWDR Hamburg [aka, "Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks"; aka, "NDR"] (1951, Live Recording, Hamburg)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 5.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://li-music-alexanderstreet.secure.../889176719 936.jpg?token=5e45e9d02f837cc3e1ab6

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw266Ox-N8k

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: James Levine - Wiener Philharmonker (1995?)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...LEg2NL.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuO4cJb87YA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idd0M6_az80
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Nbho34fBK4
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtODV7g9pbM

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jochum (EMI)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dohnanyi (Teldec/Warner)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Levine/Chicago

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klemperer - Philharmonia

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Van Beinum (1958)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 6.5

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REVISIT: Revisit Karajan 1960s, Abbado (DG), Solti (Decca)

Violin Concerto in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1878)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: David Oistrakh - Otto Klemperer - Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française (1960)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.scdn.co/image/99d3fd357b649dc...6e9493a8bc

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkfgFuCUe8w

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oistrakh/Szell

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality:

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ginette Neveu - Hans Schimdt-Isserstedt (1948)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 6

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6JGv4QVGr4

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kavakos/Chailly

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vadim Repin - Riccardo Chailly

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hahn/Marriner

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

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LISTEN TO: Rachel Barton/Kalmar/CSO; Grumiaux/Van Beinum/Concertgebouw of Amsterdam / REVISIT: Mutter/Karajan; Heifetz/Reiner (RCA); Perlman/Giulini; Arthur Grumiaux/Colin Davis/Philharmonia Orchestra; Szeryng/Monteux/London Symphony; Oistrakh/Konwitschny/Saxon State Orchestra

Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Johannes Brahms (1877)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bruno Walter - Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1960)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY400_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bH1-HRi29c

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herbert von Karajan - Berlin Philharmonic (1987)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40...llrovi.com

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx1otUG46Xo

REVISIT: Jochum (EMI); Abbado (DG); Guilini; Kleiber; Solti; Gardiner

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major - Johannes Brahms (1879)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Augustin Dumay - Maria-Joao Pires (1991)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY300_.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8LeH2jUgOA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qhsj8vjArs
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW9-RCjD2Qg

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szeryng/Rubinstein (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Suk/Katchen (Decca)

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major - Johannes Brahms (1881)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sviatoslav Richter - Erich Leinsdorf - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1960)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 6

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com..._SS500.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KttHnMxgX-I
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hES5XRMF3F8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPj0z43lpxY
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ84NL76pww

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Freire/Chailly

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rubinstein/Dohnanyi (Live - 1966)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Buchbinder/Harnoncourt

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fleisher/Szell

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gilels/Jochum

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Serkin/Szell

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Backhaus/Bohm (1967)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arrau/Markevitch (1976)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gilels/Reiner

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Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 - Johannes Brahms (1882)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trio Wanderer (2005)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/prod...191516.jpg

Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101 - Johannes Brahms (1883)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trio Wanderer (2005)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.europadisc.co.uk/images/prod...191516.jpg

Symphony No. 3 in F Major - Johannes Brahms (1883)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: James Levine - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1977)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Walter (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gunter Wand

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dohnanyi - Cleveland

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: James Levine - Vienna Philharmonic

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Solti - London

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klemperer - Philharmonia

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REVISIT: Revisit Van Beinum; Janowski; Calibidache

Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlos Kleiber - Vienna Philharmonic

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: James Levine - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1978)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Istvan Kertesz - Vienna Philharmonic

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: James Levine - Vienna Philharmonic

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Eugen Jochum (EMI)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Marek Janowski - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gunter Wand/NDR

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klemperer/Philharmonia (EMI)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fritz Reiner (Chesky)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 6.5

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LISTEN TO: Bohm/Vienna /REVISIT: Dohnanyi (Teldec); Walter (Sony); Van Beinum; Karajan 1962; Furtwangler 1943 & others; Giulini

Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major - Johannes Brahms (1886)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Augustin Dumay - Maria-Joao Pires (1991)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY300_.jpg

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szeryng/Rubinstein (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Suk/Katchen (Decca)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Berl Senofsky/Gary Graffman

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Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A Minor - Johannes Brahms (1887)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: David Oistrakh - Mstislav Rostropovich - George Szell - Cleveland Orchestra (1970)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX466_.jpg

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Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor - Johannes Brahms (1888)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Augustin Dumay - Maria-Joao Pires (1991)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY300_.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAbaooLJ5yM
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePSVre0-lzc
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kW0vwBmSRo
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl-l-jPF8Ik

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szeryng/Rubinstein (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Suk/Katchen (Decca)

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Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor - Johannes Brahms (1891)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Martin Frost - Janine Jansen - Boris Brovtsyn - Maxim Rysanov - Torleif Thedéen

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o2RNTlo1BE
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orGx1iNIDG8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlT9QdyEo0w
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTI0srxBlAg

Georges Bizet (1838 - 1975)

Carmen - Georges Bizet (1875)

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Glenn Branca (1948 - 2018)

The Ascension - Glenn Branca (1981)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Glenn Branca (1981)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xApWRSDDvGI

Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

Sinfonia da Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1940)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Britten/New Philharmonia Orchestra (Decca)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richard Hickox - London Symphony Orchestra (1991)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRrpHzolePU
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxgCy52BXGA
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_gEF_e--Xk

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Michael Stern/Kansas City Symphony

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Peter Grimes - Benjamin Britten (1945)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pears/Britten (Decca)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vickers/Davis (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vickers (Kultur) [DVD]

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Welter-Most/Ventris (EMI) [DVD]

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War Requiem - Benjamin Britten (1962)

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Cello Symphony - Benjamin Britten (1963)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rostropovich/Britten

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Edward Gardner - Paul Watkins - BBC Philharmonic (2010)

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Max Bruch (1838 - 1920)

Violin Concerto in G Minor - Max Bruch (1866)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Daniel Hope - Sakari Oramo - Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (2010)

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Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896)

Symphony No. 4 in E flat major "Romantic" - Anton Bruckner (1874; revised multiple times until 1888)

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Symphony No. 7 in E major "Lyric" - Anton Bruckner (1883; revised 1885)

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Symphony No. 8 in C Minor - Anton Bruckner (1892)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlo Maria Giulini - Vienna Philharmonic (1984) [1890 version, Leoppold Nowak Edition, 1955]

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wand/Lubeck (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Skrowaczewski (Oehms)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Boulez/Vienna (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Maazel (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jochum (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Suitner (Berlin Classics)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Böhm 1978 Live (Palexa)

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Elliott Carter (1908 - 2012)

Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano with Two Chamber Orchestras - Elliott Carter (1961)

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Symphony of Three Orchestras - Elliott Carter (1976)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pierre Boulez/New York Philharmonic

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Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor - Frederic Chopin (1829)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Martha Argerich - Charles Dutoit - Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (1998)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.scdn.co/image/0873eed615f4f74...622c2f8a7d

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(1st Movement - Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No7WyyoaKUw
(1st Movement - Part 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yz7eE8KKIw
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfK_3NuRHt8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGAxZ2Swog

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor "The Funeral March" - Frederich Chopin (1839)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nelson Freire (2004)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...W09KBL.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAIAdT91fWw
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-wKWVHcBWw
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4baZ_kWjQfQ
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsaQ-XBYFpU

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor - Frederic Chopin (1844)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Martha Argerich (1967)

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Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)

Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 - Arcangelo Corelli (1714)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jesper Christensen - Ensemble 415 (1991)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fabio Biondi/Europa Galante (Naïve)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Esteban Velardi/Alessandro Stradella Consort (Dynamic)

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Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Pelléas et Mélisande (1898)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Cluytens/Jansen/Angeles (Testament)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Abbado (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ernest Ansermet/Choeur du Grand Theatre de Geneve

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Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)

Symphony No. 7 in D minor - Antonin Dvorak (1885)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sir Colin Davis - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1975)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1400_.jpg

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Neumann (Supraphon)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mackerras/Philharmonia

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szell/Cleveland

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Suitner (Berlin Classics)

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LISTEN TO: Ivan Fischer (Channel Classics) / REVISIT: Talich; Kubelik/Berlin

Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major - Antonin Dvorak (1887)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jan Panenka - Panocha Quartet (1993)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://static.classicalm.com/repository...241195.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlgjzfvEc_8
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO2oNbQWBYI
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEaiUDc58CY
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob-OgYyJjHA

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klánský/Prazák Quartet

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LISTEN TO: Piers Lane/Goldner String Quartet (Hyperion)

Symphony No. 8 in G major - Antonin Dvorak (1889)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karajan - Vienna Philharmonic (1965)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Manfred Honeck - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (2013)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/t...1415889692

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kertesz/LSO

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Omar Suitner - Staatskapelle Berlin

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Harnoncourt

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dohnanyi (Decca)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Silvestri - London Symphony Orchestra (1957)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vaclav Talich - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (1951)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 6

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REVISIT: Szell; Mackerras/Philharmonia; Barbirolli/Halle; Talich's 30s/40s/pre-51-renditions; Kubelik/Berlin

Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak (1893)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic (1962)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1500_.jpg

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Neumann/Czech Philharmonic

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ancerl

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kubelik/Berlin

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Harnoncourt (Teldec / Werner)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fricsay/Berlin

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vaclav Talich/Czech

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 6.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mackerras/Prague

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LISTEN TO: Kreizberg/Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra / REVISIT: Kondrashin (Decca); Dohnanyi; Szell; Paul Paray

Cello Concerto in B minor - Antonin Dvorak (1895)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mstislav Rostropovich - Seiji Ozawa - Boston Symphony Orchestra (1985)

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Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)

Requiem - Gabriel Faure (1890)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Philippe Herreweghe - Orchestre des Champs Elysees - Collegium Vocale (2001)

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxXVWbHHAGA

Cesar Franck (1822 - 1890)

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major - Cesar Franck (1886)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Itzhak Perlman - Martha Argerich (1998)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2QjBNQwKV8
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUhH-Sv5wUg
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CfpF_VlorE
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2G955KVQz4

Symphony in D Minor - Cesar Franck (1888)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pierre Monteux - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1961)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4XeZZ3...gruQ_omUL8

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Guido Cantelli - NBC Symphony Orchestra (Testament)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality: 6

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Paray (Mercury Living Presence)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herreweghe/La Chapelle Royale (HM)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dutoit/Montreal Symphony Orchestra (Decca)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 8

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LISTEN TO: Tortelier/BBC; Kondrashin/Bavarian Radio Symphony; Maazel/Cleveland Orchestra (Eloquence)

Diamanda Galas (1955 - )

Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)

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Roberto Gerhard

Symphony No. 3 "Collages" - Roberto Gerhard (1960)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Matthias Bamert - BBC Symphony Orchestra (1997)

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Concerto for Orchestra - Roberto Gerhard (1965)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Matthias Bamert - BBC Symphony Orchestra (1997)

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George Gershwin

Piano Concerto in F - George Gershwin (1925)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Earl Wild - Arthur Fiedler - Boston Pops Orchestra (1961)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B8LORmQFOM

Porgy And Bess - George Gershwin (1935)

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Philip Glass (1937 - )

Einstein on the Beach - Philip Glass (1975)

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Osvaldo Golijov (1960 - )

Klezmer Clarinet and String Quartet "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac The Blind" - Osvaldo Golijov (1994)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: David Krakauer - Kronos Quartet (1996)

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Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8OVqu2...aVA3deRnns

Cello Concerto "Azul" - Osvaldo Golijov (2009)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Yo-Yo Ma - Eric Jacobsen - The Knights (2017)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2oAzxxpNYE4
(2nd Movement) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj0NslYkpVY
(3rd Movement) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7lAipqeDM5w
(4th Movement) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yk20Rn53quw

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Henryk Gorecki (1933 - 2010)

Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs" - Henryk Gorecki (1976)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dawn Upshaw - David Zinman - London Sinfonietta (1991)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mcfy3UmnyDY

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Yuasa (ABC Classics)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ingrid Perruche - Alain Altinoglu - Sinfonia Varsovia

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Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)

Piano Concerto in A minor - Edvard Grieg (1868)

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Sofia Gubaidulna (1931 - )

Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra "Introitus" - Sofia Gubaidulina (1978)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Beatrice Rauchs - Valdimir Kozhukhar - Kiev Chamber Players (1997)

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GREATEST CLASSICAL MUSIC WORKS - BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCES

COMPOSERS: H - Q

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HANDEL

Messiah - George Frideric Handel (1741)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: William Christie - Les Arts Florissants (2006)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Higginbottom (Naxos)

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REVISIT: Colin Davis/LSO; Mackerras (EMI), Pinnock (Archiv)

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN

>>>>Creation (inadvertently erased?)

Symphony No. 94 in G major "Surprise" - Joseph Haydn (1791)

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Symphony No. 100 in G major "Military" - Joseph Haydn (1793-1794)

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Symphony No. 101 in D major "The Clock" - Franz Joseph Haydn (1793-1794)

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Symphony No. 102 in B flat major - Franz Joseph Haydn (1794)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Frans Brüggen - Orchestra Of The 18th Century (1991)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9

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Symphony No. 103 in E flat major "Drum Roll" - Joseph Haydn (1794-1795)

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Symphony No. 104 in D major "London" - Joseph Haydn (1795)

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The Seasons - Joseph Haydn (1801)

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PAUL HINDEMITH

Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith (1934)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Guido Cantelli/NBC

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: John Neschling - Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra (2011)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Levi (Telarc)

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VAGN HOLMBOE

Symphony No. 8 - Vagn Holmboe (1952)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Owain Arwel Hughes - Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (1993)

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GUSTAV HOLST

The Planets - Gustav Holst (1916)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Adrian Boult

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ARTHUR HONEGGER

Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique" - Arthur Honegger (1946)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herbert von Karajan - Berlin Philharmonic (1969)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Baudo (Supraphon)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Cluytens/Turin Radio Symphony Chorus & Orchestra

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ALAN HOVHANESS

Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" - Alan Hovhaness (1955)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gerard Schwarz - Seattle Symphony Orchestra (1994)

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CHARLES IVES

Symphony No. 3 "The Camp Meeting" - Charles Ives (1910)

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Symphony No. 4 - Charles Ives (1924)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Michael Tilson Thomas - Chicago Symphony & Chorus (1989)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbRaNkj9iZo
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwwKSRpGwKg
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqLR38VLe38
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MLlJLiVexk

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dohnanyi/Cleveland

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LISTEN TO: Litton/Dallas (Hyperion); John Adams/Ensemble Modern Orchestra & Collegium Vocale Gent

LEOS JANACEK

Sinfonietta - Leos Janacek (1926)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rafael Kubelik - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (1971)

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Glagolitic Mass - Leos Janacek (1926) [Original Manuscript Version]

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sir Charles Mackerras - Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir (1993)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wit (Naxos) ["Final" Version]

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ancerl (Supraphon) ["Final" Version]

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From The House of The Dead - Leos Janacek (1928)

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GYORGY LIGETI

Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti (1965)

BEST RECORDED: Jonathan Nott - Berliner Philharmoniker (2002)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

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Le Grand Macabre - Gyorgy Ligeti (1977)

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Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano - Gyorgy Ligeti (1982)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: William Purvis - Rolf Schulte - Alan Feinberg (1986)

Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 8.5

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LISZT

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major - Franz Liszt (1849)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sviatoslav Richter - Kiril Kondrashin - London Symphony Orchestra (1961)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A8_Mmhdgcc

Piano Sonata in B Minor - Franz Liszt (1853)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (1976 Live Recital, Music & Arts)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 6.5 or 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Claudio Arrau (Philips, 1970)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7-7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Argerich (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richter (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Marc Andre Hamelin

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alexei Grynyuk

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nelson Goerner

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Faust Symphony - Franz Liszt (1857)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - Charles Bressler - The Choral Art Society - New York Philharmonic (1960)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein/Boston (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Muti (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Beecham (EMI)

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LISTEN TO: Gianandrea Noseda/BBC Phil; Daniel Barenboim/BPO; Georg Solti/CSO

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major - Franz Liszt (1861)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sviatoslav Richter - Kiril Kondrashin - London Symphony Orchestra (1961)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

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Via Crucis - Franz Liszt (1879)

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WITOLD LUTOSLAWKSI

Symphony No. 3 - Witold Lutoslawski (1983)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Lutoslawski/Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (CD Accord)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Esa-Pekka Salonen/L.A. Philharmonic (Sony)

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GUSTAV MAHLER

Symphony No. 1 "Titan" in D major - Gustav Mahler (1888)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam (1987)

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Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection" - Gustav Mahler (1894)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ivan Fischer - Hungarian Radio Chorus - Budapest Festival Orchestra (2005)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klemperer (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Tennestedt

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Slatkin (Telarc)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Walter (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Levi (Telarc)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mehra (Decca)

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Symphony No. 4 in G major - Gustav Mahler (1900)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ivan Fischer - Budapest Festival Orchestra (2008)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKbfdovenzA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCx6AlSwisM
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7KqnEyegYw
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAJ8fnwJPaM

Symphony No. 5 - Gustav Mahler (1902)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hans Rosbaud - Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (1951)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 6.5

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#2. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: James Levine - Philadelphia Orchestra (1978)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mackerras (EMI)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karajan

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Honeck/PSO

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Barshai

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Stenz (ABC Classics)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality: 8

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REVISIT: Barbirolli (EMI); Sinopoli (DG); Kubelik (Audite); Chailly (Decca); Bernstein/Vienna (DG)

Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic" - Gustav Mahler (1904; 1906)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - Vienna Philharmonic (1988)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MJOym83OzM
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYyoDOkYjPc
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47JWizHVF0M
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kGMTrDptmI

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Chailly (Decca)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gielen (Hanssler)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Eschenbach (Ondine)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Levi (Telarc)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sanderling (RS)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Solti (Decca)

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Symphony No. 7 in E minor "Song of the Night" - Gustav Mahler (1905)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic (1966)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gielen (Hannsler)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein/Vienna (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin (Warner Classics)

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Symphony No. 8 in E flat major "Symphony Of A Thousand" - Gustav Mahler (1906)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Riccardo Chailly - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2000)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bertini (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Tennstedt (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gielen (Hanssler)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nagano (HM)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wit (Naxos)

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Das Lied von der Erde - Gustav Mahler (1909)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Otto Klemperer - Christa Ludwig; Fritz Wunderlich - Philharmonia Orchestra (1964)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7

Available on Spotify as follows: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81f...SS500_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LXUd6P...OzfOSU_0Bg

#2. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Haitink

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nezet-Seguin/LPO

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kubelik/Bavarian (Audite)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kletski/Fischer-Dieskau

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Eiji Oue (Ref)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein /Fischer-Dieskau/King

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REVISIT: Walter; Horenstein


Symphony No. 9 in D Major - Gustav Mahler (1910)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herbert von Karajan - Berlin Philharmonic (1982 - Live Recording)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9

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Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY_pZAWbAsw

#2. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kurt Masur - New York Philharmonic (1994 - Live Recording)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g7ZxmmsI4Y

#3. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic (1965)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8.5

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Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s69n5lylADA

#4. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karel Ancerl - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (1966)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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(1st Movement) https://youtu.be/G5GR066UknM
(2nd Movement) https://youtu.be/VUHcZDyLvq8
(3rd Movement) https://youtu.be/nVAi8IcUpO8
(4th Movement) https://youtu.be/7KqguJxXEG4

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ozawa

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herbert von Karajan - Berlin Philharmonic (1980 - Studio Recording)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Riccardo Chailly - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2004)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: James Levine - Philadelphia Orchestra (1979)

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REVISIT: Pesek (Virgin); Bernstein/Israel or RCO? (DG); Alan Gilbert/Royal Stockholm; Klemperer; Walter; Horenstein

LJUBICA MARIC

Byzantine Concerto - Ljubica Maric (1959)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Olga Jovanović - Oskar Danon - Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra

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Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PjcDYuF5ww




BOHUSLAV MARTINU

Symphony No. 6 "Fantaisies Symphoniques" - Bohuslav Martinu (1953)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karel Ancerl - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (1956)

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Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EFVWug6JWM
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTLtQutIpr8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVxSsPS...amp;index=

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Neeme Jarvi - Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Thomson (Chandos)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jirí Belohlávek - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

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FELIX MENDELSSOHN

Octet for Strings in E-flat Major - Felix Mendelssohn (1825)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Janacek Quartet & Smetana Quartet (1968)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://www.supraphon.com/public/photo/...1463400048

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWPFoumbbw
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43h5cnJv3sE
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQZZX92D2Io
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkvZQQe85Nc

Symphony No. 3 in A minor "Scottish" - Felix Mendelssohn (1829-1842)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Muti (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Maag (Decca)

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REVISIT: Dohnanyi/Cleveland; Jiri Belohlávek/Prague Philharmonia

Symphony No. 4 in A major "Italian" - Felix Mendelssohn (1833; revised 1834)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Muti (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Klemperer

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A Midsummer Nights Dream - Felix Mendelssohn (1842)

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Violin Concerto in E Minor - Felix Mendelssohn (1844)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Isaac Stern - Eugene Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra (1958)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/...00x500.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y1F2ToGIxk


OLIVIER MESSIAEN


Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen (1941)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Martin Frost etc

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Albert Tétard, Claude Desurmont, Daniel Barenboim and Luben Yordanoff (1978)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ras8GAyt-AA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGgaCrUnc70
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM7tMMwA_AQ
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTwZAD_RfZI
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrinQBmFYws
(6th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqcdPmsXWEM
(7th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxx92qxp34
(8th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcOOPfZ-_c

REVISIT: Erich Gruenberg (EMI); Tashi (RCA)

Turangalila Symphony - Olivier Messiaen (1948)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Antoni Wit & Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (1998)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ7BC_4yGzc
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCcl83_tugM
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeN0Edk_VJ8
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_05VzyHZmI
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmWDmXWcvVA
(6th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jwOTYvEXa4
(7th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCcl83_tugM
(8th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTMlk5wPHs
(9th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN7lRiPmULE
(10th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is2XhDd9Zec

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Chailly

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ozawa/Toronto

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Oiseaux Exotiques - Olivier Messiaen (1956)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Riccardo Chailly - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2006)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/...790114.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHs55Z0OdgU

La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ - Olivier Messiaen (1969)

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Saint-Francois d'Assise - Olivier Messiaen (1983)

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MEREDITH MONK

Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (1981)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Meredith Monk (1972 - 1981)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.scdn.co/image/bd728aabe86dbef...018bed69c4

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...Uo2z9vnZ86

Songs from the Hill/Tablet - Meredith Monk (1979)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Meredith Monk (1977-1979)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/a...c15def43c0

Available on Youtube:
(Side 1) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...RrINmmeiph
(Side 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaWFxjwcJm4


CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI

L’Orfeo - Claudio Monteverdi (1607)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jurgen Jurgens (Archiv)

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux - Hans Muller-Kray - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart (SWR)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Anne-Sophie Mutter - London Philharmonic Orchestra (2005)

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Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8wE463dMP4
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1U5ogPxTVQ
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1mkDeVv8NY

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oistrakh

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux - Colin Davis (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Isabelle Faust

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Frank Peter Zimmerman

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carmignola - Abbado

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NOTE: Revisit Josef Suk/Prague Chamber Orchestra/Libor Hlaváček (1972-73) Eurodisc

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux - Hans Muller-Kray - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart (SWR)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Anne-Sophie Mutter - London Philharmonic Orchestra (2005)

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Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px4uwLOy2n0
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffw04R17sPA
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFqXIslMe0

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oistrakh

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux - Colin Davis (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Isabelle Faust

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Frank Peter Zimmerman

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carmignola - Abbado

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NOTE: Revisit Josef Suk/Prague Chamber Orchestra/Libor Hlaváček (1972-73) Eurodisc

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major "The Turkish" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1775)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux - Karl Munchinger - Stuttgarter Kammerorchester (SWR)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Anne-Sophie Mutter - London Philharmonic Orchestra (2005)

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Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWk1XrHDdaA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvU26SjEiec
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH96qDU7mM8

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oistrakh

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux - Colin Davis (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Isabelle Faust

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Frank Peter Zimmerman

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carmignola - Abbado

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NOTE: Revisit Josef Suk/Prague Chamber Orchestra/Libor Hlaváček (1972-73) Eurodisc

Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major "Jeunehomme" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andreas Staier - Concerto Koln (1995)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKlayLnlsmE
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTnt-6U0k8g
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjcZOH0Ws5w

Symphony No. 35 in D major "Haffner" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1782)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jirí Belohlávek - Prague Philharmonia Orchestra (2005)

Performance Quality: 9.5 or 10? / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://d27t0qkxhe4r68.cloudfront.net/t...1422959606

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Vienna Concentus Musicus (2014)

Performance Quality: 9.5 or 10? / Sound Quality: 10

Available on Spotify as follows: http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cove...041406.jpg

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Colin Davis

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szell

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Harnoncourt/Concertgebouw (Teldec)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Iona Brown/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Hanssler)

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Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major "Alla Turca" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1783)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ronald Brautigam (1996)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX466_.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLP0--otuL8
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzw-ri0qKT8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgBxM40WO2E

Symphony No. 36 in C major "Linzer" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1783)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jirí Belohlávek - Prague Philharmonia Orchestra (2005)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (DG)

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REVISIT: Pinnock; Harnoncourt; Mackerras; Davis; Szell; Bohm

Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ivan Moravec - Josef Vlach - Czech Chamber Orchestra (1974)

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Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uuv_XnykgU
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFPJjQf12F8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCS3E3clcc

Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andras Schiff - Sandor Vegh - Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica (1990)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com..._SS500.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY8qv83cr8A
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAkWyBN88i8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8-bcb_oc5c

Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andreas Staier - Concerto Koln (1995)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEZKsEqeX5s
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLLUaaSVw4k
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL09SO1R3hw

Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1784)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andreas Staier - Concerto Koln (1995)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PRHmLfvAhg
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TEQk5ktz7Q
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I8cwZ_5wek

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alfred Brendel - Sir Charles Mackerras - Scottish Chamber Orchestra (1998)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2dYdrgBTRo
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn2Hk49aBEc
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qLOdBRgwI

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Schiff/Vegh

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Buchbinder/Vienna

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Goode/Orpheus

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gulda/Abbado

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Curzon/Britten

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Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Piotr Anderszewski - Sinfonia Varsovia (2001)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jYMAAOSw...s-l400.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iZVCD2WxI1k
(2nd Movement) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lu398R5GMW0#searching
(3rd Movement) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xhOn0-iXEDU#searching

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Schiff/Vegh

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gulda/Abbado

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Pires/Abbado

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Brendel/Marriner

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Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1785)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rudolf Buchbinder - Wiener Symphoniker (2003?)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://diablusinmusica.files.wordpress...08/097.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVqiiGgQGBA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft1bByuraVM
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZNVFOsh--A

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ivan Moravec - Josef Vlach - Czech Chamber Orchestra (1974)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Piano Concerto 24 in C Minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alfred Brendel - Sir Charles Mackerras - Scottish Chamber Orchestra (1998)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKrw18finz8
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OG8pMxTwqk
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMwfKOV64A

Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ivan Moravec - Josef Vlach - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (1974)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.scdn.co/image/efa6944e104643c...cb5f53fee4

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQP1XEewaRo
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiJ-Yc7ENWY
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrFDpiwbWgU

The Marriage of Figaro - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)

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Symphony No. 38 in D major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1786)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jirí Belohlávek

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sir Colin Davis - Staatskapelle Dresden (1982)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: http://st.diskunion.net/images/jacket/X...536650.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyYRAdaBvkw
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1dcym3fPU0
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8yoccu3P3E

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mackerras/Scottish

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Don Giovanni - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1787)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rene Jacobs - Johannes Weisser; Lorenzo Regazzo; Alessandro Guerzoni; Alexandrina Pendatchanska; Olga Pasichnyk; Sunhae Im; Kenneth Tarver; Nikolay Borchev - RIAS Kammerchor - Freiburger Barockorchester (2007)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f9qkvL6Dc5c&t=1081s

For a video performance (Live, 2014) with this conductor and cast, go here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6lEL0mdEjlg&t=5771s

For a superb performance with English subtitles, go here:

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: John Eliot Gardiner - Rodney Gilfry; Christoph Prégardien; Luba Orgonasova; Charlotte Margiono; Andrea Silvestrelli; Ildebrando D'Arcangelo; Julian Clarkson; Eirian James - The Monteverdi Choir - The English Baroque Soloists (1994)

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Available on Youtube: Available, but broken up into numerous tracks

For a video performance (Live, Holland, 1994) with this conductor and cast, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBgnuxif4fY

REVISIT: Revisit Giulini (Angel); Nezet-Seguin (DG) / DVD: Muti (TDK)

Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein/Vienna

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Davis/Staatskapelle Dresden

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mackerras/Scottish

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Riccardo Muti

Symphony No. 40 in G minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)

Sandor Vegh

Bernstein/Vienna


BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Vienna Concentus Musicus (2014)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: http://cdn-s3.allmusic.com/release-cove...199960.jpg

REVISIT: Davis; Bohm; Szell; Mackerras; Nelson/Ensemble Orchestre de Paris; Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (Philips Duo); Beecham/London Philharmonic (EMI); Kertesz/Vienna

Symphony No. 41 in C Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karl Bohm - Berlin Philharmonic (1962)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEKUUnkbZMA

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szell

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sir Colin Davis - Staatskapelle Dresden (1982)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://st.diskunion.net/images/jacket/X...536650.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2klW7R6HMxM
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZbpN_UmPcw
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw66YIoOHSE
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxTkPwd-ziQ

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mackerras/Scottish

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Sandor Vegh

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein/Vienna

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Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major "Coronation" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1788)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rudolf Buchbinder - Wiener Symphoniker (2003?)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://diablusinmusica.files.wordpress...08/097.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3710F52bswo
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IarYLBGbzIc
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLQVYrhljJ0

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (circa 1788-1791)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richard Goode - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (1996)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCEWrYe4q5E
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVkkfOqMdo8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5HIG0vb10g

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1789)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Martin Frost - Vertavo String Quartet (2003)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com..._SS500.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47VmKV3cc4
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLlXZTPQgAI
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC3TKeR0zBM
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k32d9-SIVLU


Cosi` Fan Tutte - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1790)

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Clarinet Concerto in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Martin Frost - Peter Oundjian - Amsterdam Sinfonietta (2003)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com..._SS500.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Jfr6A-BzA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehVavjdlUcI
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xto1cUI55Bo

The Magic Flute - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)

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Requiem Mass in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791)

#1??? BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: John Butt - Dunedin Consort

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Arnold Schoenberg Chor - Concentus Musicus Wien (2003)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...oBpgnL.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4GBSO4...8O3bh42MHM

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Peter Schreier/Leipzig Rundfunkchor/Staatskapelle Dresden

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Marriner (Decca)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Christie (Erato)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Suzuki

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Weil (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernius (Carus)

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REVISIT: Gardiner; Hogwood

MODEST MUSSORGSKY

Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky (1874) [Original Piano Version]

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vladimir Ashkenazy (1982)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.scdn.co/image/a77930cad64b9cf...838471abf5


CARL NIELSEN

Symphony No. 5 - Carl Nielsen (1922)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic (1962)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sDtANYH3PZ0/hqdefault.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TseWica_Pc

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Schonwandt/Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

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MICHAEL NYMAN

Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (1993)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kathryn Stott - Michael Nyman - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (1994)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1426_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nqefUv7Upk
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlaKLRF4rH4
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zUfGO1K0M
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFKRs8T0RsE

CARL ORFF

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff (1936)

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ARVO PART

Fratres (for Violin and Piano) - Arvo Part (1977)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gidon Kremer - Keith Jarrett (1983)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://ecmreviews.files.wordpress.com/...electa.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJT0d7Rq46k

Tabula Rasa - Arvo Part (1977)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, Erik Risberg, Göteborgs Symfoniker and Neeme Järvi (2012)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40...llrovi.com

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JMjNX7adHo
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1WdJb00s2w

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kremer, Sondeckis/ECM

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jarrett etc

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PENDERECKI

Saint Luke Passion - Krysztof Penderecki (1966)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE:

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Polish Requiem - Krzysztof Penderecki (1983-2005)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Antoni Wit - Warsaw National Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra (2003)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: http://prodimage.imagesbn.com/pimages/0...00x630.jpg

Symphony No. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" - Krzysztof Penderecki (1996)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Antoni Wit

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FRANCIS POULENC

Violin Sonata - Francis Poulenc (1943)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Midori - Robert McDonald (2002)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1500_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO_NA0gyleo
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOh3sjTq4Bs
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7obltwxJ6V4
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major - Sergei Prokofiev (1921)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Byron Janis - Kyril Kondrashin - Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (1962)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: http://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/...00x500.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPuQjczyWc4
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OueCWT0x8iw
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUFg_OpAUJk

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 94a - Sergei Prokofiev (1942; re-arranged 1943)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Isaac Stern - Alexander Zakin (1951)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9FffeKS81M

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat - Sergei Prokofiev (1944)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karajan

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COMPOSERS: R - Z

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RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andrei Gavrilov - Riccardo Muti - Philadelphia Orchestra

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Earl Wild - Jascha Horenstein - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1965)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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[NOTE: Revisit Zimerman/Ozawa]

Sonata in G minor for Piano and Cello, Op. 19 - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1901)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wendy Warner - Irina Nuzova (2010)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1400_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg6905mmGpo
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av1O7Q1AbEU
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZmHuyH2R3M
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6izdQ2w_k

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Emanuel Ax - Yo-Yo Ma (Sony)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

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LISTEN TO: Schiff/Leonskaja;
Gautier Capuçon/Gabriela Montero; Kurtz/Kappel (RCA) / REVISIT: Rostropovich/Aleksander Dedyukhin (DG, "Master Cellist" 1956)


Symphony No. 2 in E minor – Sergei Rachmaninoff (1907)

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Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff (1909)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Martha Argerich - Riccardo Chailly - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (1982)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1200_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOOfoW5_2iE

MAURICE RAVEL

Piano Concerto in D major for the Left Hand - Maurice Ravel (1930)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE:

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Piano Concerto in G major - Maurice Ravel (1931)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - Yan Pascal Tortelier - BBC Symphony Orchestra (2010)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50...llrovi.com

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_yVJwgLs_Y


ALFRED SCHNITTKE

Symphony No. 1 - Alfred Schnittke (1974)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gennady Rozhdestvensky - USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra (1987)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50...llrovi.com

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJAnbb6uyl0

Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra - Alfred Schnittke (1979)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Yakov Kasman - Emmanuel Leducq-Barome - Kaliningrad Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra (2012)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50...llrovi.com

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU5VuoClCNs

Faust Cantata - Alfred Schnittke (1983)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rohzdevstensky (Live 1985)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: James DePriest - Malmo Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (1983)

Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...JWM3WL.jpg


Symphony No. 8 - Alfred Schnittke (1994)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gennady Rozhdestvensky - Royal Stockholm Philharmonic (1994)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50...llrovi.com

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGvEkmW9JPM
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsQBsvhdZM8
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W0Tm1_Jj9s
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7W1HeBMrwA
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1x5kWa50Ok

FRANZ SCHUBERT

Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major - Franz Schubert (1816)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karl Bohm - Wiener Philharmoniker (1979)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUWKsubvxFA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj3VhtJs5Vw
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFXknSxC4qo
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFrqze4V9Y0

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Piano Quintet in A Major "Trout" - Franz Schubert (1819)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Rebecca Young, Pamela Frank (1996)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW4wp-7Am-Y
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0m3KVuHCMA
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE14pdBArTA
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ku7h7DQqg
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvUatY2MBhI

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Florellen/Helmchen

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Zacharias/Leipzig

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Grumiaux

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Fantasie in C Major "Wanderer Fantasy" - Franz Schubert (1822)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sviatoslav Richter (1963)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/...00x500.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDY2E8LGpDI

Symphony No. 8 in B Minor "Unfinished" - Franz Schubert (1822)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Giuseppe Sinopoli - Philharmonia Orchestra (1983)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcbCUfD4Xg8

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlos Kleiber - Vienna Philharmonic (1978)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.scdn.co/image/8dbc0b47757138c...da34d4a82c

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB5gEzLqTlg

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Eugen Jochum - Boston (DG)

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REVISIT: Harnoncourt; Karajan 1960s

String Quartet No. 14 in D minor "Death and the Maiden" - Franz Schubert (1824)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Paval Haas

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Artemis Quartet (2009)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEgNwQKbv6U
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skyKmpp05Tk
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIShxLC1Q0s
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezv3NNgBWK4

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Prazak

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ehnes Quartet

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alban Berg

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LISTEN TO: Takacs most recent rendition / REVISIT: Quarteto Italiano; Quatuor Mosaïques; Belcea Quartet; Takacs (1st recording)

String Quartet No. 15 in G Major - Franz Schubert (1826)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Verdi Quartet (1996-1998)

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Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1023_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pala4hXNhHA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFG4OCZ1LFE
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLF3U9zKwds
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa1gYs5wuDI

Symphony No. 9 in C Major "The Great" - Franz Schubert (1826)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gunter Wand - Berlin Philharmonic (1995)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eMx3ZnsG1Ew

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Josef Krips - London Symphony Orchestra (1958)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

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Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=O...ymNep2wfAg

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Charles Munch - Boston Symphony Orchestra (1959)

Performance Quality: / Sound Quality:

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1500_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEedfDHVbNI

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Herbert von Karajan - Berliner Philharmonic (1968)

Performance Quality: 9+/ Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeacqkPjR8o

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: George Szell - Cleveland Orchestra (1970)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7

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REVISIT: Mackerras; Bohm; Solti; Furtwangler

String Quintet in C Major - Franz Schubert (1828)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Alban Berg Quartet & Heinrich Schiff (1983)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...A2NH8L.jpg

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#2. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Melos/Rostropovich

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Tokyo Quartet/David Watkin (Harmonia Mundi)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hollywood String Quartet

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Casals, Stern etc

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Orpheus/Wispelwey (Channel Classics)

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REVISIT: Takacs

Fantasia in F Minor for Piano, Four Hands - Franz Schubert (1828)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Murray Perahia - Radu Lupu (1985)

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Winterreise - Franz Schubert (1828)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Jorg Demus (1966)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Florian Boesch - Malcolm Martineau (Onyx)

Performance Quality: 9.5+/ Sound Quality: 10

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Roman Trekel (Naxos)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Peter Schreier - Sviatoslov Richter

Performance Quality: 9.5+/ Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hermann Prey - Karl Engel (1962)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Gerald Moore (1962)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hans Hotter (1954)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 6.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Matthias Goerne (HM)

Performance Quality: 9+/ Sound Quality: 10

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mark Padmore - Paul Lewis

Performance Quality: 9+/ Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jonas Kaufmann

Performance Quality: 9+/ Sound Quality: 9.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hans Hotter (1942)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 4.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Werner Gura (HM)

Performance Quality: 9+/ Sound Quality: 9

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Alfred Brendel (Video Recording - 1979)

Performance Quality: 9+/ Sound Quality: 7.5

Please note that this is a DVD/Video, not a CD, and not to be confused with the later 1986 rendition between these artists. This is the correct issue: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...Ut3P0L.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/5PQtpc_5QHI

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Gerald Moore (1972)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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LISTEN TO: Goerne (Hyperion); newer Florian Boesch rendition; Pavol Breslik/Amir Katz (Orfeo) / REVISIT: Misc Hermann Prey traversals; Peter Anders

Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor - Franz Schubert (1828)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richter

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Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major - Franz Schubert (1828)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Maurizio Pollini (1983)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com..._SS500.jpg

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Perahia

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Zimerman

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kempff

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Brendel

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Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major - Franz Schubert (1828)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leon Fleisher (2004)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://store.hmv.com/HMVStore/media/pro...-62094.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NMTZnhar2ao
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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richter

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andsnes

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REVISIT: Kempff; Schnabel; Staier; Lupu; Arrau; Rubinstein

ROBERT SCHUMANN

Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Robert Schumann (1841; 1851)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - Vienna Philharmonic (1984)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdviJzM0GHc
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqrsdYiNJsI
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zeyZelZ_js
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La2_acDqQ6o

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szell (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Barenboim (Warner)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Zinman (Arte Nova)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sawallisch (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Levine (RCA)

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Piano Concerto in A Minor - Robert Schumann (1845)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ivan Moravec - Vaclav Neumann - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (1976)

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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN

Symphony No. 4 "The Poem of Ecstasy" - Alexander Scriabin (1908)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Riccardo Muti - Philadelphia Orchestra (1990)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Svetlanov (BBC)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ashkenazy (Decca)

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ROGER SESSIONS

Symphony No. 7 - Roger Sessions (1967)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dennis Russell Davies - American Composer's Orchestra (1994)

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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

Symphony No. 1 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1925)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ormandy/Philadelphia

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Walter Weller/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mark Wigglesworth

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: López-Cobos/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

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The Nose - Dmitri Shostakovich (1930)

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Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich (1933)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Denis Matseu

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Boris Giltburg - Vasily Petrenko - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (2016)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://artistxite.com/imgcache/album/0...83_500.jpg

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Symphony No. 5 in D minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1937)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein (1st recording, Sony)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rostropovich (Teldec)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sanderling (Berlin Classics)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Haitink (Decca)

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Piano Quintet in G Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1940)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richter/Borodin

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Borodin Trio - Mimi Zweig - Jerry Horner (1983)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://www.chandos.net/artwork/CH8342.jpg

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Hamelin/Takacs

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bronfman (Sony Classical)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Elisabeth Leonskaya/Borodin

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: David Kadouch/Quatuor Ardeo

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Symphony No. 7 in C Major "Leningrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1941)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernstein

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karel Ancerl/Czech Phil

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rostropovich (Teldec)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jansons (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rozhdestvensky (Olympia)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Berglund (EMI)

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LISTEN TO: Andres Nelsons/City of Birmingham

Symphony No. 8 in C minor "Stalingrad" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1943)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mravinsky/LSO

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Previn/LSO (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jarvi (Chandos)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rostropovich (Teldec)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Caetani (Arts Music)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Petrenko/RPO

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Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1944)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trio Wanderer

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vladimir Ashkenazy - Mats Lidström - Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay (2015)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.deccaclassics.com/imgs/s300x300/4789382.jpg

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Argerich/Kremer/Maisky

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kagan/Gutman/Richter

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Stern/Ma/Ax

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oistrakh/Sadlo/Shostakovich

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonskaja/Borodin

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LISTEN TO: Mustonen/Bell/lsserlis; Shostakovich/Tsyganov/Sergei Shirinsky
/ REVISIT: Beaux Arts Trio (Chandos or Philips?); Borodin Trio (Chandos?)


Symphony No. 10 in E Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (circa 1951-1953)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karel Ancerl (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vasily Petrenko - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (2009)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A3XJJX_qEQ4/maxresdefault.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3XJJX_...AQa-ueltx2

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Järvi (Chandos)

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Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Boris Giltburg - Vasily Petrenko - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (2016)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://artistxite.com/imgcache/album/0...83_500.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyTt0pnHVK8
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImJQEjpWT7U
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez4PGvwDz0E

Symphony No. 11 in G minor "The Year 1905" - Dmitri Shostakovich (1957)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Berglund (EMI)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Lazarev (LINN)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Rostropovich (Teldec)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oleg Caetani/Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

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String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1960)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Emerson String Quartet (1999-2000)

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Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P...7FC8754495

Cello Concerto No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1966)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Heinrich Schiff - Maxim Shostakovich - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (1984)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzq4VKqXzVg
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU9t4vS737E
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cplRXL_Eoeg

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Truls Mørk - Vasily Petrenko - Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Thedéen (BIS)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Raphael Wallfisch - Martyn Brabbins - BBC Symphony Orchestra

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gutman/Temirkanov (BMG)

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LISTEN TO: Alisa Weilerstein/Pablo Casado-Heras/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1866)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Emerson String Quartet (1999-2000)

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Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp Minor - Dmitri Shostakovich (1967)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dmitry Sitkovetsky - Sir Andrew Davis - BBC Symphony Orchestra (1990)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://direct.rhapsody.com/imageserver/...00x500.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN37h4cRWIg
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Kf6WWsez0
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJkh4Yfjz0U

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Oistrakh/Kondrashin

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Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 134 - Dmitri Shostakovich (1968)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: David Oistrakh - Sviatoslav Richter (1969)

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Symphony No. 15 in A Major - Dmitri Shostakovich (1971)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kurt Sanderling - Berliner Sinfonie-Orchester (1978)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SX355_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fBMUjHQxjAM

#1 or #2? BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jarvi (DG)

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#3. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Eugene Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra (1972)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2OzNMETcFs
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql2G0kdP-kE
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_QDOPQGoKs
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyA5G8tvhXs

#4. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bernard Haitink - London Philharmonic Orchestra (1978)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...cNcN9L.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qovfZ27u66Y
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v1ygqp2zZg
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YCmK1omQ08
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhXTDUVQHDE

JEAN SIBELIUS

Symphony No. 2 in D Major - Jean Sibelius (1902)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic (1966)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...EExy9L.jpg

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tFpB7V_Wrk
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXUatHwi8oA
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwMDOSRxZno
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55I3PStFVxc

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Szell (Sony/Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Barbirolli (Chesky)

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LISTEN TO: Segerstam/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra; Pietari Inkinen/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Symphony No. 5 in E flat major - Jean Sibelius (1919)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sir Colin Davis - Boston Symphony Orchestra (1976)

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(1st Movemnt) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQFuf4W3nE0
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCSD9g_O7Gs
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwu9d8bxiGc

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Segerstam (Ondine)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Vanska (BIS)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Järvi/Gothenburg

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra

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RICHARD STRAUSS

Also Sprach Zarathustra - Richard Strauss (1896)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fritz Reiner - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1954)

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Salome - Richard Strauss (1905)

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Elektra - Richard Strauss (1909)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: George Solti - Birgit Nilsson; Marie Collier; Regina Resnik; Tom Krause - Vienna Philharmonic (1967)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHGEyNwEkYc

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jochum/Erna Schlüter 1944 (Acanta)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Bohm/Rysanek/Vienna (1981)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Borkh/Böhm

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Sinopoli (DG)

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Best Available Youtube Video Performance: See Above: Bohm/Rysanek/Vienna

LISTEN TO: Beechum/Schluter/Royal 1947; Karajan/Astrid Varnay/Vienna; Kleiber/Nilsson/Convent Garden 1977
Albrecht/Herlitzius/Netherlands Philharmonic


IGOR STRAVINSKY

Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky (1911)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1961)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Dorati (Decca)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Boulez (Sony, Original 1911 Score)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Litton/Bergen (Original 1911 Score)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Abbado (DG)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Monteux (RCA)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jarvi/Cincinnati

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The Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky (1913)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Salonen

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic (1958)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8

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Available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rP42C-4zL3w

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Valery Gergiev - Kirov Orchestra (1999)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Chailly

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Boulez

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Petrenko

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Currentzis

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Symphony of Psalms - Igor Stravinsky (1930)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karel Ancerl - Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra (1966)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com..._SS500.jpg

Available on YouTube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WTPVUtmhmI
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kppm_AtMLA
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7bg5yrbsF0

Symphony in C - Igor Stravinsky (1940)

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Symphony in Three Movements - Igor Stravinsky (1945)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Michael Tilson Thomas - London Symphony Orchestra (1991)

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Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1500_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lJf-Zk4PyA
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQzkZMyG18A
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPFuNcI2Nwk

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TCHAIKOVSKY

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1875)

Revisit Horowitz/Toscanini; Horowitz/Walter; Horowitz/Barbirolli; Matsuev

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Van Cliburn - Kiril Kondrashin

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10?/ Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Martha Argerich - Claudio Abbado - Berlin Philharmonic (1994)

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/imgs/...794155.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1e_gzdxP48
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAhRw70e70A
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5BhFSg5-mw

NOTE: LIVE "RADIO BROADCAST" -- IS IT THE SAME RECORDING AS ABOVE??? --- Martha Argerich - Claudio Abbado - Berlin Philharmonic (1994)

Swan Lake - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1876)

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Violin Concerto in D major - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Menuhin/Fricsay

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality:

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Perlman/Ormandy

Performance Quality: 9.5+? 10? / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Isaac Stern - Eugene Ormandy - Philadelphia Orchestra (1958)

Performance Quality: 9.5? 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1500_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gUEgnN8PFMA

Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1878)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Markevitch/LSO (Philips)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Evgeny Mravinsky - Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (1960)

Performance Quality: 10? 9.5+? / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyKnynS...C8CA02EC28

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Daniele Gatti (HM)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Muti (EMI)

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LISTEN TO: Haitink/Concertgebouw / REVISIT: Fricsay/BRS (DG); Bernstein (Sony, DG)

Trio in A minor "In Memory of a Great Artist" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1882)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ashkenazy Piano Trio (1990)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube:
(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDemR_4...O6SciZ7CUk &index=1
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__40HNS...O6SciZ7CUk &index=2
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rtBbkI...kw5TdpuMO6 SciZ7CUk

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Argerich/Kremer/Maisky

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Trio Wanderer

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gilels/Kogan/Rostropovich

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Beaux Arts (Philips?)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Kempf Trio

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LISTEN TO: Trio Arche; Greenwich Trio (Live TV); Evrus Trio / REVISIT: Borodin Trio; Perlman/Harrell/Ashkenazy; Horowitz/Stern/ Rostropovich

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1888)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Mravinsky/Leningrad (1960)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Markevitch/London

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gatti (HM)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Leonard Bernstein - New York Philharmonic (1988?)

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REVISIT: Klemperer (EMI); Szell (Sony); Jansons (Chandos)

The Nutcracker - Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1892)

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Symphony No. 6 in B Minor "Pathetique" - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1893)

#1.BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Ferenc Fricsay - Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (1959-1960)

Performance Quality: 10 / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Evgeny Mravinsky - Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra (1960)

Performance Quality: 9.5+/ Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1fs19um8ZU

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Muti/Philharmonia (EMI)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Jurowski (LPO)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Teodor Currentzis

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Gatti (HM)

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Munch - BSO (RCA)

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REVISIT: Fricsay/Berlin Phil (1953); Bernstein (earlier rendition); Mravinsky (other renditions); Martinon; Golovanov; Gergiev

MICHAEL TIPPETT

Symphony No. 4 - Michael Tippett (1977)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Richard Hickox - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (1993)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKR1xDB6yWg
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqc9u0ksqiM
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BD76Y1kxOM
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khYvAWsxYC0
(5th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0MOFpR_a3k
(6th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJJ6RY46Iis
(7th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWloh_CX08U



EDUARD TUBIN

Symphony No. 8 - Eduard Tubin (1966)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Neeme Jarvi - Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (2002)

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(1st Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPsAlKNZruQ
(2nd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv_6yuaUWq0
(3rd Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rnh1C7oRmU
(4th Movement) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHZwikzB0U

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arvo Volmer - Estonian National Orchestra

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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony" - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1922)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Andre Previn - London Symphony Orchestra (1971)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXN-8N6DJRc

VERDI

La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi (1853)

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Aida - Guisseppe Verdi (1871)

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Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Riccardo Muti - Renata Scotto; Veriano Luchetti; Agnes Baltsa; Evgeny Nesterenko - Ambrosian Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra (1979)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh81LbRYWPk

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Georg Solti - Leontyne Price; Janet Baker; Veriano Luchetti; José van Dam - Margaret Hillis - Chicago Symphony Chorus - Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1977)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 8.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Georg Solti - Joan Sutherland; Marilyn Horne; Luciano Pavarotti; Martti Talvela - Vienna State Opera Chorus - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1967)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1400_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9HqRohOPuI

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlo Maria Giulini - Amy Shuard; Anna Reynolds; Richard Lewis; David Ward - New Philharmonia Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus (1963)

NOTE: This is the Live 1963 Albert Hall rendition, not the more renown, but slightly inferior, 1964 EMI release with different soloists.

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VC5Fsau2yak

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Arturo Toscanini - Zinka Milanov; Bruna Castagna; Jussi Björling; Nicola Moscona - Westminster Choir - NBC Symphony Orchestra (1940 - Live)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 4.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41Y...UL436_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li1SDcm...89R_umc4SY

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Antonio Pappano - Anja Harteros; Sonia Ganassi; Rolando Villazon; Rene Pape - Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (2009)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 9

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1500_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gYqMPQEXLU

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlo Maria Giulini - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Christa Ludwig; Nicolai Gedda; Nicolai Ghiaurov - Philharmonia Orchestra - Philharmonia Chorus (1964)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuub_u-h3d8

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Fritz Reiner - Leontyne Price; Rosalind Elias; Jussi Björling; Giorgio Tozzi - Society of the Friends of Music, Vienna - Vienna Philharmonic (1960)

Performance Quality: 9 / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...SY355_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcYQciHgHkM

REVISIT: Shaw (Telarc); Gardiner (Philips); Toscanini 1938; Serafin 1959; Muti (most recent); Colin Davis/LSO Live 2009

Otello - Giuseppe Verdi (1887)

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Falstaff - Giuseppe Verdi (1893)

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ANTONIO VIVALDI

Violin Concertos Nos. 1-4, Op. 8, "The Four Seasons" - Antonio Vivaldi (1723)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Guilano Carmignola - Andrea Marcon - Venice Baroque Orchestra (2000)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/712...SS500_.jpg

Available on Youtube: https://youtu.be/IGR59ODOMUA

#2. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Adrian Chandler - La Serenissima (2015)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 9.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://www.propermusic.com/cache/image...126f61.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg...RGDcsgBLey

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Biondi

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LISTEN TO: Amandine Beyer; Igor Malinovsky/Dresden RO; Richard Tognetti; Franzjosef Maier; François Lazarevitch; Janine Jensen / REVISIT: Gil Shaham/Orpheus; Sparf; Harnoncourt (Teldec); Anne-Sophie Mutter; Joshua Bell/ASMF; Jeanne Lamon/Tafelmusik; Il Giardino Armonico (Teldec); Standage/English Concert; Menuhin; Mullova; Zukerman; Peabody; Pina Carmirelli; Perlman

RICHARD WAGNER

Lohengrin - Richard Wagner (1850)

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Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859)

#1. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Karl Bohm - Birgit Nilsson; Wolfgang Windgassen; Christa Ludwig; Martti Talvela; Eberhard Waechter - Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (1966)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://c1.staticflickr.com/7/6219/6249...c84848.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7GNgxxjNbw

#2. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Wilhelm Furtwangler - Kirsten Flagstad; Ludwig Suthaus; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Blanche Thebom; Josef Greindl - Philharmonica Orchestra - Chorus of the Royal Opera House (1952)

Performance Quality: 9.5+ / Sound Quality: 6.5

Available on Spotify as follows: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...L1300_.jpg

Available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGAKgoclJ6A

#3. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlos Kleiber - Spas Wenkoff; Kurt Moll; Catarina Ligendza; Siegmund Nimsgern; Ruza Baldani - La Scala Orchestra & Chorus (Live - 1978)

Performance Quality: 9.5 / Sound Quality: 6.5

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#4. BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlos Kleiber - Helge Brilioth; Catarina Ligendza; Yvonne Minton; Kurt Moll; Donald McIntyre - Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (Live - 1974)

Performance Quality: 9+ / Sound Quality: 7.5

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BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Carlos Kleiber - René Kollo; Margaret Price; Brigitte Fassbaender; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Kurt Moll - Staatskapelle Dresden Orchestra - Rundfunkchor Leipzig Choir (1982)

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REVISIT: Listen to Kleiber/Bayreuth Live 1976; Jurowski/LPO; Antonio Pappano / DVD/Video:

Der Ring des Nibelungen - Richard Wagner (1874)

BEST RECORDED PERFORMANCE: Solti

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Parsifal - Richard Wagner (1882)

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Wow! This is an amazing resource.

any recs from the above for some super mellow albums to check out?
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Tilly wrote:
Wow! This is an amazing resource.

any recs from the above for some super mellow albums to check out?


Thank you!

There arent too many full LP length Classical Works that are mellow all/most of the way through that also would make this list, but there are many movements. Off the top of my head, these come to mind:

3rd Movement - Symphony 9 - Beethoven
4th Movement - String Quartet 15 - Beethoven
1st Movement - String Quartet 14 - Beethoven
2nd Movement - String Quintet in C Major - Schubert
2nd Movement - Piano Sonata 32 - Beethoven
2nd Movement - Violin Concerto - Brahms
Four Seasons - Vivaldi (various parts)
Goldberg Variations - Bach (various parts)
2nd Movement - Piano Concerto 21 - Mozart
Piano Quintet in G - Shostakovich (various parts)
1st Movement, 2nd Movement - Piano Sonata 21 - Schubert
2nd Movement - String Quartet 14 - Schubert
1st Movement, 2nd Movement (sort of) - Piano Sonata 20 - Schubert
3rd Movement - Piano Sonata 29 "Hammerklavier" - Beethoven
Piano Trio 7 "Archduke" - Beethoven (Much of it is simultaneously lively and mellow, ecstatic and nostalgic...)
Piano Trio 2 - Shostakovich (various parts)
Trout Quintet - Schubert (various parts)
Quartet for the End of Time - Messiaen (majority of it)
Piano Concerto - Michael Nyman (most of, if not all of it)
Piano Concerto 2 - Rachmaninoff (various parts, but especially the 2nd Movement)
2nd Movement - Piano Concerto 2 - Shostakovich
Winterreise - Schubert
1st and 2nd Movement - Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
"All 2nd Movements" - "All Mozart Piano Concertos listed"
Nocturnes - Chopin
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Complete works that are mostly/all mellow are probably better represented in Rock and Jazz.

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (not sure, might be too "active" for what you're looking for)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (though last track is very lively)
Desertshore - Nico (1970) (though also "apocalyptic" and "shamanistic" so calling it "mellow" might be off)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972) (last track)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994) (mostly ... very dreamy but also harrowing and nightmarish, so maybe doesn't qualify)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992) (much of it)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010) (much of it)
Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl (1996) (various)
Passion - Peter Gabriel (1989) (mostly)
Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (perhaps the epitome of what you're looking for)
Ocean Songs - Dirty Three (1997) (mostly)
Hosianna Mantra - Popol Vuh (1973) (perhaps the epitome...)
Cyborg - Klaus Schulze (1973) (perhaps the epitome... though has a sense of danger/suspense so maybe too "tense")
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988) (perhaps the epitome...)
A Rainbow in Curved Air - Terry Riley (1968) (2nd track in particular)
Vernal Equinox - Jon Hassell (1977) (very otherworldly and experimental but if you dig it, it's among the greatest, most transporting, mellow albums)
Pavilion of Dreams - Harold Budd (perhaps the epitome...)
Mundus Subterraneous - Lightwave (1995) (very otherworldly and experimental but if you dig it, it's among the greatest, most transporting, mellow albums)
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993) (perhaps the epitome... though warning that it is quite experimental)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968) (much of it)
Tragedy - Julia Holter (2011) (much of it)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991) (mostly)
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968) (much of it except Gypsy Woman)
Venus in Cancer - Robbie Basho (1969) (majority of it though can get quite intense so maybe not?)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993) (perhaps a peak "Rock" example of what you're looking for)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Labradford - Labradford (1996)
6 - Supersilent (2003) (mostly)
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis (1969) (perhaps the epitome...)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991) (mostly)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988) (mostly)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994) (perhaps a peak "Rock" example...)
Just For A Day - Slowdive (1991) (gets semi explosive but qualifies in intent)
Implosions - Stephan Micus
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (perhaps the epitome...)
The Increased Difficulty of Concentration - Air Liquide (1994)
Colours of Time - Peter Michael Hamel (1980)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001) (approx half of it or more...)
Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990) (large, "dilated" guitar sound but qualifies over a majority of it -- in terms of intent)
Trance Mission - Trance Mission (1993)
Dummy - Portishead (1994) (mostly)
Transition - Peter Michael Hamel (1983) (most of it -- until the last track)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (1981)
Ocean - Stephen Micus (1986)
Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis (1968)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (majority of it)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Psalm - Paul Motian (1982)
Silence is the Answer - Georg Deuter (1981)
Symbiosis - Demdike Stare (2009) (also suspenseful, "film noir", nightmarish in parts, so maybe doesn't qualify)
If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby (1971) (various parts/songs)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (1973) (mostly)
Zeit - Tangerine Dream (1972)
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000) (majority)
Trust - Low (2002) (mostly)
You Are Free - Cat Power (2003) (mostly)
Agaetis Byrjun (1999) (majority, though also has epic crescendos, so maybe not?)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996) (majority)
Watermark - Enya (1988) (mostly)
Long Division - Low (1995) (perhaps a "Rock" epitome...)
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1972) (perhaps a "Rock" epitome...)
Stateless - Dirty Beaches (2014)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Atem - Tangerine Dream (1973)
Jessica Bailiff - Jessica Bailiff (2002)
Ritual of Hearts - Maquiladora (2002) (mostly)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006) (majority, has epic, powerful parts though)
Harmonious Creature - Sarah Manning (2014) (majority)
The Magic Place - Julianna Barwick (2011)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009)
Explorations - Bill Evans (1961)
Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock (1964)
Music From The Penguin Cafè - Penguin Cafè Orchestra (1976)
A Day In The Stark Corner - Lycia (1993)
The Burning Circle And Then Dust - Lycia (1995)
Anima - Vladislav Delay (2001)
Largo - Brad Mehidau (2002)

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AfterHours wrote:
Complete works that are mostly/all mellow are probably better represented in Rock and Jazz.

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (not sure, might be too "active" for what you're looking for)
Lorca - Tim Buckley (though last track is very lively)
Desertshore - Nico (1970) (though also "apocalyptic" and "shamanistic" so calling it "mellow" might be off)
Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze (1972) (last track)
Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano (1994) (mostly, very dreamy but also harrowing and nightmarish, so maybe doesn't qualify)
Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters (1992) (much of it)
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010) (much of it)
Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl (1996) (various)
Passion - Peter Gabriel (1989) (mostly)
Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett (perhaps the epitome of what you're looking for)
Ocean Songs - Dirty Three (1997) (mostly)
Hosianna Mantra - Popol Vuh (1973) (perhaps the epitome...)
Cyborg - Klaus Schulze (1973) (perhaps the epitome... though has a sense of danger/suspense so maybe too "tense")
Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach (1988) (perhaps the epitome...)
A Rainbow in Curved Air - Terry Riley (1968) (2nd track in particular)
Vernal Equinox - Jon Hassell (1977) (very otherworldly and experimental but if you dig it, it's among the greatest, most transporting, mellow albums)
Pavilion of Dreams - Harold Budd (perhaps the epitome...)
Mundus Subterraneous - Lightwave (1995) (very otherworldly and experimental but if you dig it, it's among the greatest, most transporting, mellow albums)
Ecology of Souls - Kenneth Newby (1993) (perhaps the epitome... though warning that it is quite experimental)
Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1968) (much of it)
Tragedy - Julia Holter (2011) (much of it)
On the Way Down From Moon Palace - Lisa Germano (1991) (mostly)
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968) (much of it except Gypsy Woman)
Venus in Cancer - Robbie Basho (1969) (majority of it though can get quite intense so maybe not?)
Red House Painters (Rollercoaster) - Red House Painters (1993) (perhaps a peak "Rock" example of what you're looking for)
Hex - Bark Psychosis (1994)
Labradford - Labradford (1996)
6 - Supersilent (2003) (mostly)
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis (1969) (perhaps the epitome...)
Laughing Stock - Talk Talk (1991) (mostly)
Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk (1988) (mostly)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994) (perhaps a peak "Rock" example...)
Just For A Day - Slowdive (1991) (gets semi explosive but qualifies in intent)
Implosions - Stephan Micus
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (perhaps the epitome...)
The Increased Difficulty of Concentration - Air Liquide (1994)
Colours of Time - Peter Michael Hamel (1980)
Amsterdam - The Lofty Pillars (2001) (approx half of it or more...)
Frigid Stars - Codeine (1990) (large, "dilated" guitar sound but qualifies over a majority of it -- in terms of intent)
Trance Mission - Trance Mission (1993)
Dummy - Portishead (1994) (mostly)
Transition - Peter Michael Hamel (1983) (most of it -- until the last track)
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
As Wichita Falls, So Falls Wichita - Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays (1981)
Ocean - Stephen Micus (1986)
Filles de Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis (1968)
Blue - Joni Mitchell (majority of it)
After the Rain - Michael Jones (1988)
Psalm - Paul Motian (1982)
Silence is the Answer - Georg Deuter (1981)
Symbiosis - Demdike Stare (2009) (also suspenseful, "film noir", nightmarish in parts, so maybe doesn't qualify)
If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby (1971) (various parts/songs)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (1973) (mostly)
Zeit - Tangerine Dream (1972)
Whatever You Love You Are - Dirty Three (2000) (majority)
Trust - Low (2002) (mostly)
You Are Free - Cat Power (2003) (mostly)
Agaetis Byrjun (1999) (majority, though also has epic crescendos, so maybe not?)
What Would the Community Think? - Cat Power (1996) (majority)
Watermark - Enya (1988) (mostly)
Long Division - Low (1995) (perhaps a "Rock" epitome...)
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (1972) (perhaps a "Rock" epitome...)
Stateless - Dirty Beaches (2014)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell (1976)
Atem - Tangerine Dream (1973)
Jessica Bailiff - Jessica Bailiff (2002)
Ritual of Hearts - Maquiladora (2002) (mostly)
Lisbon - Keith Fullerton Whitman (2006) (majority, has epic, powerful parts though)
Harmonious Creature - Sarah Manning (2014) (majority)
The Magic Place - Julianna Barwick (2011)
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969)
The Visitor - Jim O'Rourke (2009)
Explorations - Bill Evans (1961)
Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock (1964)
Music From The Penguin Cafè - Penguin Cafè Orchestra (1976)
A Day In The Stark Corner - Lycia (1993)
The Burning Circle And Then Dust - Lycia (1995)
Anima - Vladislav Delay (2001)
Largo - Brad Mehidau (2002)

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Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux (just kidding)


I'm glad I quoted this. It revealed your secret list as well. lol.

Great one liners! And really a kickass list from the ones I know. I'll totally be delving into these and the movements over the next.... hmmm... year or two. lol.

If I get ambitious enough I'll diary my experience. Thanks!
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Haha, yes, stay far away from Twin Infinitives if you're in a mellow phase.

Glad you're giving these a shot, I doubt you'll be disappointed!

I'd be interested in what you think of them, love or hate, so a diary sounds like a great idea to me Smile
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This is a great resource. Loving the Verdi Requiem so far. I'm trying to do my own "besteverclassical" but there's so much and I've been pumping the plain chants and haven't even gotten past 1600. Shooting for 500 hours of > 1950 and 500 hours of mideival / baroque / classical / romantic for 2017. Will be referencing your list, many are already on my "to be listened"
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