Favorite Classical CDs
by 
NickVolos 
If you made it this far down, you just discovered my favorite chart of all - a list of my favorite classical CDs. Most of these CDs are collections of multiple of the composer's works - in some cases spanning the whole lifetime of the composer - rather than individual works. The chart is sorted based on my favorite collection of a composer's work and not based on the performer(s) and/or conductor that interprets it. All selections are rated 100 as all represent the absolutely top most quality that music has to offer. Reverse this chart from 100 to 1 and the music in it remains beautifully perfect.
- Chart updated: 02/09/2015 13:15
- (Created: 11/07/2013 04:43).
- Chart size: 27 albums.
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These six quartets (counting the Große Fuge) comprise Beethoven's last major, completed compositions. Although dismissed by the musicians and audiences of Beethoven's time, they are widely considered to be among the greatest musical compositions of all time. The Late String Quartets inspired many composers and musicians. Igor Stravinsky described the Große Fuge as "an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever". Richard Wagner, when reflecting on Op. 131's first movement, said that it "reveals the most melancholy sentiment expressed in music". The quartets have been performed and recorded by string quartets worldwide. (wikipedia)
[First added to this chart: 11/07/2013]
Year of Release:
1993
Appears in:
Rank in 1993:
None
Rank in 1990s:
None
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Favorite Classical CDs composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 4% | |
| 1960s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1970s | 3 | 11% | |
| 1980s | 3 | 11% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 30% | |
| 2000s | 12 | 44% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Trevor Pinnock / The English Concert | 3 | 11% | |
| Aldo Ciccolini | 2 | 7% | |
| Musica Amphion / Pieter-Jan Belder | 2 | 7% | |
| Chapelle Du Roi & Alistair Dixon | 1 | 4% | |
| Hausmusik London | 1 | 4% | |
| Ronald Brautigam / Riccardo Chailly | 1 | 4% | |
| La Magnifica Comunità / Eros Roselli | 1 | 4% | |
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9 | 33% | |
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3 | 11% | |
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3 | 11% | |
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2 | 7% | |
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2 | 7% | |
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2 | 7% | |
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1 | 4% | |
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Favorite Classical CDs chart changes
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 Debussy: L'Oeuvre Pour Pianoby Aldo Ciccolini |
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