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Annotation

a newer 2016 release with barcode 028947892625 (possibly with Decca cat # 478 9262) is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FCVK8U/ (released Jan 15, 2016, referred to from https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4789262 )

Annotation last modified on 2018-03-03 07:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Ansermet · Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Debussy: Images
2▶CD: Argenta · España / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
3▶CD: Ashkenazy · Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 / Piano Sonata
4▶CD: Ashkenazy · Sibelius 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
5▼CD: Bartoli · Italian Songs
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1Ecco quel fiero istante!, WoO 124
engineer and balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Song for Voice and Piano, WoO 124: "La partenza (Der Abschied)" (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1795)
revised by:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1803)
part of:
Biamonti Catalogue (chronological catalogue of Beethoven's works) (number: Bia 164) and Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 124)
Ludwig van Beethoven0:57
2Che fa il mio bene?, op. 82 no. 3
engineer and balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 82: III. Arietta buffa (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1809)
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 82
Ludwig van Beethoven1:38
3Che fa il mio bene?, op. 82 no. 4
engineer and balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 82: IV. Arietta assai seriosa (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1809)
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 82
Ludwig van Beethoven2:06
4T’intendo, si, mio cor, op. 82 no. 2
engineer and balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 82: II. Liebes-Klage (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1809)
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 82
Ludwig van Beethoven3:22
5Dimmi, ben mio, op. 82 no.1
engineer and balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
5 Lieder, op. 82: I. Hoffnung (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer)
part of:
5 Lieder, op. 82
Ludwig van Beethoven2:06
6In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
"In questa tomba oscura", WoO 133 (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Giuseppe Carpani
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1806 until 1807)
dedicated to:
Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz
part of:
Kinsky catalogue (Beethoven WoO works) (number: WoO 133)
Ludwig van Beethoven3:27
7Ridente la calma, K. 152
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
balance engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer) (in 1992-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Ridente la calma, K. 210a/152 (for voice and piano, Mozart) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
composer:
Josef Mysliveček (composer)
arranger:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 152) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: K. 210a)
is based on:
Armida: "Il caro mio bene"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:56
8Vedi quanto adoro, D. 510
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Didone abbandonata, D. 510 (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1816-12)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 510)
Franz Schubert4:53
9Se dall’Etra, D. 738
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Im Haine, D. 738 (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Franz Seraph Ritter von Bruchmann
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1822)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 738)
Franz Schubert2:44
10Lo vuo’ cantar di Cadmo, D. 737
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
An die Leier, D. 737 (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Ἀνακρέων (Ancient Greek poet)
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer)
translator:
Franz Seraph Ritter von Bruchmann
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 737)
Franz Schubert3:52
11La pastorella, D. 528
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
La pastorella al prato, D. 528 (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Carlo Goldoni
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1817-01)
Franz Schubert2:14
12Non t’accostar all’urna, D. 688 no. 1
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Vier Canzonen, D. 688: No. 1. Non t'accostar all' urna (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Iacopo Vitorelli
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1820-01)
part of:
Vier Canzonen, D. 688
Franz Schubert3:22
13Guarda, che bianca luna, D. 688 no. 2
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Vier Canzonen, D. 688: No. 2. Guarda, che bianca lune (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Iacopo Vitorelli
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1820-01)
part of:
Vier Canzonen, D. 688
Franz Schubert3:06
14Da quel sembiante appresi, D. 688 no. 3
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Vier Canzonen, D. 688: No. 3. Da quel sembiante appresi (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1820-01)
part of:
Vier Canzonen, D. 688
Franz Schubert1:46
15Mio ben ricordati, D. 688 no. 4
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Vier Canzonen, D. 688: No. 4. Mio ben ricordati (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1820-01)
part of:
Vier Canzonen, D. 688
Franz Schubert2:03
16Pensa, che questo istante, D. 76
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Pensa, che questo istante, D. 76 (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Pietro Metastasio
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (on 1813-09-13)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 76)
Franz Schubert2:27
17Mi batte ’l cor!, D. 767
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Willkommen und Abschied, D. 767 (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
lyricist:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
composer:
Franz Schubert (composer) (in 1822-12)
part of:
Franz Schubert, thematisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke in chronologischer Folge (number: D. 767)
arrangement of:
Willkommen und Abschied
Franz Schubert3:12
18Arianna a Naxos
engineer:
Stanley Goodall (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Raeburn (producer)
editor:
Jenni Whiteside (engineer)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano) (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Music Operations Ltd. (not for release label use! UK&IE subsidiary of UMG, legal name of Universal Music UK) (in 1993)
recorded at:
Konzerthaus: Mozart‐Saal in Landstraße, Wien (Vienna), Austria (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
recording of:
Arianna a Naxos, Hob. XXVIb:2 (from 1992-08-05 until 1992-08-08)
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer) (in 1789)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Hoboken-Verzeichnis (number: Hob. XXVIb:2)
Joseph Haydn20:47
6▶CD: Bell · Barber & Walton Concertos
7▶CD: Blomstedt · R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
8▶CD: Böhm · Bruckner 4
9▶CD: Boskovsky · New Year’s Day Concert, 1979
10▶CD: Britten · War Requiem
11▶CD: Chailly · Messiaen: Turangalîla‐sinfonie
12▶CD: Chung · Bruch & Mendelssohn Concertos
13▶CD: Curzon · Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 27
14▶CD: Dohnányi · Schoenberg / Berg / Webern
15▶CD: Dorati · Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu / Le Sacre du printemps
16▶CD: Dutoit · Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye / Boléro
17▶CD: Fleming · Opera Scenes
18▶CD: Freire · Brahms: Piano Concerto 1 / Schumann: Carnaval
19▶CD: Haitink · Shostakovich 4 & 9
20▶CD: Hogwood · Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
21▶CD: Jansen · Britten & Beethoven Violin Concertos
22▶CD: Karajan · Holst: The Planets
23▶CD: Katchen · Bartók / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto
24▶CD: Kertész · Dvořak: New World Symphony / Symphony 8
25▶CD: King’s College Choir & St John’s College Choir · Haydn: Nelson Mass & Paukenmesse
26▶CD: Larrocha · Granados: Goyescas / Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
27▶CD: Lemper · Berlin Cabaret Songs
28▶CD: Lupu · Beethoven: Moonlight, Pathétique & Waldstein Sonatas
29▶CD: Maag · Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony 3
30▶CD: Maazel · Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov
31▶CD: Mackerras · Janáček: Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
32▶CD: Marriner · Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings / Souvenir de Florence
33▶CD: Martinon · Ibert: Divertissement / Borodin 2
34▶CD: Mehta · Varèse / Ives 2
35▶CD: Monteux · Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Elgar: Enigma Variations
36▶CD: Münchinger · Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas 10 & 140
37▶CD: Nilsson / Solti · Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (great scenes)
38▶CD: Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti · In Concert, 1990
39▶CD: Pavarotti ・ Puccini: Turandot (highlights)
40▶CD: Pickett · Susato: Dansereye
41▶CD: Rogé · Saint‐Saëns: Piano Concertos 2, 4 & 5
42▶CD: Rousset · Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
43▶CD: Schiff · Bach: Goldber Variations
44▶CD: Solti · Romantic Russia / Suppé: 4 Overtures
45▶CD: Solti · Mahler 8
46▶CD: Sutherland / Horne / Pavarotti · Live from Lincoln Center
47▶CD: Takács Quartet · Beethoven: Quartets opp. 95, 130 & 133
48▶CD: Tebaldi / Del Monaco · Puccini: La fanciulla del West (highlights)
49▶CD: Wiener Oktett · Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven: Septet
50▶CD: Winchester / Terfel · Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast

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includes:A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony no. 3 “Scottish” by Felix Mendelssohn (composer); Peter Maag (conductor)
Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation by Edgard Varèse (composer); Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem by Barber (American composer), Walton (British composer and conductor), Bloch (Swiss-American composer); Joshua Bell (violinist), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major by Bartók (Béla Bartók, composer), Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Julius Katchen (pianist), London Symphony (London Symphony Orchestra), István Kertész (conductor)
Berlin Cabaret Songs by Ute Lemper
Dansereye (1551) by Tielman Susato (Flemish Renaissance composer); New London Consort, Philip Pickett (musician)
Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Eine Alpensinfonie / Don Juan by Richard Strauss (German composer); San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
España by The London Symphony Orchestra (London Symphony Orchestra), Ataúlfo Argenta (pianist and conductor)
Goldberg Variations (1982 recording) by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); András Schiff (pianist)
Goyescas: Volumes 1 & 2 / El pelele by Granados (composer); Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux d’enfants / Saint‐Säens: Danse macabre / Le rouet d’omphale by Ibert (French composer), Bizet (French composer), Saint‐Saëns (composer); Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer)
In Concert by Carreras (Spanish tenor), Domingo (tenor), Pavarotti (tenor), Mehta (Zubin Mehta, conductor)
Italian Songs by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer), Haydn (composer); Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano), András Schiff (pianist)
La fanciulla del West (1958 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Tebaldi (soprano), del Monaco (tenor), MacNeil (American baritone), Tozzi (operatic bass), Orchestra (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) e Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Franco Capuana (conductor)
Le Sacre du printemps / L’Oiseau de feu by Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer); Antal Doráti (conductor)
Ma Mère l’Oye / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Valses nobles et sentimentales by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Magnificat in D major / Cantata no. 10 by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Ameling (soprano), Van Bork (soprano), Watts (contralto), Krenn (tenor), Rintzler (Romanian operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Wiener Akademiechor (Vienna Chamber Choir, choir), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger (German conductor)
Mendelssohn Octet / Beethoven Septet by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Wiener Oktett
New Year's Day Concert in Vienna 1979 by Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor)
Piano Concertos no. 20, K466 & no. 27, K595 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Clifford Curzon (classical pianist, knighted in 1977), Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist), English Chamber Orchestra
Piano Concertos nos. 2, 4 & 5 by Saint‐Saëns (composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Piano Sonata op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” / Piano Sonata op. 13 “Pathetique” / Piano Sonata op. 53 “Waldstein” by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Radu Lupu (Romanian concert pianist)
Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov: Le Coq d’or (suite) by Respighi (composer), Rimsky‐Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Serenade for Strings / Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
Signatures: Great Opera Scenes by Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite by Janáček (Czech composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina by Pergolesi (composer); Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Christophe Rousset (French harpsichordist & conductor), Les Talens Lyriques (French classical musical ensemble)
Symphonie no. 8 (1971 recording) by Mahler (composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (Sir Georg Solti, conductor)
Symphony no. 4 by Bruckner (Austrian composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “New World” by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), István Kertész (conductor)
The Planets by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
The Three-cornered Hat / La Vida Breve - Interlude and Dance by Falla (Spanish composer); Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR), Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Turandot (1972 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Sutherland (soprano), Pavarotti (tenor), Caballé (soprano), Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Pears (tenor), John Alldis Choir (The John Alldis Choir), London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Turangalîla‐Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen (composer and organist); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist), Takashi Harada (Harada Takashi, ondes Martenot player)
Violin Concertos / Scottish Fantasia by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Bruch (composer and conductor); Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist), Kempe (conductor), Dutoit (conductor)
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Parry: I Was Glad / Jerusalem by Walton (British composer and conductor), Parry (English composer); Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer), Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
War Requiem by Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist); Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone)