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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
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
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1Loreley‐Rhein‐Klange. Walzer, op. 154
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Loreley-Rhein-Klänge. Walzer, op. 154 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss I, Baptist, Vater, Johann Strauss I, Sr., the Elder, the Father) (in 1843)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Sr. by opus number (number: op. 154)
Johann Strauss I8:04
2Bitte schon! Polka française, after motifs from Cagliostro in Wien, op. 372
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Bitte schön!, op. 372 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 372)
Johann Strauss II4:30
3Ohne Bremse. Polka schnell, op. 238
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Ohne Bremse, Polka schnell, op. 238 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Eduard Strauss (19th century composer)
part of:
Works of Eduard Strauss by opus number (number: op. 238)
Eduard Strauss2:14
4Wein, Weib und Gesang. Walzer, op. 333
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Wein, Weib und Gesang, op. 333 (Wine, Woman and Song) (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 333)
Johann Strauss II6:33
5Die Emancipierte. Polka mazur, op. 282
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Die Emancipirte, op. 282 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Josef Strauss (Austrian composer) (in 1870)
part of:
Works of Josef Strauss by opus number (number: op. 282)
Josef Strauss3:33
6Hereinspaziert, op. 518
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Herreinspaziert, op. 518 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Carl Michael Ziehrer (composer)
part of:
Works of Carl Michael Ziehrer by opus number (number: op. 518)
Carl Michael Ziehrer7:13
7Overture: Die Schöne Galathee
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Die Schöne Galathée: Ouvertüre (The Beautiful Galatea: Overture) (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Franz von Suppé (Franz von Suppè, composer) (in 1865)
part of:
Die Schöne Galathée (The Beautiful Galatea)
Franz von Suppé7:51
8Bei uns z’Haus. Waltzer, op. 361
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Bei uns Z'haus, op. 361 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 361)
Johann Strauss II8:11
9Moulinet. Polka française, op. 57
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Moulinet, op. 57 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Josef Strauss (Austrian composer) (in 1858)
part of:
Works of Josef Strauss by opus number (number: op. 57)
Josef Strauss3:33
10Tik‐Tak. Polka schnell, op. 365 (from Die Fledermaus)
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Tik-Tak-Polka, op. 365 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 365)
Johann Strauss II2:46
11Pizzicato‐Polka
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Pizzicato-Polka (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1869) and Josef Strauss (Austrian composer) (in 1869)
Johann Strauss II & Josef Strauss3:08
12Rudolfsheimer. Polka schnell, op. 152
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Rudolfsheimer, op. 152 (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Josef Strauss (Austrian composer)
part of:
Works of Josef Strauss by opus number (number: op. 152)
Josef Strauss3:12
13Auf der Jagd. Polka schnell, op. 373
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Auf der Jagd, op. 373: Polka schnell (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 373)
Johann Strauss II4:07
14Leichtes Blut. Polka schnell, op. 319
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Leichtes Blut Galop, op. 319 (Light of Heart) (on 1979-01-01)
premiered in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (in 1867-03)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 319)
Johann Strauss II3:13
15An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314) (on 1979-01-01)
premiered in:
Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1867-02-15)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1866)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 314)
Johann Strauss II9:23
16Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228
engineer:
David Frost (pianist and Grammy-winning producer of classical recordings) (on 1979-01-01), Tony Griffiths (engineer) (on 1979-01-01), Roy Hankinson (on 1979-01-01), Jack Law (engineer) (on 1979-01-01) and James Lock (James Locke, engineer) (on 1979-01-01)
producer:
Andrew Cornall (engineer / producer) and James Mallinson (producer)
orchestra:
Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic) (on 1979-01-01)
conductor:
Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor) (on 1979-01-01)
recorded at:
Wiener Musikverein: Großer Musikvereinssaal in Innere Stadt, Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1979-01-01)
live recording of:
Radetzky‐Marsch, op. 228 (Radetzky March, op. 228) (on 1979-01-01)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss I, Baptist, Vater, Johann Strauss I, Sr., the Elder, the Father) (in 1848)
dedicated to:
Joseph Radetzky von Radetz
premiered at:
Wasserglacis in Wien (Vienna), Austria (on 1848-08-31)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Sr. by opus number (number: op. 228)
Johann Strauss I3:35
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)