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Saint-Saëns to Wagner

MM CH AMG NPR Composer Work Rec Label/No. [discs] Artists Comments Composed
+ + +> + Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals, for 2 Pianos & Orch   ADDA Devoyon, Rouvier, Pettitgirard/Orch Sym Fr   1886
+ + > +> Saint-Saëns Symphony no. 3 in c (48:Organ Sym) 86 DGG 419 617-2 Preston/Levine/Berlin PO w Dukas: Sorcerer's Apprentice 1886;1897
+ +   +> Saint-Saëns Symphony no. 3 in c (48:Organ Sym) 59 RCA Living Stereo 61500-2 Munch/Boston SO w Debussy: La Mer, Ibert: Escales 1886;1904,1922
  + +> + Scarlatti, D. Keyboard Sonatas (selections)   Amon Ra Cole (2) harpsichord 1757d
  + +> + Scarlatti, D. Keyboard Sonatas (selections)   PMG Tomsic (4) piano 1757d
  + + +> Scarlatti, D. Keyboard Sonatas [15] (selections) 87 London 421 422-2 Schiff piano 1757d
  + + +> Scarlatti, D. Keyboard Sonatas [17] (selections) 62-68 CBS Masterworks MK 42410 Horowitz piano 1757d
  + +> + Scarlatti, D. Keyboard Sonatas [30] (complete)   Alvini Nuova Era (1) harpsichord 1757d
  + + +> Scarlatti, D. Keyboard Sonatas [30] (complete) 84 Harm Mundi HMC 901164.65 [2] Puyana harpsichord 1757d
+   >   Schoenberg Five Pieces for Orch   DGG Levine/Berlin PO   1909/rev:1949
+ + +> + Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht for Orch (4)   London Chailly/Berlin PO   1899/arr:1917/rev:1943
+ + + +> Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet (4) 90 Hyperion CDA 66425 Raphael Ensemble w Korngold:Sextet in D (10) 1899;1957d
+ + +> + Schubert Piano Quintet in A (667:Trout)   Angel Leonskaja/Berg Quart   1819
+ + + +> Schubert Piano Quintet in A (667:Trout)   Sony Classical SMK 46252 Serkin, Laredo, Naegale, Parnas, Levine w Mozart: Clarinet Quintet (581) 1819;1789
  + +> +> Schubert Piano Sonata no. 21 in B-flat (960) & Wanderer Fantasie 87-88 Philips 422 062-2 Brendel   1828,?
  + >   Schubert String Quartet no. 14 in d (810:Death & Maiden)   Angel Busch Quart   1824
  + +> +> Schubert String Quintet in c (956)   Angel/EMI CDC 7 47018-2 Schiff/Berg Quart shorter 1st mvmt 1828
  + + +> Schubert String Quintet in c (956)   DGG Galleria 415 373-2 Rostropovich/Melos Quart   1828
+ + +> + Schubert Symphony no. 8 in D (759:Unfinished)   DGG 410 862-2 Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch   1822
+ + + +> Schubert Symphony no. 8 in D (759:Unfinished)   DGG Resonance 427 195-2 Jochum/Boston SO w Beethoven: Symphony no. 5 1822;1805
+ + +> + Schubert Symphony no. 9 in C (944:Great)   DGG Furtwängler/Berlin PO (1) 1828
+ + +> +> Schubert Symphony no. 9 in C (944:Great) 87 Virgin Classics VC 90708-2 Mackerras/Orch of the Age of Enlightenment (2) 1828
  + +> + Schumann Carnaval for Piano (9)   Angel Egorov   1934-35
    + +> Schumann Carnaval for Piano (9) 61-63 RCA Red Seal 5667-2 Rubinstein w Fantasiestücke (12), Prophet Bird, Romance (28) 1934-35;1837-49
+   +>   Schumann Fantasia for Piano in C (17)   Globe Egorov   1836
+ + + +> Schumann Four Symphonies 71 DGG 429 672-2 [2] Karajan/Berlin PO   1841-51
    > +> Schumann Kreisleriana for Piano (16) 78 EMI Studio CDM 69537 Egorov w Noveletten nos. 1 & 8 (21) 1838;1838
+ + + +> Schumann Piano Concerto in a (54) 60 CBS Masterworks MK 42024 Istomin/Walter/Columbia SO w Brahms: Double Concerto 1841-45;1887
+ + +> + Schumann Piano Concerto in a (54) 48 Odyssey/EMI (BMG D 154653) Lipatti, Karajan/Philharmoia Orch mono 1841-45
    > +> Schumann Piano Quintet & String Quartet in E-flat (44) 75 Philips 420 791-2 Bettelheim, Rhodes/Beaux Arts Trio w Piano Quartet in E-flat (47) 1842;1842
    +> +> Schumann Symphonic Etudes for Piano (13) 84 DGG 410 916-2 Pollini w Arabeske (18) 1837;1856d
  + >   Schumann Symphony no. 1 in B-flat (38:Spring)   Collins Classics Solomons/Authentic Orch orig inst 1841
  + >   Schumann Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (97:Rhenish)   Angel/EMI CDM 7 69472-2 Sawallisch/Dresden State Orch w Symphony no. 2 1850;1845-46
  +   +> Schumann Symphony no. 3 in E-flat (97:Rhenish)   Sony Classical SMK 47612 Bernstein/NYPO w Symphony no. 4 1850;1841/1851
+   +>   Schumann Symphony no. 4 in d (120)   DGG Furtwängler/Berlin PO   1841/rev:1851
+     +> Shostakovich Symphony no. 10 in e (93) 90 RCA Red Seal 60448-2 Flor/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1953
+ + +> +> Shostakovich Symphony no. 5 in d (47) 81 London 410 017-2 Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1937
  + +> +> Sibelius Swan of Tuonela from Four Legends (22) & Finlandia (25) 84 DGG 413 755-2 Karajan/Berlin PO w Tapiola & Valse Triste 1893,1900;1925,1904
+ + +> +> Sibelius Symphony no. 2 in D (43)   Chesky CD 3/Menuet? Barbirolli/Royal PO   1901
+ + + +> Sibelius Violin Concerto in d (47) 87 CBS Masterworks MK 44548 Lin/Salonen/Philharmonia Orch w Nielsen: Violin Concerto 1903/rev:1905;1911
+ + +> + Sibelius Violin Concerto in d (47)   Finlandia Fried, Kamu/Helsinki PO   1903/rev:1905
  + + +> Smetana The Moldau (Vltava, Symphonic Poem from Má Vlast)   DGG 427 808-2 Karajan/Berlin PO w Liszt: Les Préludes, Grieg: Holberg Ste, Sib: Finl 1874;1854,1885,1900
+ + > + Strauss, J. II Waltzes & Overtures   Angel Welser-Möst/London PO   1899d
+ +   +> Strauss, J. II Waltzes & Overtures   DGG 400 026-2/410 022-2/7-2 [3] Karajan/Berlin PO w works by Josef Strauss & J. Strauss I 1899d;?,?
+   +> +> Strauss, R. Also Sprach Zarathustra (30) & Ein Heldenleben (40) 54 RCA Living Stereo 61494-2 Reiner/Chicago SO   1894,1898
  + +> +> Strauss, R. Der Rosenkavalier (59) 56 Angel/EMI CDCC 49354 [3] Schwarzkopf, Stich-Randall.../Karajan/Philh'a O   1909-10
  + +> + Strauss, R. Don Juan (20)   DGG Furtwängler/Berlin PO   1888
  + + +> Strauss, R. Don Juan (20); Till Eulenspiegel (28); Death and Tr (24) 50s CBS MYK 36721 Szell/Cleveland Orch   1888,1895,1889
    > +> Strauss, R. Don Quixote (35) & Death and Transfiguration (24) 72 DGG Galleria 429 184-2 Fournier/Karajan/Berlin PO   1896,1889
  + +>   Strauss, R. Four Last Songs   Angel Schwarzkopf, Ackermann/Philharmonia Orch   1850
  + +>   Strauss, R. Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche (28)   Philips Masur/Leipzig Gewandhaus Orch   1895
+ +   +> Stravinsky Firebird; Sherzo Fantastique; Fireworks 84 Philips 414 409-2 Dutoit/Montreal SO   1910,1908
+ + + +> Stravinsky Petrouchka & Rite of Spring 76-77 Philips 416 498-2 Davis/Royal Concergebouw Orch   1911,1913
+ + +> + Stravinsky Rite of Spring   London Chailly/Cleveland Orch   1913
+ + >   Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture (49)   Supraphon Ancerl/London SO   1882
+ + >   Tchaikovsky Nutcracker (71)   Philips Bychkov/Berlin PO   1892
+ + +> + Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite (71a)   London Celibidache/London PO   1892
+ + + +> Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite (71a); Swan Lake & Sleeping B Suites 78 DGG Galleria 429 097-2 Rostropovich/Berlin PO   1892,1875,1888
+ + +> + Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in b-flat (23)   DGG Kremer, Maazel/Berlin PO (1) 1874-75
+ + +> + Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in b-flat (23)   DGG Kissin/Karajan/Berlin PO (6) very slow 1874-75
+ + + +> Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in b-flat (23)   Elan CD 2228 Rodriguez/Tabakov/Sofia PO w Grieg: Piano Concerto, Liszt: Concerto no. 1 1874-75;1869;1830-49
+ + > +> Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet (Fantasy Overture) 87-88 London 421 715-2 Ashkenazy/Royal PO w Italian Capriccio, Francesca da Rimini, Elegy 1869-80;1879,1877,?
+ + +> +> Tchaikovsky Six Symphonies 70s DGG 429 675-2 [4] Karajan/Berlin PO   1866-93
+ + > +> Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 4 in f (36) and no. 6 in b (74:Pathétique) 60 DGG 419 745-2 [2] Mravinsky/Leningrad PO   1877,1893
+ + +> + Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 in b (74:Pathétique)   Philips Bychkov/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1893
+ +   +> Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D (35) 81 London 410 011-2 Chung/Dutoit/Montreal SO w Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e 1878;1844
+ + >   Vaughan Williams Fantasia on ``Greensleeves''   Argo Marriner/ASMF   1934
+ + +>   Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis   Argo Marriner/ASMF (1) Tallis 1910
    +>   Vaughan Williams Lark Ascending (romance for violin & orch)   Argo Brown, Marriner/ASMF   1920
+   > +> Vaughan Williams Symphony no. 2 (London) & Tallis Fantasia 86 Angel/EMI CDC 49394 Haitink/London PO (2) #2 (3) Tallis 1913,1910
+   > +> Vaughan Williams Symphony no. 2 (London) & Tallis Fantasia 70s EMI CDC 47213 Boult/London PO (1) #2 1913,1910
  + +> +> Verdi Aida 79 Angel/EMI CDMC 69300 [3] Freni, Baltsa, Carreras.../Karajan/Vienna PO   1871
  + +> +> Verdi La Triviata 79 London 430 491-2 [2] Sutherland, Pavarotti.../Bonynge/National PO   1853
  + +> +> Verdi Requiem Mass in Memory of Manzoni 60s Angel/EMI CDCB 47257 [2] Schwarzkopf, Ludwig.../Giulini/Philharmonia O&C w Quattro Pezzi Sacri 1874
    +>   Vivaldi Concertos for Orch   Oiseau-Lyre Hogwood/Acad Anc Mus   1741d
+ + +> +> Vivaldi Four Seasons (8) 70 Argo 414 486-2 Loveday/Marriner/ASMF (3) 1725
+ + +> +> Vivaldi Four Seasons (8) 84 BIS CD-275 Sparf/Drottningholm Baroque Ens (1) orig inst 1725
  + > +> Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen (4 opera cycle) 67 Philips 420 325-2 [14] Nilsson, Flagstad, Crespin.../Solti/Vienna PO live perf 1869-76
  + > +> Wagner Lohengrin 85-86 London 421 053-2 [4] Norman, Randova, Domingo.../Solti/Vienna PO   1851
  + +>   Wagner Overtures & Preludes   Angel/EMI Classics 64334-2 Karajan/Berlin PO (2) 1883d
  + +>   Wagner Overtures & Preludes   Chesky Horenstein/Royal PO (1) 1883d
+   >   Wagner Siegfried Idyll   Philips ASMF Chamb Ens w Brahms: Serenade no. 1 1870;1857-8
  + > +> Wagner Tannhäuser 71 London 414 581-2 [3] Dernesch, Ludwig, Kollo.../Solti/Vienna PO   1845
  + > +> Wagner Tristan und Isolde 52 Angel/EMI CDCD 47321 [4] Flagstad, Thebom.../Furtwängler/Philharmonia O   1865

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From Metal to Mozart, Craig Heller (Chronicle Books)
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``200 Classical Cornerstones'', Columbia House Classical Club
AMG
All-Music Guide, Michael Erlewine & Scott Bultman, eds. (Miller Freeman)
NPR
NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection, Ted Libbey (Workman)
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