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MM CH AMG NPR Composer Work Rec Label/No. [discs] Artists Comments Composed
    +> +> Britten War Requiem (66) 63 London 414 383-2 [2] Vishnevskaya, Pears.../Britten/London SO   1961
  + +> +> Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (34) 63 London 425 659-2 Britten/London SO   1946
  + + +> Britten Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (34) 85 Telarc CD 80126 Previn/Royal PO w Courtly Dances from Gloriana, Prokofiev: P & Wolf 1946;1953,1936
+ + + +> Bruch Violin Concerto no. 1 in g 86 CBS Masterworks MDK 44902 Lin/Slatkin/Chicago SO w Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in e 1868;1844
+ + +> + Bruch Violin Concerto no. 1 in g   DGG Shaham, Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch   1868
+ + +>   Bruckner Symphony no. 4 in E-flat (Romantic)   Virgin Janowski/Orch Philharmonia de Radio Fr   1874
    +> +> Bruckner Symphony no. 7 in E 89 DGG 429 226-2 Karajan/Vienna PO   1883
    > +> Bruckner Symphony no. 8 in c 88 DGG 427 611-2 [2] Karajan/Vienna PO   1884
  + > +> Chopin Ballades for Piano (23,38,47,52) 87 DGG 423 090-2 Zimmerman   1835-42
+ + + +> Chopin Chopin Recital (various, except preludes & etudes) 60s RCA Gold Seal 7725-2 Rubenstein   1849d
  + +> + Chopin Mazurkas [10] for Piano; Ballade no. 1; Scherzo no. 2;...   DGG Michelangeli   1830-41?
  + + +> Chopin Mazurkas [51] for Piano 60s RCA RCD 5614-2 [2] Rubenstein   1849d
+     +> Chopin Nocturnes [21] for Piano 70-80s London 414 564-2 [2] Ashkenazy   1827?-46?
+ + +> + Chopin Piano Concerto no. 1 in e (11)   Angel/EMI Class CDZ 4 79539-2 Pollini, Kletzki/Philharmonia Orch (1) #1 1830
+ + > + Chopin Piano Concerto no. 2 in f (21)   DGG 431 581-2 Pogorelich, Abbado/Chicago SO (2) #2 1829
+ + +> + Chopin Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2   Melodiya (Koch) Kissin, Kitaenko/Moscow PSO (2) #1, (1) #2 1830,1829
+ + + +> Chopin Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 58-61 RCA Red Seal 5612-2 Rubenstein/Skrowaczewski/New SO of London/...   1830,1829
  + +>   Chopin Piano Sonata no. 2 in b-Flat (35)   DGG Pollini   1839
  +   +> Chopin Polonaises for Piano nos. 1-7 60s RCA RCD 5615-2 Rubenstein   1834-46
  + +> + Chopin Preludes [24] for Piano (28)   Globe Janssen   1836-39
  + + +> Chopin Preludes [26] for Piano (28) 86 EMI Eminence CDM 64117 Alexeev   1836-39
  +   +> Chopin Waltzes [14] for Piano 60s RCA RCD 1-5492 Rubenstein   1829?-47
+ + + +> Copland Appalachian Spring Suite   Sony Classical MYK 37257 Bernstein/NYPO w Fanfare for the Common Man 1944;1942
+ + +> + Copland Appalachian Spring Suite & Rodeo   London Dorati/Detroit SO   1944,1942
  + +>   Copland Billy the Kid Suite   CBS Bernstein/NYPO   1938
  + + +> Copland Rodeo & Billy the Kid   EMI CDC 47382 Slatkin/St Louis SO   1942,1938
    +> + Debussy Images for Piano (Books 1 & 2)   DGG Michelangeli   1905,1907
    + +> Debussy Images for Piano (Books 1 & 2)   Elektra/Nonesuch 71365-2 Jacobs w Estampes & Images of 1894 1905,1907;1903,1894
+ + +> + Debussy La Mer   DGG Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch   1904
+ + + +> Debussy La Mer & Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 70s Philips 416 444-2 Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch w Iberia from Images 1904,1894;1908
  + +> +> Debussy Nocturnes for Orch & Chorus 70s Philips 400 023-2 Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orch w Jeux 1900;1912
+ + > + Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun   DGG Abbado/London SO   1894
    + +> Debussy String Quartet in g (10)   Philips 411 050-2 Orlando Quartet w Ravel: Quartet in F 1893;1903
    +> + Debussy String Quartet in g (10)   White Label Bartók Quartet w Ravel: Quartet in F & Dvorák: American Quartet 1893;1903,1893
    +> +> Dvorák Cello Concerto in b (104) 60's DGG 413 819-2 Rostropovich, Karajan/Berlin PO w Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme 1895;1876
      +> Dvorák Piano Quintet in A (81) 71 RCA Gold Seal 6263-2 Rubenstein/Guarneri Quartet w American Quartet 1872;1893
+ + + +> Dvorák String Quartet no. 12 in F (96:American) 84 DGG 429 723-2 Emerson Quartet w Smetana: String Quartet no. 1 1893;1876
  + + +> Dvorák Symphonies nos. 7 in d & 8 in G (70,88) 63-66 London Wkd Classics 433 091-2 Kertész/London SO   1885,1889
  + +> + Dvorák Symphonies nos. 7 in d & 8 in G (70,88)   Philips 420 890-2 Davis/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1885,1889
+ + + +> Dvorák Symphony no. 9 in e (95:From the New World) 63-66 London Jubilee 417 724-2 Kertész/London SO   1893
+ + +> + Dvorák Symphony no. 9 in e (95:From the New World)   Supraphon Ancerl/Czech P   1893
    +>   Dvorák Violin Concerto in a (53)   Angel Little, Handley/Royal Liverpool PO (2) 1879-80
    +>   Dvorák Violin Concerto in a (53)   Fidelio Suk, Ancerl/Czech PO (1) 1879-80
    +> +> Elgar Cello Concerto in e (85) 82 Philips 412 880-2 Schiff, Marriner/Dresden State O w Dvorák: Celloe Concerto 1919;1895
+ + +> + Elgar Enigma Variations (36)   London Monteux/London SO   1898-99
+ + + +> Elgar Enigma Variations (36) 85-86 Philips 416 813-2 Previn/Royal PO w Pomp & Circum Marches 1898-99;1901-30
    +>   Elgar Symphony no. 1 in A-flat (55)   Angel Boult/London PO   1907-08
    +>   Elgar Symphony no. 2 in E-flat (63)   Angel Boult/London PO   1903?-10?
  + +> +> Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain & El Amor Brujo   London 430 703-2 de Larrocha/de Burgos/London PO   1909,1915
  + + +> Falla Three-Cornered Hat & Nights in the Gardens of Spain 87 Delos DCD 3060 Rosenberger/Schwarz/London SO   1919,1909
  + +> + Fauré Requiem (48)   Hyperion Best/Corydon Singers   1887
  + + +> Fauré Requiem (48) 85-86 Telarc CD 80135 Blegen, Morris, Shaw/Atlanta SO & Chorus w Duruflé: Requiem 1887(1893?);1947
+ + +> +> Franck Symphony in d 88 London 425 432-2 Ashkenazy/Berlin RSO (2) 1888
+ + +> + Franck Symphony in d   Philips 432 096-2 Bychkov/Orchestre de Paris (1) 1888
  + + +> Franck Violin Sonata in A 77 London 421 154-2 Chung, Lupu w works by Debussy & Ravel 1886;1918d,1937d
  + +> + Franck Violin Sonata in A   Mobile Fidelity Oistrakh, Richter   1886
+ + +> +> Gershwin An American in Paris & Rhapsody in Blue   CBS Masterworks MK 42264 Bernstein/Columbia SO, NYPO w Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite 1928,1924;1931
  + >   Granados Goyescas for Piano   London de Larrocha   1911
  + + +> Grieg Peer Gynt (23: complete incidental music)   London 425 448-2 Blomstedt/San Fransisco SO   1875
+ + +> + Grieg Piano Concerto in a (16)   Angel Lipatti, Galliera/Philharmonia Orch   1869
+ + + +> Grieg Piano Concerto in a (16) 88 CBS Masterworks MK 44899 Perahia/Davis/Bavarian RSO live perf; w Schumann: Piano Concerto 1869;1841-45
    +>   Grieg Violin Sonatas (8,13,45)   Aurora Veselka, Dratvova   1865-87
  + +> + Handel Messiah   Chandos Hickox/Collegium Musicum 90 (2) 1741
  + + +> Handel Messiah 66 Philips 420 865-2 [2] Harper, Watts, Wakefield.../Davis/London SO   1741
  + +> + Handel Messiah   Teldec Harnoncourt/Concentus Wien (1) live perf 1741
+ + > + Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks & Coronation Anthems   Hyperion King/King's Consort & Choir orig inst 1749,?
  + +> + Handel Water Music   Archiv 410 525-1 Pinnock/Engl Conc (2) orig inst 1715-17
  + +> + Handel Water Music   White Label Sandor/Franz Liszt CO (1) modern inst 1715-17
+ + + +> Handel Water Music & Music for the Royal Fireworks 71 Argo 414 596-2 Marriner/ASMF   1715-17,1749
    +> + Haydn String Quartets [6] (76: Erdödy) 64 Hungaraton HCD 12812-13-2 [2] Tátrai Quartet   1797-98
    + +> Haydn String Quartets [6] (76: Erdödy)   London 421 360-2/425 467-2 [2] Takács Quartet   1797-98
    > +> Haydn String Quartets nos. 1-4 (33: Russian)   Hungaraton HCD 11887/88 [2] Tátrai Quartet   1781
+ + +> +> Haydn Symphonies no. 93-104 75-81 Philips Silver Line 432 286-2 [4] Davis/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1791-95
+ + > +> Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-flat   Philips 420 203-2 Hardenberger/Marriner/ASMF w Concertos by Hertel, Hummel and Stamitz 1796;?,1837d,1801d?
+   + +> Hindemith Symphony Mathis der Mahler & Symphonic Metamorph 87 London 421 523-2 Blomstedt/San Francisco SO w Trauermusik 1934,1943;?
+ + +> +> Holst The Planets (32)   Angel/EMI Studio Pl CDM 64748 Boult/London PO   1914-16
+   >   Ives Symphony no. 2   Sony Thomas/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1897-1902
    +/> +> Ives Three Places in N.E.; Symphony no. 4; Central Park... 70 DGG 423 243-2 Thomas/Boston SO AMG: + CP, > 3P 1898-1916
+ + >   Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies for Orch nos. 1-6   Mercury Dorati/London SO   1852
+ + +> +> Liszt Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem no. 3) 67 DGG Galleria 427 222-2 Karajan/Berlin PO (3) w Sibelius: Finlandia, Tchaik:Capriccio Italien 1854;1900;1879
+ + +> + Liszt Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem no. 3)   Supraphon Ancerl/Czech PO (1) 1854
+ + +> +> Liszt Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 87 DGG 423 571-2 Zimmerman/Ozawa/Boston SO (2); w Totentanz 1830-49,1839;1855?
+ + +> + Liszt Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2 61-62 Philips 434 163-2 Richter, Rostropovich/Kondrashin/London SO (1); w Beethoven: Cello Sonata no. 2 1830-49,1839; 1797
  + +> +> Liszt Piano Sonata in b 90 DGG 431 780-2 Zimmerman (2); w other works 1853;1830?-81?
  + +> + Liszt Piano Sonata in b   Music & Arts Richter (1) 1853

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MM
From Metal to Mozart, Craig Heller (Chronicle Books)
CH
``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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