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Mahler to Rossini

MM CH AMG NPR Composer Work Rec Label/No. [discs] Artists Comments Composed
  + +> +> Mahler Das Lied von der Erde   Angel/EMI Classics CDC 47231 Ludwig, Wunderlich, Klemperer/Phiharmonia Orch   1908
+ + +>   Mahler Symphony no. 1 in D   Philips Haitink/Berlin PO   1888
+ + > + Mahler Symphony no. 2 in c (Resurrection)   Angel Schwarzkopf, Rössi-Majdan, Klemperer/Philh'a   1894
+ +   +> Mahler Symphony no. 2 in c (Resurrection) 87 DGG 423 395-2 [2] Bernstein/NYPO live perf 1894
  +   +> Mahler Symphony no. 5 in c-sharp 87 DGG 423 608-2 Bernstein/Vienna PO live perf 1902
  + +> +> Mahler Symphony no. 9 in D 61 CBS Masterwks M2K 42033 [2] Walter/Columbia SO (2) 1909
  + +> + Mahler Symphony no. 9 in D   Disques Montaigne Hoenstein/French National Orch (1) 1909
  + +> + Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream (overture/incidental)   Philips Auger, Murray, Marriner/Philharmonia Orch   1826
    + +> Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat (20) 78 Philips 420 400-2 Academy Chamber Ensemble w String Quintet in B-flat (87) 1825;1845
  + >   Mendelssohn Symphony no. 3 in a (56:Scottish)   London Maag/London SO   1842
+ + +> +> Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4 in A & Midsummer Night's Dream (o/i) 76 Philips 420 653-2 Davis/Boston SO   1833,1826
+ + +> + Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4 in A (90:Italian)   DGG Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch (1) 1833
+ + +> + Mendelssohn Symphony no. 4 in A (90:Italian)   Philips Brüggen/Orch of 18th C (2) orig inst 1833
+ + +> + Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e (64)   DGG Shaham, Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orch   1844
+ + + +> Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e (64) 81 London 410 011-2 Chung/Dutoit/Montreal SO w Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto 1844;1878
+ + + +> Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A (622) 84 Oiseau-Lyre 414 339-2 Pay/Hogwood/Acad Anc Mus w Oboe Concerto (314) 1791;1778?
  + +> + Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A (581)   Denon Meyer/Berlin Philharmonia Quint   1789
  + + +> Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A (581) 87 Oiseau-Lyre 421 429-2 Pay/Acad Anc Mus Chamber Ens w Oboe Quartet (370) & Horn Quintet (407) 1789;?,?
  + +> +> Mozart Don Giovanni (527) 59 EMI CDCC 47260 [3] Sutherland, Schwarzkopf.../Guilini/Philharmonia   1787
  + + +> Mozart Horn Concertos (412,417,447,495) 53 EMI CDH 61013 Brain/Karajan/Philharmonia Orch mono 1782-86
  + +> + Mozart Horn Concertos (412,417,447,495)   London Tuckwell, Maag/London SO   1782-86
  + +> +> Mozart Marriage of Figaro (492) 81 London 410 150-2 [3] Te Kanawa, Popp, von Stade.../Solti/London PO   1786
  + > + Mozart Piano Concerto no. 20 in d (466)   Nimbus Kite, Goodman/Hanover Band fortepiano 1785
+ + +>   Mozart Piano Concerto no. 23 (488)   London Schiff, Végh/Salzburg Mozarteum Cam Acad   1786
  +   +> Mozart Piano Concertos nos. 21 & 24 (467,491) 59-62 CBS MYK 38523 Casadesus/Szell/Columbia SO?   1785,1786
      +> Mozart Piano Concertos nos. 22 & 24 (482,491)   CBS Masterworks MK 42242 Perahia/English Chamber Orch   1785,1786
+ + + +> Mozart Piano Sonatas (complete) 91 Harm Mundi HMC 901373.77 [5] Pludermacher   1765?-89?
+ + > + Mozart Piano Sonatas [17] (complete)   DGG Pires   1765?-89?
  + +> +> Mozart Requiem in d (626) [compl Sussmeyr]   Philips 411 420-2 Price, Schmidt.../Schreier/Dresden State Orch   1791
+ + +> +> Mozart Serenade in G (525:Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) 84 Philips 412 269-2 Marriner/ASMF w Divertimento in D (136) & Musical Joke (522) 1787;1772,1787
  + +> + Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola in E-fl (364)   DGG Kremer, Kashkashian, Harnoncourt/Vienna PO   1779
  + + +> Mozart Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola in E-fl (364) 91 Sony Classical SK 47693 Lin, Laredo/Leppard/English Chamber Orch w Concertone in C for Two Violins & Orch 1779;1773
    +> +> Mozart String Quartets nos. 15 (421) & 19 (465:Dissonance) 85 Hyperion CDA 66170 Salomon String Quartet orig inst 1783,1785
+ + + +> Mozart Symphonies nos. 35, 36, 38-41 59-61 Sony Classical SM3K 46511 [3] Walter/Columbia SO   1782-88
+ + +> +> Mozart Symphonies nos. 39-41 91 Teldec 9031-74858-2 [2] Harnoncourt/Chamser Orch of Europe live perf 1788
+ + >   Mozart Symphony no. 35 in D (385:Haffner)   Philips Marriner/ASMF   1782
  + +> + Mozart Symphony no. 38 in C (504:Prague)   Philips Brüggen/Orch of 18th C   1786
  + + +> Mozart Symphony no. 38 in C (504:Prague) & Symph no. 36   Telarc CD 80148 Mackerras/Prague Chamber Orch   1786,1783
  + +> + Mozart Symphony no. 39 in E-flat (5)   Philips Brüggen/Orch of 18th C   1788
+ + +> + Mozart Symphony no. 41 (551:Jupiter)   Nimbus NI 5259 Goodman/Hanover Band   1788
+ + +> +> Mozart Violin Concertos nos. 3 & 5 (216,219) 61 Philips 412 250-2 Grumiaux, Davis/London SO   1775
+ + +> + Mussorgsky Night on Bare Mountain (reorch. Rimsky-Korsakov)   DGG Sinopoli/NYPO   1867/reorch:?
+ + +>   Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (for Piano)   Urania Richter   1874
+ + +> + Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)   DGG Sinopoli/NYPO   1874/orch:1922
+     +> Nielsen Symphony no. 4 (29:Inextinguishable) 87 London 421 524-2 Blomstedt/San Francisco SO w Symphony no. 5 1914-16;1921-22
+   > + Nielsen Symphony no. 4 (29:Inextinguishable)   Virgin Karajan/Berlin PO   1914-16
  + +> +> Orff Carmina Burana (Scenic Cantata)   DGG Galleria 423 886-2 Janowitz, Stoltze.../Jochum/Deutsche Opera O&C   1935-36
  + >   Pachelbel Canon in D   Philips Marriner/ASMF   1706d
  + >   Paganini Caprices for Unacc Violin (1)   Angel Perlman   1840d
  + +>   Paganini Violin Concerto no. 1 in D (6)   Prompt Ricci, De la Fuenta/Orquestra de las Americas   1817
+ + + +> Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf (67) 85 Telarc CD 80126 Previn/Royal PO w Britten: Young Person's Guide & Courtly Dances 1936;1946,1953
+ + +> + Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf (67)   Virgin Gielgud/Stamp/Academy of London   1936
  + + +> Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 3 in C (26) 89 Elan CD 2220 Rodriguez/Tabakov/Sofia PO w Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 1917-21;1909
  + +> + Prokofiev Piano Concerto no. 3 in C (26)   Simax Andsnes/Ruud/Bergen PO   1917-21
  + +> +> Prokofiev Piano Concertos [5] (complete)   London 425 570-2 [2] Ashkenazy/Previn/London SO   1911-32
+ +   +> Prokofiev Symphonies nos. 1 in D (25: Classical) & 5 in B-flat (100) 68 DGG 437 235-2 Karajan/Berlin PO   1916,1944
  +   +> Prokofiev Symphony no. 1 in D (25: Classical) 82 London 430 446-2 Solti/Chicago SO w Mussorg: Pictures at an Exhib, Tchaik: 1812 Ov 1916;1874/1922,1882
    + +> Prokofiev Violin Concertos nos. 1 in D (19) & 2 in g (63) 75 London Jubilee 425 003-2 Chung/Previn/London SO w Stravinsky: Violin Concerto 1914,1935;1931
  + +> +> Puccini La Bohème 72 London 421 049-2 [2] Freni, Harwood, Pavaroti.../Karajan/Berlin PO   1896
  + > +> Puccini Tosca 76 Philips 412 885-2 [2] Caballé, Carreras, Wixell/Davis/Royal Opera O&C   1900
+ + + +> Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2 & Paganini Rhapsody   London Jubilee 417 702-2 Ashkenazy/Previn/London SO   1901,1934
+ + +> + Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2 in c (18)   DGG Richter, Wislocki/Warsaw PO (1) #2 1901
+ + +> +> Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2 in c (18) 58 RCA 5912-2 Cliburn/Reiner/Chicago SO (2); w Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1 1901;1874-75
  + +> + Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for Piano & Orch   Chandos Wild, Hornstein/Royal PO   1934
  + >   Rachmaninoff Symphony no. 2 in e (27)   Philips 432 101-2 Bychkov/Orchestre de Paris   1907
+ + + +> Ravel Boléro & Daphnis et Chloé: Suite no. 2 64-66 DGG 427 250-2 Karajan/Berlin PO w Debussy: Prelude... of a Faun, La Mer 1928,1912;1894,1904
  + +>   Ravel Daphnis et Chloé (complete)   DGG Abbado/London SO   1912
  + +> +> Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit for Piano 83? DGG 413 363-2 Pogorelich (3) w Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 6 1908;1939-40
  + + +> Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit for Piano 89 Elan CD 2232 Laplante w other works for piano 1908;1895?-1911?
  + +> + Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit for Piano   Fone Husson (1) 1908
  + +> + Ravel Rhapsodie Espagnole   DGG Abbado/London SO   1907
  + + +> Ravel Various collected orchestral works (all of above) 80s London [Jubilee?] 421 458-2 [4] Dutoit/Montreal SO   1937d
+ + +> + Respighi Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Feste Romane   RCA Red Seal RCCD-1010? Toscanini/NBC SO   1924,1917,1929
+ + + +> Respighi Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, The Birds 60s London Wkd Classics 425 507-2 Kertész/London SO   1924,1917,1927
+ + +> +> Rimsy-Korsakov Scheherazade (35) 57 Angel/EMI CDC 47717 Beecham/Royal PO w Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor 1888;1869-87
+ + +> + Rimsy-Korsakov Scheherazade (35)   Philips Haitink/London PO   1888
+ + + +> Rimsy-Korsakov Scheherazade (35) 79 Philips 400 021-2 Kondrashin/Royal Concertgebouw Orch   1888
+ + + +> Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez, for Guitar & Orch 92 EMI Classics CDC 54665 Parkening, Litton/Royal PO w Falla: El Amor Brujo & Nights in Gardens of Spain 1939;1915,1909
+ + +> + Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez, for Guitar & Orch   Philips Romero, Marriner/ASMF   1939
  + +>   Rossini Overtures (various)   Collins Classics Solomans/Authentic Orch (1) 1868d
  + +>   Rossini Overtures (various)   RCA Vict Gold Seal 60387-2-RG Reiner/Chicago SO (2) 1868d

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MM
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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