1 | Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (orchestral excerpts) | Richard Wagner Wiener Philharmoniker Sir Georg Solti |
2 | Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 & 7 | Ludwig van Beethoven Wiener Philharmoniker Carlos Kleiber |
3 | Britten: War Requiem | Benjamin Britten Galina Vishnevskaya Sir Peter Pears Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau London Symphony Chorus The Bach Choir Melos Ensemble London Symphony Orchestra |
4 | Bach: Goldberg Variations (Deluxe Edt. Studio + Live) | Johann Sebastian Bach Lang Lang |
5 | Puccini: Tosca | Giacomo Puccini Mirella Freni Luciano Pavarotti Sherrill Milnes National Philharmonic Orchestra Nicola Rescigno |
6 | Elgar: Cello Concerto, Op. 85 – Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Op. 33 | Jean-Guihen Queyras BBC Symphony Orchestra Jiří Bělohlávek |
7 | Wagner : Tristan und Isolde | Richard Wagner Siegfried Jerusalem Daniel Barenboim Berliner Philharmoniker |
8 | Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été / Ravel: Shéhérazade, &c. | Régine Crespin John Wustman L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Ernest Ansermet |
9 | Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4-6 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Evgeny Mravinsky Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra |
10 | Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Live) | George Gershwin William Warfield Leontyne Price Cab Calloway RIAS-Unterhaltungsorchester Alexander Smallens |
11 | Bach – Cello Suites | Johann Sebastian Bach Ralph Kirshbaum |
12 | Beethoven: Late String Quartets | Ludwig van Beethoven Brodsky Quartet |
13 | Janácek: Kát’a Kabanová | Leoš Janáček Elisabeth Söderström Naděžda Kniplová Peter Dvorsky Wiener Philharmoniker Sir Charles Mackerras |
14 | The Art Of The Prima Donna | Dame Joan Sutherland |
15 | Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas | Ludwig van Beethoven Louis Lortie |
16 | The Origin of Fire – Music and Visions of Hildegard von Bingen | Anonymous 4 |
17 | Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 | Claudio Monteverdi The Sixteen Harry Christophers |
18 | Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S. 124 – Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 – Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 | Sergei Rachmaninoff Leonard Bernstein New York Philharmonic Columbia Symphony Orchestra |
19 | Chopin: Sonata No. 3 and Works by Liszt | Emanuel Ax |
20 | Mozart: The Complete Piano Concertos | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Murray Perahia |
21 | Britten: Peter Grimes | Benjamin Britten Sir Peter Pears Claire Watson Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
22 | Reich: Music for 18 Musicians | Steve Reich Various Artists |
23 | Mozart: Horn Concertos/ Quintet, K. 452 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan/Dennis Brain Herbert von Karajan Philharmonia Orchestra |
24 | Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Otto Edelmann Christa Ludwig |
25 | Handel: Messiah | George Frideric Handel Judith Nelson Emma Kirkby Carolyn Watkinson Paul Elliott David Thomas Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford Academy of Ancient Music Christopher Hogwood |
26 | Allegri Miserere | Tenebrae |
27 | Mozart: The Magic Flute (Highlights) – Queen of the Night Arias | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz Herbert Lippert Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Michael Halasz |
28 | Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25 | Frédéric Chopin Sebastian Di Bin |
29 | Elgar: Violin Concerto, op.61 / Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending | Hilary Hahn London Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis |
30 | Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande | Claude Debussy Roger Desormière/Choeurs Yvonne Gouverné/Orchestre Symphonique de Paris/Dame Maggie Teyte/Alfred Cortot/Mary Garden/Claude Debussy Roger Desormiere Orchestre Symphonique De Paris |
31 | Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; 3 Rückert Lieder | Gustav Mahler Kathleen Ferrier Julius Patzak Wiener Philharmoniker Bruno Walter |
32 | Bach, Mendelssohn & Shostakovich: Preludes & Fugues | Marcel Worms |
33 | Bellini: Norma | Vincenzo Bellini Maria Callas Franco Corelli Christa Ludwig Nicola Zaccaria Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano Tullio Serafin Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano |
34 | Brahms: Symphony No.4 | Johannes Brahms Wiener Philharmoniker Carlos Kleiber |
35 | Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe | Maurice Ravel Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London Symphony Orchestra Pierre Monteux |
36 | Verdi: Requiem | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf |
37 | Chopin: The Nocturnes | Frédéric Chopin Claudio Arrau |
38 | Mozart – The Marriage of Figaro – Highlights | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Riccardo Muti |
39 | Beethoven: Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven Otto Klemperer |
40 | Janácek: Jenufa | Leoš Janáček Elisabeth Söderström Peter Dvorsky Eva Randová Wiesław Ochman Vienna State Opera Orchestra Wiener Philharmoniker Sir Charles Mackerras |
41 | Gesang der Jünlinge | Karlheinz Stockhausen |
42 | Strauss, R.: Tod und Verklärung; Metamorphosen; Four Last Songs | Richard Strauss Gundula Janowitz Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert von Karajan |
43 | Berg: Lulu | Alban Berg Teresa Stratas Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris Pierre Boulez |
44 | Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2 | Johann Sebastian Bach Edwin Fischer |
45 | Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 | Béla Bartók Fritz Reiner |
46 | Britten: Billy Budd | Benjamin Britten Daniel Harding London Symphony Orchestra |
47 | Mozart: Sonata for 2 Pianos in D Major, K. 448 – Schubert: Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 103, D. 940 | Murray Perahia |
48 | Smetana: Má Vlast | Bedřich Smetana Boston Symphony Orchestra Rafael Kubelik |
49 | Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Remastered) | Gustav Mahler Bruno Walter Columbia Symphony Orchestra |
50 | Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Live) | Johann Sebastian Bach Münchener Bach-Orchester Karl Richter Münchener Bach-Chor |