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 |