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| SACRED | SYMPHONIC | CONCERTO | CHAMBER | INSTRUMENTAL | ||
| COMPOSITION | PERFORMER(S) | RATING | LABEL |
| MASS IN C MAJOR Op.86
Meerestille und Gluckliche Fahrt Op.112 |
DUNN/ZIMMERMANN/ BECCARIA/ KRAUSE/ Rias Chamber Choir/ Radio-Symphony Orchestra Berlin/ RICCARDO CHAILLY |
**** | LONDON/D |
| MASS IN D MAJOR, Op.123 "MISSA SOLEMNIS" | CUBERLI/SCHMIDT/COLE/ VAN DAM/ Vienna Choir/ Berlin Philharmonic/ HERBERT Von KARAJAN |
**** | DGG/D |
| Seven OVERTURES: EGMONT,
CORIOLAN, PROMETHEUS, FIDELIO, LEONORE I & III, RUINS OF ATHENS |
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/ EUGEN JOCHUM |
**** | RCA/D |
| COMPLETE SYMPHONIES: No.1 Op.21, No.2, Op.36, No.3, Op.55 "EROICA", No.4, Op.60, No.5, Op.67, No.6, Op.68 "PASTORALE", No.7, Op.92, No.8, Op.93, No.9, Op.125 "CHORAL" ; EGMONT OVERTURE, Op.84 | POPP/HALL/WATKINSON/ SCHREIER/ Netherlands Radio Chorus/ Concertgebouw Orchestra/ BERNARD HAITINK |
**** | PHILIPS/D |
| SYMPHONY No.3, Op.55 "EROICA"; CORIOLAN Overture Op.62 |
Vienna Philharmonic/ CLAUDIO ABBADO |
***** | DGG/D |
| SYMPHONY No.9, Op.125 "CHORAL" | BENACKOVA/LIPOVSEK/ WINBERGH/ PREY/ Wiener Staatsopernchor/ Vienna Philharmonic/ CLAUDIO ABBADO |
**** | DGG/D |
| CONCERTO IN D MAJOR FOR
VIOLIN, 2 ROMANCES for violin & orchestra |
SHLOMO MINTZ, Violin/ Philharmonia Orchestra/ GIUSEPPE SINOPOLI |
**** | DGG/D |
| CONCERTOS FOR PIANO & ORCHESTRA: No.1, Op.15, No.2 Op.19 |
MURRAY PERAHIA, Piano / Concertgebouw Orchestra/ BERNARD HAITINK |
***** | CBS/D |
| CONCERTOS FOR PIANO: No.2, Op.19 No.4 Op.58 |
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY, Piano/ Vienna Philharmonic / ZUBIN MEHTA |
***** | LONDON/D |
| CONCERTO No.5, Op.73 for piano & orchestra | VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY, Piano / Vienna Philharmonic/ZUBIN MEHTA | ***** | CBS/D |
| THE FIVE PIANO CONCERTOS - complete set | KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN, piano/ Vienna Philharmonic / LEONARD BERNSTEIN |
**** | DGG/D |
| TRIPLE CONCERTO, Op.56 For piano, violin & cello, 2 ROMANCES FOR VIOLIN* & orchestra, Op.40 & Op.50 |
HEINRICH SCHIFF, Violoncello/ ULF HOELSCHER*, Violin / CHRISTIAN ZACHARIAS, Piano/ Gewandhaus Orchestra/ KURT MASUR |
*** | EMI/D |
| FANTASY
FOR PIANO, CHORUS & ORCHESTRA Op.80, Music for EGMONT Op. 84, LEONORE III Overture Op.72a |
YEVGENY KISSIN, Piano/Berlin Philharmonic, RIAS Chorus/CLAUDIO ABBADO | **** | DGG/D |
| STRING QUARTETS: Op.14, No.1, Op.59, "Razumovsky" No.1,2 & 3, Op.74, "Harp" and Op.95 | MELOS STRING QUARTET | **** | DGG/D |
| PIANO TRIO No.6, Op.97 "ARCHDUKE",
& TRIO No.7 Wo0.39 |
ITZHAK PERLMAN, violin/ LYNN HARRELL, Cello/ VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY, Piano | ***** | EMI/D |
| THE TEN SONATAS FOR VIOLIN
& PIANO, - complete set |
ITZHAK PERLMAN, Violin / VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY, Piano |
***** | LONDON/A |
| THE FIVE SONATAS FOR VIOLONCELLO & PIANO, VARIATIONS Wo0 45 & Wo0 46 | YO-YO-MA, Violoncello/ EMANUEL AX, Piano |
***** | CBS/D |
| PIANO SONATAS: No.1, Op.2, No.7, Op.10, No. 10, Op.31 |
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, Piano | ***** | EMI/A |
| PIANO SONATA No.2, Op.2/2 SONATA No.4, Op.7 |
EMIL GILELS, Piano | **** | DGG/D |
| PIANO SONATA No.3, Op.2 SONATA No.4, Op.7 | SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, Piano | ***** | JVC/A |
| PIANO SONATAS No.5, Op.10, No.10, Op.14, No.19, Op.49, and No.20, Op.49 |
EMIL GILELS, Piano | ***** | DGG/D |
| PIANO SONATA No.11, Op.22 SONATAS WoO 47, Nos 1 & 2 |
EMIL GILELS, Piano | **** | DGG/D |
| PIANO SONATAS: No.8, Op.13 "Pathetique" No.13, Op.27 & No.14, Op.27 "Moonlight" | EMIL GILELS, Piano | **** | DGG/D |
| PIANO SONATAS: No.7, Op.10, No.18, Op.31, 15 VARIATIONS & FUGUE Op.35 "Eroica" | EMIL GILELS, Piano | ***** | DGG/D |
| PIANO SONATA No.15, Op.28, PIANO SONATA No.17, Op.31 "The Tempest" |
EMIL GILELS, Piano | ***** | DGG/D |
| PIANO SONATA No.29, Op.106 "Hammerklavier" | EMIL GILELS, Piano | **** | DGG/D |
| PIANO SONATA No.23, Op.57 "Appassionata" | SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, Piano | ***** | RCA/A |
| PIANO SONATAS: No.21, Op.53 "Waldstein" No.23, Op.57 "Appassionata", No. 14, Op.27 "Moonlight" | MIKHAIL PLETNEV, Piano | **** | VIRGIN/D |
| PIANO SONATA No.30
Op.109 PIANO SONATA No.31 Op.110 |
EMIL GILELS, Piano | ***** | DGG/D |
| PIANO SONATA No.32 Op.111 | IVO POGORELICH, Piano | **** | DGG/D |
| 33 VARIATIONS IN C, "Diabelli" | SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, Piano | ***** | PHILIPS/D |
| Rating | |
| *** **** ***** |
= recommended = highly recommended = top rating |
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