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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

 

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