[Photo: George Szell in the 1950s]
Throughout my life I have listened seriously to Classical music recordings, trying to absorb the structure, beauty, depth and expression of the greatest works as played by those who appeal the most to my own tastes and passions. As a result, during the time since about 1955 I’ve come to the conclusion that the following recordings are among the most inspiring, and for reasons that I can delineate if asked! This is not at all a comprehensive list of the only great works or the only great performances (and there are varying degrees of greatness among these) --- but here’s a starting point for ideas I’d like to share with you if you’re interested! (I must add that over time Bach and Beethoven have become my most favorite composers --- I believe there’s a real reason they’ve been so popular for so long!) I invite any comments of your own.
(Vocal works: I've only included some oratorios, cantatas, and masses; for operas and lieder, they're not really my realm --- someone else will need to give recommendations!)
I've underlined ones that are perhaps the more "significant" or "accessible" pieces to start with.
For the most part, anylist of performers (more than one) begins with my very highest recommended artist for that piece.
John Adams:
"Short Ride in a Fast Machine," Shaker Loops --- Nathan Gunn
Isaac Albeniz, Enrico Granados, Francisco Terraga, Federico Torroba, Gaspar Sanz, Manuel Ponce, Fernando Sor, etc.:
Piano works --- Alicia deLarrocha, Arthur Rubinstein
Guitar transcriptions --- Christopher Parkening, David Russell, John Williams, Julian Bream
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Mass in B Minor; Christmas, Easter, and Ascension Oratorios; Magnificat; St. Matthew and St. John Passions, Orchestral Suites (including "Air on the G String" in Suite 3), Musical Offering --- Helmuth Rilling
St. Matthew Passion in English --- David Willcocks
Cantatas (especially 1, 4, 6, 11, 29, 32, 12, 51, 56, 61, 69, 78, 80, 98, 106, 140, 147, 156, 187, 188, 190, 192, 197, 199, 208) --- Helmuth Rilling, Karl Richter (some), John Eliot Gardiner
Brandenburg Concertos --- Helmuth Rilling, Trevor Pinnock
Goldberg Variations, Partitas, English and French Suites, Inventions & Sinfonias, Keyboard Concertos, Toccatas, etc. --- Glenn Gould, Martha Argerich (misc.), Rudolf Serkin (Fr. Ste.)
Well-Tempered Clavier --- Glenn Gould
Italian Concerto --- Glenn Gould, Rudolf Serkin
The Art of the Fugue --- Glenn Gould (stark organ, piano), Emerson String Quartet
Chromatic Fantasia --- Rudolf Serkin
Solo Unaccompanied Violin Partitas and Suites --- Arthur Grumiaux
Solo Unaccompanied Cello Suites --- Mstislav Rostropovich (serious and deep); Pierre Fournier (rich, full-formed, profound), Yo-Yo Ma (later version 1997: personally expressive and clear), Lynn Harrell (compelling, present, deeply experiential, American); also Pablo Casals (1938 ---full of life and spontaneous); Maurice Gendron (warm, beautiful, perfect structure), Boris Pergamenschikow (great Baroque period interpretation)
Organ works (especially Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, 'The Great Fugue', Passacaglia) --- E. Power Biggs; Peter Hurford, Helmut Walcha
Guitar transcriptions --- Christopher Parkening, John Williams
Violin Concertos --- Christoph Poppen/Helmuth Rilling, Nigel Kennedy
Sonatas for Violin & Keyboard --- Jaime Laredo/Glenn Gould
Sonatas for Viola da Gamba (Cello) & Keyboard --- Leonard Rose/Glenn Gould, Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Oboe Concertos --- Ingo Goritski/Helmuth Rilling
Samuel Barber:
Adagio for Strings --- Leonard Bernstein
Bela Bartok:
Concerto for Orchestra --- Pierre Boulez, George Szell, Fritz Reiner
String Quartets --- Juilliard Quartet
Piano Concerto --- Rudolf Serkin
Trio --- Benny Goodman/Josef Szigeti/Bela Bartok
Mikrokosmos --- Bela Bartok
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphonies, Overtures --- George Szell (all, but sym. 3, 5, 6, 7, 9 especially), Leonard Bernstein, Wilhelm Furtwengler (esp. 9), Carlos Kleiber (5), Pierre Monteux/Vienna Philharmonic (6), Arturo Toscanini
Piano Sonatas (17 of them by Rudolf Serkin --- among my absolute favorite recordings!) (esp. "Moonlight," "Appassionata," "Les Adieux," "Pathetique," "Funeral March," "Waldstein," "Grand Sonata," "Tempest," nos.28-32), Diabelli Variations, Fantasia --- Rudolf Serkin; Sonata #3 --- Arthur Rubinstein; various sonatas --- Glenn Gould; "Tempest" sonata --- Jeno Jando; various sonatas --- Sviatoslav Richter; Artur Schnabel
Violin Concerto --- Isaac Stern, David Oistrakh, Jascha Heifetz
Piano Concertos (among the most wonderful of all music!) --- Rudolf Serkin (especially 3 & 5 w/ Leonard Bernstein, 4 with Eugene Ormandy), Arthur Rubinstein/Erich Leinsdorf (especially 4 & 5), Martha Argerich (1-3), Glenn Gould, Sviatoslav Richter, Leon Fleisher, Vladimir Horowitz (5)
Triple Concerto --- David Oistrakh/Mstislav Rostropovich/Sviatoslav Richter/Herbert von Karajan, Isaac Stern/Leonard Rose/Eugene Istomin/Eugene Ormandy
Sonatas for Piano and Violin (especially 5 "Spring", 8, & 9 "Kreutzer") --- Martha Argerich/Gidon Kremer; Henryk Szeryng/Arthur Rubinstein; Isaac Stern/Eugene Istomin
Sonatas for Piano & Cello --- Lynn Harrell/Vladimir Ashkenazy
String Quartets --- Alban Berg Quartett
Missa Solemnis, Mass in C, Christ on the Mount of Olives --- Helmuth Rilling
"Archduke" & "Ghost" Trios --- Arthur Rubinstein/Jascha Heifetz/Emmanuel Feuermann, Isaac Stern/Leonard Rose/Eugene Istomin
Complete piano trios --- Itzhak Perlman/Lynn Harrell/Vladimir Ashkenazy; Beaux Arts Trio
Choral Fantasy --- Rudolf Serkin
Leonard Bernstein:
West Side Story, On the Waterfront, Fancy Free, and On the Town suites --- Leonard Bernstein
Candide Overture --- Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms --- Leonard Bernstein
Georges Bizet:
Carmen & L'Arlesienne Suites --- Leonard Bernstein
Alexander Borodin:
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor --- Leonard Bernstein, George Szell
String Quartets --- Borodin Quartet
Symphony 2 --- Rafael Kubelik
Johannes Brahms:
Symphonies, Overtures --- George Szell (all!), Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic (esp.Sym.2)
Piano Concertos --- Rudolf Serkin/George Szell, Arthur Rubinstein/Erich Leinsdorf (or Fritz Reiner or Charles Munch), Leon Fleisher/George Szell
Violin Concerto --- Isaac Stern, Nigel Kennedy, David Oistrakh, Nathan Milstein, Jascha Heifetz
Double Concerto --- David Oistrakh/Mstislav Rostropovich, Isaac Stern/Leonard Rose, Gidon Kremer/Misha Maisky
Solo piano works --- Arthur Rubinstein, Van Cliburn, Martha Argerich, Rudolf Serkin
Sonatas for Piano & Violin --- Arthur Rubinstein/Henryk Szeryng
Sonatas for Piano & Cello --- Lynn Harrell/Stephen Kovacevich (passionate, vibrant!), Mstislav Rostropovich/Rudolf Serkin (rich, mellow!), Gregor Piatagorsky/Arthur Rubinstein (the piano!)
German Requiem --- James Levine/Kathleen Battle
Piano Trios --- Arthur Rubinstein/Henryk Szeryng/Pierre Fournier, Beaux Arts Trio (1960s versions)
Piano Quintet --- Arthur Rubinstein/Guarneri Quartet
Piano Quartets --- Beaux Arts Trio
Handel Variations --- Rudolf Serkin
String Quartets --- Alban Berg Quartet
String Sextets --- Isaac Stern/Yo Yo Ma/Jaime Laredo et al
Hungarian Dances --- Claudio Abbado
Anton Bruckner:
Symphonies:
1 --- Georg Solti; Herbert von Karajan, Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden
2 --- Herbert von Karajan; Georg Tintner, Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden
3 --- George Szell; Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden
4 --- Wilhem Furtwangler; Herbert von Karajan, Karl Bohm, Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden
5 --- Eugene Ormandy; Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Bohm, Wilhelm Furtwangler
6 --- Horst Stein; Otto Klemperer
7 --- George Szell; Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden, Wilhelm Furtwangler
8 --- George Szell; Herbert von Karajan/Vienna Philharmonic, Jascha Horenstein, Georg Solti, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden
9 --- Herbert von Karajan; Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Eugen Jochum/Staatskapelle Dresden
Masses --- Helmuth Rilling
Frederic Chopin:
Ballades, Scherzos, Nocturnes, Waltzes, Polonaises, Mazurkas, Concertos, Sonatas, Barcarolle, Berceuse, etc. --- Arthur Rubinstein, Martha Argerich
Preludes --- Martha Argerich , Rudolf Serkin
Etudes --- Rudolf Serkin, Wilhelm Backhaus
Aaron Copland:
Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Rodeo suites; Symphony 3, Fanfare for the Common Man, El Salon Mexico, Dancon Cubano --- Leonard Bernstein
The Red Pony suite, "Country Lane" --- Aaron Copland
Claude Debussy:
La Mer, Printemps, Nuages, Prelude a l'Apresmidi d'un faune, Nocturnes, Images, Jeux --- Pierre Boulez, Michael Tilson Thomas
Piano solos --- Arthur Rubinstein, Walter Gieseking
String Quartet --- Alban Berg Quartett
[Great soundtrack:] Patrick Doyle:
Henry V --- Simon Rattle
Antonin Dvorak:
Symphonies, Overtures --- George Szell (7-9, "Carnival"), Istvan Kertesz (all, overtures)
Slavonic Dances --- George Szell, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Cello Concerto --- Pierre Fournier/George Szell
"American" String Quartet --- Juilliard Quartet
Piano Quintet --- Arthur Rubinstein/Guarneri Quartet
String Serenade --- Rudolf Kempe
Piano Trios --- Beaux Arts Trio
Violin Concerto --- Isaac Stern
Piano Concerto --- Sviatoslav Richter
Edward Elgar:
Pomp & Circumstance Marches, Enigma Variations --- Adrian Boult
Cello Concerto --- Jacqueline Du Pre
Manuel de Falla:
Nights in the Gardens of Spain --- Arthur Rubinstein
George Gershwin:
Rhapsody in Blue --- Earl Wild, Leonard Bernstein
An American in Paris --- Leonard Bernstein
Philip Glass:
Symphonies 1 "Low", 2, 3, 4 "Heroes" --- Dennis Russell Davies, Marin Alsop
String Quartets 2-5 --- Kronos Quartet, Smith Quartet
Violin Concerto --- Gidon Kremer, Adele Anthony
Company, Prelude & Dance from Akhnaten --- Takuo Yuasa
Henryk Gorecki:
Symphony 3 --- David Zinman/Dawn Upshaw
Miserere, "Amen," "Euntes Ibant et Flebant," "My Vistula," "Broad Waters" --- John Nelson
Edvard Grieg:
Peer Gynt suites --- Leonard Bernstein
Piano Concerto --- Arthur Rubinstein, Leon Fleisher
Piano solos (Lyric Pieces, Ballade, Album Leaves, etc.) --- Arthur Rubinstein
Ferde Grofe:
Grand Canyon Suite --- Leonard Bernstein
George Frederick Handel:
Messiah oratorio --- Richard Westenburg (American mid-size dramatic & thrilling), Colin Davis (British mid-size classic interpretation --- two versions), Trevor Pinnock (early music small-size with heart)
Water Music, Fireworks Music ---Trevor Pinnock
Concerti Grossi --- Emil Klein
Franz Josef Haydn:
Symphonies (esp. 96 "Surprise") --- George Szell, Trevor Pinnock
The Creation --- Robert Shaw (English), Wolfgang Gonnenwein (German)
The Seasons --- Helmuth Rilling, Wolfgang Gonnenwein
Zoltan Kodaly:
Hary Janos Suite --- George Szell
Leos Janacek:
Sinfonietta --- George Szell
Franz Liszt:
Hungarian Rhapsodies (piano), Sonata in B Minor --- Martha Argerich, Svatoslav Richter
Les Preludes --- Leonard Bernstein
Piano Concertos --- Arthur Rubinstein, Martha Argerich, Sviatoslav Richter
Gustav Mahler:
Symphonies (& Song of the Earth) (esp. 1-6) --- George Szell (4 & 6), Leonard Bernstein/Vienna Philharmonic (5), Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic (1, 3, 7, 9, Song of the Earth), Bruno Walter (esp. 2), Rafael Kubelik
Felix Mendelssohn:
Symphonies 3, 5, Overture "Ruy Blas" --- Leonard Bernstein, Arturo Toscanini, Herbert von Karajan
Symphony 4, Overture "Hebrides" --- George Szell
Symphony 1 --- Herbert von Karajan
Symphony 2 --- Christoph von Dognanyi
Elijah, St. Paul oratorios --- Helmuth Rilling (in German), Richard Hickox (in English)
Violin Concerto --- Isaac Stern
Piano Concertos --- Rudolf Serkin, Yuja Wang (on Youtube)
Piano Trio --- Arthur Rubinstein/Jascha Heifetz/Gregor Piatagorsky
A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music --- George Szell
Songs Without Words --- Rudolf Serkin (selections), Glenn Gould (selections), Daniel Barenboim (complete)
Prelude & Fugue --- Rudolf Serkin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Symphonies (esp. 35, 40 & 41) --- George Szell, Trevor Pinnock (all)
Overtures (The Marriage of Figaro etc.) --- Leonard Bernstein
Eine Kleine Nachtmusick --- George Szell
Piano Concertos (esp. 12, 17-22, 24-26) --- Rudolf Serkin (esp. 19-20, 25 with George Szell), Arthur Rubinstein (17, 19-21, 24), Martha Argerich (10, 18, 20, 25); plus Alicia deLarrocha, Jeno Jando, Robert Casadesus, Murray Perahia, Daniel Barenboim, Matthaus Kirchnereit
Requiem --- Helmuth Rilling, William Christie
Violin Concertos (esp. 4 & 5) --- Arthur Grumiaux/Colin Davis, Itzhak Perlman/James Levine, Isaac Stern/George Szell (5)
Flute & Harp Concerto --- James Galway/Marisa Robles/Eduardo Mata
Clarinet Concertos --- Richard Stoltzman, Robert Marcellus
String Quartets --- Alban Berg Quartet, Amati Quartet, Sonare Quartet
Piano Sonatas --- Vladimir Horowitz, Alicia deLarrocha, Glenn Gould (unusual but worth it)
Sinfonia Concertante --- Arthur Grumiaux/Arrigo Pellicia, Jaime Laredo/Co-Liang Lin
Sonatas for Piano & Violin --- Itzhak Perlman/Daniel Barenboim
Modeste Moussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition --- George Szell (orchestral), Sviatoslav Richter (piano solo)
Khovanschine selections --- George Szell
Johann Pachelbel:
Canon in D --- Jean-Francois Paillard (early 1970's version, the famous one)
Arvo Part:
album Very Best of Arvo Part (incl. "Summa," Fratres," "Tabula Rasa," "Magnificat," "Missa Syllabica," etc.)--- Paavo Jarvi et al
Litany, Psalom, "Trisagion," Miserere, "Festina Lente," "Sarah Was Ninety Years Old," Kanon Pokajanen, Te Deum, Berliner Messe, In Principio, The Deer's Cry --- Paul Hillier, Dennis Russell Davies, Saulius Sondeckis, Tonu Kaljuste, Jaan-Eik Tulve, et al
'Alina,' 'Spiegel im Spiegel,'Tabula Rasa,' Symphony 3 --- Gil Shaham, Neeme Jarvi, Adele Anthony
Credo --- Helene Grimaud
Georgs Pelecis:
"Flowering Jasmine" --- Gidon Kremer
Krzysztof Penderecki:
Credo --- Helmuth Rilling
Sergei Prokofiev:
Symphonies --- George Szell (5), Jean Martinon (all, incl. 1 'Classical'))
Peter and the Wolf --- Leonard Bernstein
Piano Concertos --- Martha Argerich (3), Gary Graffman (1,3), Rudolf Serkin (4), Sviatoslav Richter (5), Van Cliburn (3), Evgeny Kissin (2), Yuja Wang (3)
Piano Sonatas (esp.7) --- Sviatoslav Richter, Martha Argerich, Glenn Gould
Visions Fugitives --- Arthur Rubinstein
Lieutenant Kije Suite --- George Szell
Toccata --- Martha Argerich
Violin Concertos --- Isaac Stern
Sonata for Cello & Piano --- Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Piano Concerto 2 --- Arthur Rubinstein/Fritz Reiner, Sviatoslav Richter/Stanislaw Wislocki, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Yuja Wang
Piano Concerto 3 --- Vladimir Horowitz/Fritz Reiner, Van Cliburn, Martha Argerich, Byron Janis, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concertos 1, 4 --- Earl Wild
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini --- Arthur Rubinstein
Preludes, Sonatas, Etudes-Tableaux --- Vladimir Horowitz, Sviatoslav Richter, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Vespers --- Robert Shaw
Symphonies --- Lorin Maazel/Berlin (2); Adrian Boult, Charles MacKerras (3); Andrew Litton (1)
Tone poems --- Andrew Litton ('Isle of the Dead'), Yuri Simonov ('The Rock')
Cello sonata --- Yo-Yo Ma/Emmanuel Ax, Lynn Harrell/Yuja Wang (on Youtube)
Maurice Ravel:
Daphnis & Chloe Suite no. 2 --- Leonard Bernstein; Complete ballet --- Lorin Maazel
Bolero --- Lorin Maazel
Gaspard de la nuit --- Martha Argerich
Piano concertos --- Martha Argerich
String Quartet --- Alban Berg Quartett
Steve Reich:
The Four Sections, Music for Mallett Instruments, Voices, and Organ --- Steve Reich and Musicians
Ottorino Respighi:
Ancient Airs & Dances, The Birds, The Pines of Rome, The Fountains of Rome --- Antal Dorati, Neville Marriner
Roman Festivals, Church Windows, Brazilian Impressions --- Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakoff:
Scheherazade symphonic suite --- Leonard Bernstein, Thomas Beecham, Fritz Reiner
Antar Symphony --- Lorin Maazel/Pittsburgh
Russian Easter Festival Overture --- Arthur Rodzinski, Leopold Stokowski/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Capriccio Espagnol --- George Szell
Le Coq d'Or, The Snow Maiden Suites --- David Zinman
Joaquin Rodrigo:
Concierto de Aranjuez --- John Williams/Eugene Ormandy, Julian Bream/John Eliot Gardiner (2 versions), Christopher Parkening
Fantasia para un gentilhombre --- Julian Bream, John Williams/Eugene Ormandy
Gioachino Rossini:
William Tell overture --- Leonard Bernstein
Camille Saint-Saens:
Symphony 3 "Organ," Carnival of the Animals --- Leonard Bernstein
Piano Concertos --- Arthur Rubinstein (2), Robert Casadesseus (4)
Franz Schubert:
Symphonies (esp. 7 (8) "Unfinished" & 8 (9) "The Great")--- George Szell (7,8), Thomas Beecham (3,5,6), Helmuth Rilling (1,2,4), Arturo Toscanini (5,7,8), Leonard Bernstein/New York (7,8)
Piano sonatas & impromptus --- Arthur Rubinstein (959), Rudolf Serkin (960)
"Wanderer" Fantasy --- Sviatoslav Richter
"Trout" Quintet --- Rudolf Serkin et al, Yo-Yo Ma et al
"Arpeggione" sonata --- Lynn Harrell/James Levine
String Quintet and late quartets (10-15) --- Alban Berg Quartett
Piano trios --- Arthur Rubinstein/Jascha Heifetz/Emmanuel Feuermann, Beaux Arts Trio, Arthur Grumiaux Trio
Robert Schumann:
Symphonies --- George Szell, Zubin Mehta/Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein/Vienna
Piano Concerto --- Rudolf Serkin, Arthur Rubinstein/Franco Caracciolo, Martha Argerich
Piano solo works --- Arthur Rubinstein, Sviatoslav Richter, Martha Argerich, Murray Parahia
Piano Quintet --- Arthur Rubinstein/Guarneri Quartet, Rudolf Serkin et al
Alexander Scriabin:
Poem of Ecstacy --- Riccardo Muti
Etudes --- Vladimir Horowitz, Yuja Wang (Youtube)
Preludes --- Evgeny Zarafiants, Yuja Wang (Youtube)
Sonatas --- Bernt Glemser, Yuja Wang (Youtube)
Dimitri Shostakovich:
Symphonies --- Leonard Bernstein/New york Philharmonic (esp. 5 & 9), Fritz Reiner (6), Evgeny Mravinsky (8, 10), Evgeny Svetlanov (7), Simon Rattle (esp. 1 & 14), Mstoslav Rostropovich (esp. 2, 3, 11), Bernard Haitink (6, 8, 12, 15), Saulius Sondeckis (13 'Babi Yar'), Andre Previn (4)
String Quartets --- Borodin Quartet
Violin Concerto --- Maxim Vengerov
Preludes & Fugues --- Tatiana Nicolaeva
Piano Concertos --- Leonard Bernstein, Martha Argerich
Sonata for Violin & Piano --- David Oistrakh/Sviatoslav Richter
Sonata for Cello & Piano --- Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
Jean Sibelius:
Finlandia, Valse Triste, The Swan of Tuolena --- Leonard Bernstein
Karelia Suite --- Colin Davis
Symphonies (esp. 1, 2, 5, 7) --- Petri Sakari, Leonard Bernstein (2, 5), George Szell (2)
Bedrich Smetana:
'The Moldau' ('Vltava')--- George Szell, Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein
Ma Vlast (My Fatherland --- complete set of symphonic poems that includes 'The Moldau') --- Rafael Kubelik/Boston Symphony
From My Life --- George Szell
Johann Strauss, Jr. and family:
Waltzes, etc. --- George Szell (selections), Willie Boskovsky
Richard Strauss:
Orchestral works Til Eulenspiegel, Death and Transfiguration, Don Juan, Don Quixote, A Hero's Life, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, An Alpine Symphony --- George Szell, Rudolf Kempe, Herbert von Karajan, Zubin Mehta
Igor Stravinsky:
Firebird, Rite of Spring, Petrouchka ballet suites--- Leonard Bernstein
Violin Concerto --- Arthur Grumiaux
Pulcinella Suite --- Mischa Maisky/Martha Argerich
A Symphony of Psalms --- Igor Markevich
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Symphonies --- George Szell (4,5,6 (Youtube), Evgeny Mravinsky (esp.6), Riccardo Muti (6), Lorin Maazel/Pittsburgh (2), Lorin Maazel/Vienna (all)
Overtures (esp. "Romeo & Juliet," "Marche Slave," "1812") --- Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta/Los Angeles
Piano Concerto 1 --- Van Cliburn, Arthur Rubinstein/Erich Leinsdorf, Vladimir Horowitz/Arturo Toscanini, Martha Argerich
Violin Concerto --- Isaac Stern, Nathan Milstein
Nutcracker ballet --- Antal Dorati
Capriccio Italien --- George Szell
Piano Trio --- Arthur Rubinstein/Jascha Heifetz/Gregor Piatigorsky
String Serenade --- Philippe Entremont
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
The Lark Ascending --- Iona Brown/Neville Marriner
Fantasias on Greensleeves, on a Theme of Thomas Tallis --- Leonard Bernstein
Symphonies 2, 3, 5, 8, other orchestral works --- Adrian Boult, Vernon Handley, Andre Previn
Heitor Villa-Lobos:
Preludes, Etudes --- Christopher Parkening, Julian Bream
Prolo de Bebe --- Arthur Rubinstein
Bachianas Brazilianos #5 --- Kathleen Battle/Christopher Parkening
Antonio Vivaldi:
The Four Seasons --- Nigel Kennedy
Guitar concertos --- John Williams, Christopher Parkening
Richard Wagner:
Orchestral works --- George Szell
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