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Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)

	Piano Concerto No. 2 Emil Gilels Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris/André Cluytens rec. 1954 3458192
	Cello Concerto No. 1 Mstislav Rostropovich London Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini rec. 1977 5675932

Erik SATIE (1866-1925)

Piano music Aldo Ciccolini rec 1983-86 5672392

Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)

	Wanderer Fantasy Sviatoslav Richter rec. 1963 5668952
	Symphonies 3, 5 & 6 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham rec. 1955-9 5669842
	Schwanengesang, 4 Lieder Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore rec. 1951-8 5675582
	Die Winterreise Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore rec. 1955 5679272
	Lieder Elizabeth Schwarzkopf Edwin Fischer, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons rec. 1948-66 5627542
	Lieder Christa Ludwig, Geoffrey Parsons, Gerald Moore, Gervase de Peyer rec. 1957-65 5628962
	String Quartets 14 & 15 Busch Quartet rec. 1936/8 3615882

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

	Symphonies 1-4, Overture, Scherzo and Finale Dresden Staatskapelle/Wolfgang Sawallisch rec. 1992 5677682
	Piano Concerto Dinu Lipatti Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1948 5677742
	Piano Concerto, Papillons Sviatoslav Richter Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte Carlo/Lovro von Matacic rec. 1962/74 5679822
	Liederkreis Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Gerald Moore, Hertha Klust rec. 1951-56 5627552

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicolai Gedda, Dimiter Petkov Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mstislav Rostropovich rec. 1978 5677762

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)

	Violin Concerto Jascha Heifetz London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham rec. 1935 3615902
	Violin Concerto Ginette Neveu Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Süsskind rec. 1945 4768302
	En Saga, The Swan of Tuonela, Karelia Suite, Finlandia, Valse Triste, Tapiola Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1976-81 4768462
	Symphony 7, Tapiola, The Oceanides, Pelleas and Melisande Suite Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham rec. 1955 5096922

Johann STRAUSS II (1825–1899)

Die Fledermaus Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Rita Streich, Nicolai Gedda Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1955 5670742

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)

	Metamorphosen New Philharmonia O/Sir John Barbirolli rec. 1967 2126902
	Four Last Songs, 12 Orchestral Songs Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Berlin Radio Symphonie-Orchester, London Symphony Orchestra/George Szell 5669082
	Capriccio Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Eberhard Wächter, Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig Philharmonia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch 5673942
	Horn Concertos 1 & 2 Dennis Brain Philharmonia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch rec. 1956 5677822
	Dance of the Seven Veils from 'Salome', Tod und Verklärung, Ein Heldenleben Staatskapelle Dresden/Rudolf Kempe rec. 1970/72 5678912
	Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Der Rosenkavalier - Waltzes, Metamorphosen Staatskapelle Dresden/Rudolf Kempe rec. 1970-73 3458262

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

3 Pieces for String Quartet, Concertino, Double Canon Alban Berg Quartett rec. 1984 5675502

Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)

Stabat Mater, Litany to the Virgin Mary, Symphony No.3 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Sir Simon Rattle rec. 1993 3615922

Sergei TANEYEV (1856-1915)

Suite de Concert David Oistrakh Philharmonia Orchestra/Nicolai Malko rec. 1950 3615702

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

Violin Concerto Jascha Heifetz London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli rec. 1937 3615902

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' Sinfonia of London/Sir John Barbirolli rec. 1962 5672402

Piotr Il’yich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

The Nutcracker Suite Symphony No. 4 Eugene Onegin – Waltz Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Thomas Beecham rec. 1953-59 3800162

Guiseppe VERDI (1813-1901)

	La Traviata Renato Scotto, Sarah Walker, Alfredo Krauss, Renato Bruson Ambrosian Opera Chorus Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti rec. 1980 5096942
	Don Carlo Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini rec. 1970 5674012
	Messa da Requiem, Quattro pezzi sacri Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Janet Baker Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini rec. 1962-4 5675602
	Il Trovatore Giuseppe Di Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1956 5628982
	Aida Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo New Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti rec. 1974 5676132
	Falstaff Tito Gobbi, Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Anna Moffo Phiharmonia Orchestra & Chorus/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1956 5670832
	Heroines Arias from Macbeth, Ernani, Otello, Aroldo, Don Carlo & Aida Maria Callas Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire/Nicolo Rescigno rec. 1958-64 3800202

Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)

Bachianas Brasileiras Nos 1, 2, 5 & 9 Victoria de los Angeles Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française/Heitor Villa-Lobos rec. 5669122

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)

Magnificat R611, Gloria R589 Teresa Berganza, Lucia Valentini Terrani New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus/Riccardo Muti rec. 1977-8 5669872

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

	Arias & Duets Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter Philharmonia O/Leopold Ludwig rec. 1957 5097022
	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg René Kollo, Helen Donath, Theo Adam Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1970 5670862
	Der Fliegende Hollander Theo Adam, Anja Silja, Martti Talvela, Ernst Kozub, New Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer rec. 1968 5674082
	Lohengrin Jess Thomas, Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Rudolf Kempe rec. 1962/3 5674152
	Orchestral highlights from the operas Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer rec. 1960-63 5678932
	Orchestral highlights from the operas Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1974 in the Philharmonie, Berlin 5627562
	Die Walküre Act 3 Astrid Varnay Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1951/Herbert von Karajan rec. 1951 3800242

Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)

	Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2, Clarinet Concertino, Clarinet Quintet Sabine Meyer Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt rec. 1984/5 5679882
	Konzertstück Claudio Arrau Philharmonia Orchestra/Alceo Galliera rec. 1960 5628842

Hugo WOLF (1860-1903)

Lieder Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gerald Moore rec. London, 1956-62 3800402

 

 

 

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