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Schubert complete symphonies
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Italian Cello Concertos and Sonatas
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Brahms Symphonies Zinman
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Beethoven Symphonies
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Magic Moments of Opera
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Bruch VC1 Gluzman
Quite the finest performance of the Bruch concerto I have ever heard.


The best opera DVD of the year so far [ST]


Mahler Song Cycles
Katarina Karnéus

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Euroarts 2056028 review
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Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet Cascavelle VEL3126 review
Halle O/John Barbirolli BBC Legends BBCL41932 review
West Eastern Divan O/Daniel Barenboim Warner 2564 627912 review review
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Berlin Staatskapelle/Daniel Barenboim * Warner 2564 618902 review
New York PO/Leonard Bernstein Sony 82876 787402 review
Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt Berlin 0014232BC review
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London PO/Adrian Boult Vanguard ATMCD1191 review
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Simón Bolívar Youth O/Gustavo Dudamel DG 4776228 review
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Hungarian State O/János Ferencsik * Hungaroton HCD41007 review
Berlin PO/Wilhelm Furtwangler Audite 21403 review
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SWR SO Baden-Baden & Freiburg/Michael Gielen Euroarts 2050639 review
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Philharmonia O/Herbert von Karajan * EMI 5158632 review
Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan DG 4777578 * review
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London SO/Wyn Morris * Musical Concepts MC199 review
Boston SO/Charles Munch RCA 82876 678982 review
ICA ICAD5016 review
Montréal SO/Kent Nagano RCA 88697 400842 review
Berlin PO/Arthur Nikisch Dutton CDBP9874 review
Pristine PASC310 review
Vienna SO/Willem van Otterloo Challenge CC72383 review
Russian Ntl O/Mikhail Pletnev * DG 4776409 review
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EMI 6317692 review
New York PO/Victor de Sabata Andromeda ANDRCD5071 review
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Vienna PO/Christian Thielemann Unitel 705308 * review
Unitel 707204 * review
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NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini Music & Arts CD1203 * review
Pristine PASC170 review
Minnesota O/Osmo Vanska BIS SACD1416 review
BIS SACD1825-6 * review
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