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Shostakovich Symphony 8
RCO, Nelsons

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HALLÉ WALKURE
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Complete Orchestral Works


EMI Complete Ferrier


Storyteller


Mahler Symphony 7
Bamberger Symphoniker
Jonathan Nott

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Simone Young

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Italia Nicola Benedetti


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Momentous!

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Italian Cello Concertos and Sonatas
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Brahms Symphonies Zinman
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Beethoven Symphonies
Thielmann


Magic Moments of Opera
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Brilliant Classics 60CDs


9 Symphonies Chailly
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9 Symphonies C Davis
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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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Robert Schumann
Symphonies

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Symphony 1

Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet Eloquence 4800078 review
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Frank Beermann CPO 7775362 review
Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein DG 4775167 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult First Hand FHR07 review
Swedish CO/Thomas Daugaard BIS SACD1569 review
Berlin PO/Bernard Haitink Arthaus 101760 review
London SO/István Kertész BBC Legends BBCL42292 review
Israel PO/Paul Kletzki Preiser 90730 review
Haydn O Bolzano & Trento/Gustav Kuhn Col Legno 2CD60021 review
Phil O/Riccardo Muti EMI 3714972 review
Vienna PO/Riccardo Muti Newton 8802081 review
Royal PO/Grzegorz Nowak RPO SP014 review
Dresden Staatskapelle/Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI 6090372 review
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Oehms OC707 review
Cleveland O/Georg Szell Sony 5160272 review

Symphony 2

Suisse Romande O/Ernest Ansermet Eloquence 4800078 review
Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Frank Beermann CPO 7775362 review
Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein DG 4775167 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult First Hand FHR07 review
Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard BIS SACD1519
Munich PO/Sergiu Celibidache EMI 5568492 review
O des Champs-Elysées/Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi HMA1951848 review
Haydn O Bolzano & Trento/Gustav Kuhn Col Legno 2CD60021 review
Boston SO/Charles Munch West Hill WHRA6015 review review
ICA Classics ICAD5052 review
Phil. O/Riccardo Muti EMI 3714972 review
Vienna PO/Riccardo Muti Newton 8802081 review
Royal PO/Grzegorz Nowak RPO SP014 review
Dresden Staatskapelle/Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI 6090372 review
Cleveland O/Georg Szell Sony 5160272 review
Symphony Nova Scotia/Georg Tintner Naxos 8.557235 review
NBC SO/Arturo Toscanini Guild GHCD2362 review
London PO/Franz Welser-Most EMI 5209542 review

Symphony 3

Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Frank Beermann CPO 7775362 review
Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein DG 4775167 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult First Hand FHR07 review
London SO/Yondani Butt Nimbus NI6163 review
Munich PO/Sergiu Celibidache EMI 5556252
Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard BIS BISSACD1619 review
Haydn O Bolzano & Trento/Gustav Kuhn Col Legno 2CD60021 review
International SO/René Leibowitz Chesky CD096 review
Boston SO/Pierre Monteux West Hill WHRA6022 review review
Phil. O/Riccardo Muti EMI 3714972 review
Vienna PO/Riccardo Muti Newton 8802081 review
Royal PO/Grzegorz Nowak RPO SP014 review
Royal PO/Dirk Oeres Regis RRC1237 review
Dresden Staatskapelle/Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI 6090372 review
Cleveland O/Georg Szell Sony 5160272 review
London PO/Klaus Tennstedt EMI 0944332 review
London PO/Franz Welser-Most EMI 5209542 review
Swan O/Kenneth Woods Avie AV2230 review

Symphony 4

Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Frank Beermann CPO 7775362 review
Vienna PO/Leonard Bernstein DG 4775167 review
London PO/Sir Adrian Boult First Hand FHR07 review
London SO/Yondani Butt Nimbus NI6163 review
Munich PO/Sergiu Celibidache EMI 5556252
Swedish CO/Thomas Dausgaard BIS BISSACD1619 review
Lucerne Fest O/Wilhelm Furtwängler Tahra FURT1088-89 review review
Vienna PO/Wilhelm Furtwängler Tahra FURT1099-1100 review
O des Champs-Elysées/Philippe Herreweghe Harmonia Mundi HMA1951848 review
Vienna SO/Herbert von Karajan Euroarts 2072118 review
Dresden Staatskapelle/Hans Knappertsbusch Tahra TAH606-09 review
Haydn O Bolzano & Trento/Gustav Kuhn Col Legno 2CD60021 review
Berlin RSO/Erich Leinsdorf Arthaus 101153 review
BostonSO/Erich Leinsdorf ICA Classics ICAD5043 review
San Francisco SO/Pierre Monteux Music & Arts CD1192 review
New PO/Riccardo Muti EMI 3714972 review
Vienna PO/Riccardo Muti Newton 8802081 review
Royal PO/Grzegorz Nowak RPO SP014 review
BBC PO/Kurt Sanderling ICA Classics ICAD5042 review
Dresden Staatskapelle/Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI 6090372 review
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski Oehms OC707 review
Cleveland O/Georg Szell Sony 5160272 review
Berlin PO/Klaus Tennstedt EMI 0944332 review
NBC SO/Bruno Walter Guild GHCD2362 review



 

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