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Annotation

a newer 2016 release with barcode 028947892625 (possibly with Decca cat # 478 9262) is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018FCVK8U/ (released Jan 15, 2016, referred to from https://www.deccaclassics.com/us/cat/4789262 )

Annotation last modified on 2018-03-03 07:12 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Ansermet · Falla: El sombrero de tres picos / Debussy: Images
2▶CD: Argenta · España / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
3▶CD: Ashkenazy · Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 3 / Piano Sonata
4▶CD: Ashkenazy · Sibelius 1 / Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
5▶CD: Bartoli · Italian Songs
6▶CD: Bell · Barber & Walton Concertos
7▶CD: Blomstedt · R. Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie
8▶CD: Böhm · Bruckner 4
9▶CD: Boskovsky · New Year’s Day Concert, 1979
10▶CD: Britten · War Requiem
11▶CD: Chailly · Messiaen: Turangalîla‐sinfonie
12▶CD: Chung · Bruch & Mendelssohn Concertos
13▶CD: Curzon · Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 27
14▶CD: Dohnányi · Schoenberg / Berg / Webern
15▶CD: Dorati · Stravinsky: L’Oiseau de feu / Le Sacre du printemps
16▶CD: Dutoit · Ravel: Ma Mère l’Oye / Boléro
17▶CD: Fleming · Opera Scenes
18▶CD: Freire · Brahms: Piano Concerto 1 / Schumann: Carnaval
19▶CD: Haitink · Shostakovich 4 & 9
20▶CD: Hogwood · Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
21▶CD: Jansen · Britten & Beethoven Violin Concertos
22▶CD: Karajan · Holst: The Planets
23▶CD: Katchen · Bartók / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto
24▶CD: Kertész · Dvořak: New World Symphony / Symphony 8
25▶CD: King’s College Choir & St John’s College Choir · Haydn: Nelson Mass & Paukenmesse
26▶CD: Larrocha · Granados: Goyescas / Falla: Noches en los jardines de España
27▶CD: Lemper · Berlin Cabaret Songs
28▶CD: Lupu · Beethoven: Moonlight, Pathétique & Waldstein Sonatas
29▶CD: Maag · Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony 3
30▶CD: Maazel · Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov
31▶CD: Mackerras · Janáček: Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite
32▶CD: Marriner · Tchaikovsky: Serenade for strings / Souvenir de Florence
33▶CD: Martinon · Ibert: Divertissement / Borodin 2
34▶CD: Mehta · Varèse / Ives 2
35▶CD: Monteux · Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Elgar: Enigma Variations
36▶CD: Münchinger · Bach: Magnificat / Cantatas 10 & 140
37▶CD: Nilsson / Solti · Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen (great scenes)
38▶CD: Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti · In Concert, 1990
39▶CD: Pavarotti ・ Puccini: Turandot (highlights)
40▶CD: Pickett · Susato: Dansereye
41▶CD: Rogé · Saint‐Saëns: Piano Concertos 2, 4 & 5
42▶CD: Rousset · Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
43▶CD: Schiff · Bach: Goldber Variations
44▶CD: Solti · Romantic Russia / Suppé: 4 Overtures
45▶CD: Solti · Mahler 8
46▶CD: Sutherland / Horne / Pavarotti · Live from Lincoln Center
47▶CD: Takács Quartet · Beethoven: Quartets opp. 95, 130 & 133
48▼CD: Tebaldi / Del Monaco · Puccini: La fanciulla del West (highlights)
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1La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Che faranno i vecchi miei”
baritone vocals [Sid]:
Virgilio Carbonari (baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
baritone vocals [Sonora]:
Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
bass vocals [Jake Wallace]:
Giorgio Tozzi (operatic bass) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Nick]:
Piero de Palma (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Trin]:
Enzo Guagni (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Che faranno i vecchi miei” (Jake Wallace, Nick, minatori) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini4:37
2La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Jim, perchè piangi?”
baritone vocals:
Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08) and Edio Peruzzi (baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals:
Enzo Guagni (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08) and Angelo Mercuriali (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
edit of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Jim, perchè piangi?” by Mario Carlin (tenor), Michele Cazzato (operatic bass), Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone), Enzo Guagni (tenor), Cornell MacNeil (American baritone), Silvio Maionica (operatic bass), Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Giuseppe Morresi (operatic bass), Edio Peruzzi (baritone), Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Franco Capuana (conductor)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Jim, perchè piangi?” (Minatori, Larkens, Trin, Harry, Joe, Sonora, Bello, Happy, Rance, Ashby) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:10
3La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Minnie, dalla mia casa son partito”
baritone vocals [Rance]:
Cornell MacNeil (American baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Minnie, dalla mia casa son partito” (Rance) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:17
4La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Laggiù nel Soledad”
baritone vocals [Rance]:
Cornell MacNeil (American baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Laggiù nel Soledad” (Minnie, Rance, Johnson) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:34
5La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Mister Johnson, siete rimasto indietro”
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Oh, signor Johnson, siete rimaste indietro” (Minnie, Johnson) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini4:46
6La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Io non son che una povera fanciulla”
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Io non son che una povera fanciulla” (Minnie) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini1:57
7La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Quello che tacete”
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Nick]:
Piero de Palma (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Quello che tacete” (Johnson, Minnie, Nick) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini1:06
8La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Come voi leggermi in cor non so”
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Nick]:
Piero de Palma (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Come voi, leggermi in cor non so” (Minnie, Nick, Johnson) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini2:35
9La fanciulla del West: Atto primo. “Ah, non temete, nessuno ardirà”
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I. “Oh, non temete, nessuno ardirà!” (Johnson, Minnie) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto I
Giacomo Puccini5:31
10La fanciulla del West: Atto secondo. “Non mi difenderò … Or son sei mesi”
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto II. “Una parola sola” … “lo so, lo so! Ma non vi avrei rubato!” (Johnson, Minnie) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto II
Giacomo Puccini3:57
11La fanciulla del West: Atto secondo. “L’han ferito … Che importa”
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto II. “L’han ferito… Che importa?” (Minnie, Johnson) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto II
Giacomo Puccini2:35
12La fanciulla del West: Atto secondo. “Che c’è di nuovo, Jack?”
baritone vocals [Rance]:
Cornell MacNeil (American baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto II. “Che c’è di nuovo, Jack?” (Minnie, Rance) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto II
Giacomo Puccini3:36
13La fanciulla del West: Atto terzo. “Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontano”
baritone vocals [Rance]:
Cornell MacNeil (American baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III. “Ch’ella mi creda libero e lontano” (Johnson, Rance) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer) (in 1910)
librettist:
Guelfo Civinini (Italian librettist) and Carlo Zangarini
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini2:04
14La fanciulla del West: Atto terzo. “Ah‐Ah‐Ah!”
baritone vocals [Rance]:
Cornell MacNeil (American baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
baritone vocals [Sonora]:
Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III. “Ah!… Ah!… È Minnie!” (Minatori, Minnie, Rance) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini2:19
15La fanciulla del West: Atto terzo. “Non vi fu mai”
baritone vocals [Sonora]:
Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III. “Non vi fu mai chi disse ‘Basta!’ Quando per voi” (Minnie, Sonora)” (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini2:11
16La fanciulla del West: Atto terzo. “E anche tu lo vorrai”
baritone vocals [Happy]:
Michele Cazzato (operatic bass) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
baritone vocals [Sonora]:
Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Harry]:
Mario Carlin (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Trin]:
Enzo Guagni (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III. “E anche tu lo vorrai, Joe” (Minnie, Sonora, minatori) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini3:46
17La fanciulla del West: Atto terzo. “Le tue parole sono di Dio”
baritone vocals [Sonora]:
Giorgio Giorgetti (baritone) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
choir vocals:
Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
soprano vocals [Minnie]:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Harry]:
Mario Carlin (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Joe]:
Angelo Mercuriali (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Johnson]:
Mario Del Monaco (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
tenor vocals [Trin]:
Enzo Guagni (tenor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
orchestra:
Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
conductor:
Franco Capuana (conductor) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
recording of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III. “Le tue parole sono di Dio” (Sonora, Johnson, Minnie, tutti) (from 1958-07 until 1958-08)
composer:
Giacomo Puccini (Italian composer)
part of:
La fanciulla del West: Atto III
Giacomo Puccini2:36
49▶CD: Wiener Oktett · Mendelssohn: Octet / Beethoven: Septet
50▶CD: Winchester / Terfel · Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast

Credits

Release group

includes:A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Symphony no. 3 “Scottish” by Felix Mendelssohn (composer); Peter Maag (conductor)
Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation by Edgard Varèse (composer); Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Barber: Violin Concerto / Walton: Violin Concerto / Bloch: Baal Shem by Barber (American composer), Walton (British composer and conductor), Bloch (Swiss-American composer); Joshua Bell (violinist), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman (conductor)
Bartók: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major by Bartók (Béla Bartók, composer), Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Julius Katchen (pianist), London Symphony (London Symphony Orchestra), István Kertész (conductor)
Berlin Cabaret Songs by Ute Lemper
Dansereye (1551) by Tielman Susato (Flemish Renaissance composer); New London Consort, Philip Pickett (musician)
Daphnis et Chloé by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux (conductor)
Eine Alpensinfonie / Don Juan by Richard Strauss (German composer); San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt (conductor)
España by The London Symphony Orchestra (London Symphony Orchestra), Ataúlfo Argenta (pianist and conductor)
Goldberg Variations (1982 recording) by Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician); András Schiff (pianist)
Goyescas: Volumes 1 & 2 / El pelele by Granados (composer); Alicia de Larrocha (pianist)
Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux d’enfants / Saint‐Säens: Danse macabre / Le rouet d’omphale by Ibert (French composer), Bizet (French composer), Saint‐Saëns (composer); Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Jean Martinon (French conductor and composer)
In Concert by Carreras (Spanish tenor), Domingo (tenor), Pavarotti (tenor), Mehta (Zubin Mehta, conductor)
Italian Songs by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer), Schubert (Franz Schubert, composer), Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer), Haydn (composer); Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo‐soprano), András Schiff (pianist)
La fanciulla del West (1958 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Tebaldi (soprano), del Monaco (tenor), MacNeil (American baritone), Tozzi (operatic bass), Orchestra (Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia) e Coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma (Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia), Franco Capuana (conductor)
Le Sacre du printemps / L’Oiseau de feu by Stravinsky (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer); Antal Doráti (conductor)
Ma Mère l’Oye / Pavane pour une infante défunte / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Valses nobles et sentimentales by Ravel (Maurice Ravel, French composer); Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Montreal Symphony Orchestra), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Magnificat in D major / Cantata no. 10 by Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach, German Baroque period composer & musician); Ameling (soprano), Van Bork (soprano), Watts (contralto), Krenn (tenor), Rintzler (Romanian operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Wiener Akademiechor (Vienna Chamber Choir, choir), Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger (German conductor)
Mendelssohn Octet / Beethoven Septet by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Wiener Oktett
New Year's Day Concert in Vienna 1979 by Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Willi Boskovsky (violinist and conductor)
Piano Concertos no. 20, K466 & no. 27, K595 by Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, classical composer); Clifford Curzon (classical pianist, knighted in 1977), Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist), English Chamber Orchestra
Piano Concertos nos. 2, 4 & 5 by Saint‐Saëns (composer); Pascal Rogé (pianist), Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976), Charles Dutoit (conductor)
Piano Sonata op. 27 no. 2 “Moonlight” / Piano Sonata op. 13 “Pathetique” / Piano Sonata op. 53 “Waldstein” by Beethoven (Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer); Radu Lupu (Romanian concert pianist)
Respighi: Feste romane / Pini di Roma / Rimsky‐Korsakov: Le Coq d’or (suite) by Respighi (composer), Rimsky‐Korsakov (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer); The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
Serenade for Strings / Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner (conductor)
Signatures: Great Opera Scenes by Renée Fleming (soprano), Sir Georg Solti (conductor), London Symphony Orchestra
Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / The Cunning Little Vixen Suite by Janáček (Czech composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina by Pergolesi (composer); Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Christophe Rousset (French harpsichordist & conductor), Les Talens Lyriques (French classical musical ensemble)
Symphonie no. 8 (1971 recording) by Mahler (composer); Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (Sir Georg Solti, conductor)
Symphony no. 4 by Bruckner (Austrian composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), Karl Böhm (Austrian conductor)
Symphony no. 9 in E minor, op. 95 “New World” by Dvořák (Antonín Dvořák, composer); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Vienna Philharmonic), István Kertész (conductor)
The Planets by Holst (Gustav Holst, composer); Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
The Three-cornered Hat / La Vida Breve - Interlude and Dance by Falla (Spanish composer); Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR), Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Turandot (1972 studio cast) by Puccini (Italian composer); Sutherland (soprano), Pavarotti (tenor), Caballé (soprano), Ghiaurov (operatic bass), Krause (bass-baritone), Pears (tenor), John Alldis Choir (The John Alldis Choir), London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra), Zubin Mehta (conductor)
Turangalîla‐Symphonie by Olivier Messiaen (composer and organist); Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly (conductor), Jean‐Yves Thibaudet (pianist), Takashi Harada (Harada Takashi, ondes Martenot player)
Violin Concertos / Scottish Fantasia by Mendelssohn (Felix Mendelssohn, composer), Bruch (composer and conductor); Kyung Wha-Chung (Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist), Kempe (conductor), Dutoit (conductor)
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Parry: I Was Glad / Jerusalem by Walton (British composer and conductor), Parry (English composer); Bryn Terfel (bass‐baritone opera singer), Waynflete Singers, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton (conductor)
War Requiem by Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist); Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau (baritone)