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Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
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Piano Concerto No. 2
Emil Gilels
Orchestre de
la Société du Conservatoire
Paris/André Cluytens
rec.
1954
3458192 |
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Cello Concerto No. 1
Mstislav Rostropovich
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini
rec. 1977
5675932 |
Erik SATIE (1866-1925)
Franz SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
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Symphonies 1-4,
Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Dresden Staatskapelle/Wolfgang Sawallisch
rec. 1992
5677682 |
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Piano Concerto
Dinu Lipatti
Philharmonia Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan
rec. 1948
5677742 |
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Piano Concerto, Papillons
Sviatoslav Richter
Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte Carlo/Lovro von Matacic
rec. 1962/74
5679822 |
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Liederkreis
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Gerald
Moore, Hertha Klust
rec. 1951-56
5627552 |
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
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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)
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Violin Concerto
Jascha Heifetz
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
rec. 1935
3615902 |
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Violin Concerto
Ginette Neveu
Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Süsskind
rec. 1945
4768302 |
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En Saga,
The Swan of Tuonela,
Karelia Suite,
Finlandia,
Valse Triste,
Tapiola
Berliner Philharmonic
Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan
rec. 1976-81
4768462 |
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Symphony 7,
Tapiola,
The Oceanides,
Pelleas and Melisande Suite
Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham
rec. 1955
5096922 |
Christian SINDING (1856-1941)
Johann STRAUSS II (1825–1899)
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Die Fledermaus
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf,
Rita Streich, Nicolai Gedda
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus/Herbert von Karajan
rec. 1955
5670742 |
Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)
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Metamorphosen
New Philharmonia
O/Sir John Barbirolli
rec. 1967
2126902 |
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Four Last Songs, 12 Orchestral Songs
Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf
Berlin Radio
Symphonie-Orchester, London Symphony Orchestra/George
Szell
5669082
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Capriccio
Elisabeth
Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Eberhard Wächter,
Nicolai Gedda, Hans Hotter, Christa Ludwig
Philharmonia
Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch
5673942
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Horn Concertos 1 & 2
Dennis Brain
Philharmonia Orchestra/Wolfgang Sawallisch
rec. 1956
5677822 |
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Dance of the Seven Veils from 'Salome',
Tod und Verklärung, Ein Heldenleben
Staatskapelle
Dresden/Rudolf Kempe
rec. 1970/72
5678912 |
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Don Juan,
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche,
Der Rosenkavalier - Waltzes, Metamorphosen
Staatskapelle
Dresden/Rudolf Kempe
rec. 1970-73
3458262 |
Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)
Sergei TANEYEV (1856-1915)
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
Piotr Il’yich
TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Guiseppe VERDI (1813-1901)
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La Traviata
Renato Scotto,
Sarah Walker, Alfredo Krauss, Renato Bruson
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
rec. 1980
5096942
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Don Carlo
Plácido
Domingo, Montserrat Caballé
Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Orchestra
of the
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/Carlo Maria Giulini
rec. 1970
5674012
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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 |
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Il Trovatore
Giuseppe Di
Stefano, Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala, Milan/Herbert von Karajan
rec. 1956
5628982 |
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Aida
Montserrat Caballé, Placido
Domingo
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti
rec. 1974
5676132 |
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Falstaff
Tito Gobbi,
Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Anna
Moffo
Phiharmonia Orchestra & Chorus/Herbert von Karajan
rec. 1956
5670832 |
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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
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Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887-1959)
Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)
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Arias & Duets
Birgit Nilsson,
Hans Hotter
Philharmonia O/Leopold Ludwig
rec. 1957
5097022 |
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Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
René Kollo,
Helen Donath, Theo
Adam
Staatskapelle
Dresden/Herbert von Karajan
rec. 1970
5670862
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Der Fliegende Hollander
Theo Adam,
Anja Silja, Martti Talvela, Ernst Kozub,
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Otto Klemperer
rec. 1968
5674082
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Lohengrin
Jess Thomas,
Christa Ludwig, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra/Rudolf
Kempe
rec. 1962/3
5674152
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Orchestral highlights from the operas
Philharmonia
Orchestra/Otto Klemperer
rec.
1960-63
5678932
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Orchestral highlights from the operas
Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra/Herbert von Karajan
rec. 1974 in the
Philharmonie, Berlin
5627562 |
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Die Walküre Act 3
Astrid Varnay
Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele 1951/Herbert
von Karajan
rec. 1951 3800242 |
Carl Maria von WEBER (1786-1826)
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Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2, Clarinet
Concertino, Clarinet Quintet
Sabine Meyer
Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt
rec. 1984/5
5679882 |
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Konzertstück
Claudio Arrau
Philharmonia Orchestra/Alceo Galliera
rec. 1960
5628842 |
Hugo WOLF (1860-1903)
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Lieder
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Gerald Moore
rec. London, 1956-62
3800402 |
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Italienisches Liederbuch, Part 1
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gerald Moore
rec. 1965-67
5606502 |
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