OUR CLASSIC CLASSICS
A List of All-Time Great Recordings

 

Composer A-L

Composer M-Z

Miscellaneous

Isaac Albeniz
Iberia Suite • Alicia De Larrocha rec. 1986 • Decca 4178872 [PCW]

Tomaso Albinoni
Oboe Concertos Op. 7 • Heinz Holliger/I Musici • DG 4271112  [PCW]

Anton Arensky
Suites for two pianos • Stephen Coombs, Ian Munro • Hyperion CDA66755 [DJB]

Malcolm Arnold
Dances • London PO/composer • Lyrita SRCD201 [DJB] [LM]
Symphonies 2 & 5 • Bournemouth SO/Sir Charles Groves, CBSO/composer • EMI 63368 [PCW]

Kurt Atterburg
Symphonies • NDR O/Ari Rasilainen • CPO 7771182 [RB]

Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantatas • Bach Collegium Japan/Masaaki Suzuki • BIS various [DJB]
Cello Suites • Pablo Casals • EMI 5626112 [PCW]
Goldberg Variations • Angela Hewitt • Hyperion CDA67305 [DJB]
Keyboard Concertos • Murray Perahia/ASMF • Sony SK89245 & SK89690 [DJB]
St Matthew Passion • Gabrieli Consort & Players/Paul McCreesh • Archiv 4742002 [PCW]
Well Tempered Clavier Books I & II • Angela Hewitt • Hyperion CDS44291-4 [PCW]
Mass in B minor • Monteverdi Choir/English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner • DG Archiv 4155142 [JQ]
Cantatas • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson/Orchestra of Emmanuel Music/Craig Smith • Nonesuch 79692 2 [JQ]

Granville Bantock
Omar Khayyám • BBC SO & Ch/Vernon Handley • Chandos CHSA5051 [PCW]
Sappho • Susan Bickley, Royal PO/Vernon Handley • Hyperion CDA66899 [RB] [LM]

Samuel Barber
Knoxville, Summer of 1915  • Molly McGurk, West Australian SO/David Measham • Regis RRC1139 [RB]

Arnold Bax
Symphony 6 • New PO/Norman del Mar • Lyrita SRCD296 [RB]
Symphonies • BBC PO/Vernon Handley • Chandos CHAN10122(5) [LM]
Tone poems • London PO/Sir Adrian Boult • Lyrita SRCD231 [RB] [LM]

Ludwig van Beethoven
Missa Solemnis Concertgebow O/Leonard Bernstein DG 413 7802 [JQ]
Piano Concertos 4 & 5. Emil Gilels/Philharmonia/Leopold Ludwig Testament SBT 1095 [JQ]
Piano Sonatas Volume 3 • Paul Lewis • Harmonia Mundi HMC90190608 [DJB]
Hammerklavier Sonata • Solomon • EMI 4768652 or 7647082 [PCW]
String Quartet 13 • Lindsay Qt • ASV CDDCA602 [PCW]
Symphony 3 • Philharm O/Otto Klemperer rec. 1959 • EMI 5677402 [PCW]
Symphonies 6 & 7 • COE/Nikolaus Harnoncourt • Teldec 2292 464522 [DJB]
Symphonies 5 & 7 • Vienna PO/Carlos Kleiber • DG 447 4002 [JQ]
Symphonies 1-9 • Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Philharmonia/Sir Charles Mackerras • Hyperion CDS 44301/5 [JQ]

Hector Berlioz
Grand Messe des Morts London SO/Sir Colin Davis. Philips 416 2832 [JQ]
Symphonie Fantastique. Concertgebouw O/Colin Davis. Philips 411 4252 [JQ]
Te Deum European Community YO/Claudio Abbado DG 410 6962 [JQ]

Leonard Bernstein
Candide • London SO & Ch/composer • DG 4744722 [PCW]
West Side Story • Kiri Te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, composer • DG 4777101 [RB]

Heinrich Biber
Missa Salisburgensis • Musica Antiqua Koln, Gabrieli Consort/Reinhard Goebel, Paul McCreesh • Archiv 4576112 [DJB]

Howard Blake
Violin concerto • Christiane Edinger, English Nthn Phil/Paul Daniel • ASV CDDCA905 [DJB]

Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor • Atlanta SO/Robert Shaw • Telarc CD80039 (w/Stravinsky Firebird) [DJB]

Joly Braga Santos
Symphony 4 • Rumanian Radiotelevision SO/Silva Pereira • Strauss SP4059 [RB]
Symphony 4 • Ntl SO Ireland/Alvaro Cassuto • Marco Polo 8.225233 [DJB]

Johannes Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem • Philharm O/Otto Klemperer • EMI 5669032 [PCW]
Ein Deutsches Requiem Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique/John Eliot Gardiner Philips 432 140 2 [JQ]
Double Concerto • Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose, Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy • Sony SBK46335 [RB]
Piano concertos • Emil Gilels, Berlin PO/Eugen Jochum • DG 4355882 & 4399792 [DJB] [JQ]
Piano quintet • Leif Ove Andsnes, Artemis Qt • Virgin Classics 3951432 (w/Schumann quintet) [DJB]
Piano trios 1 & 2 • Julius Katchen, Josef Suk, Janos Starker • Decca 4211522 [DJB]
Symphonies 1-4 • Berliner Philharmoniker/Rudolf Kempe • Testament SBT 3054 [JQ]
Symphony 2 • London PO/Sir Adrian Boult • EMI 69819 [PCW]
Symphony 3 • Columbia SO/Bruno Walter • CBS Sony SMK 64471 [RB]

Frank Bridge
The Sea, Summer • Royal Liverpool PO/Sir Charles Groves • EMI 5668552 [LM]

Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes • Peter Pears, Royal Opera House Ch & O/Covent Garden/Benjamin Britten • Decca 4145772 [LM]
Piano & Violin Concertos • Sviatoslav Richter, Mark Lubotsky, English CO/Benjamin Britten • London 417308 [LM]
Serenade, Les Illuminations • Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell, English CO/Benjamin Britten • Decca 4171532 [LM]
War Requiem • Galina Vishnevskaya, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, London SO & Ch/Benjamin Britten • Decca 4143832 [LM] [JQ]

Anton Bruckner
Symphony 4 • Vienna PO/Karl Bohm • Decca 4758403 [PCW] [JQ]
Symphony 7 • Berlin PO/Gunter Wand • RCA Red Seal 74321 687162 [JQ]
Symphony 8 • Vienna PO/Herbert von Karajan • DG 427 611 2 [JQ]
Symphony 8 • Berlin PO/Gunter Wand rec. 2001 • RCA 74321828662 [PCW]
Symphony 9 • Columbia SO/Bruno Walter rec. 1959 • Sony 5188122 [PCW]
Symphony 7 • Berlin PO/Gunter Wand • RCA Red Seal 74321 687162 [JQ]
Symphony 8 • Vienna PO/Herbert von Karajan • DG 427 611 2 [JQ]

Joseph Canteloube
Songs of the Auvergne • Netania Davrath • Vanguard Classics SVC38/39 [RB] [PCW]

Frederic Chopin
Nocturnes • Artur Rubinstein • RCA 09026630492 [PCW]
Waltzes • Dinu Lipatti • EMI 5669042 [PCW]

Shaun Davey
Granuaile • Rita Connolly • Tara 3017 [RB]

Henry Walford Davies
Prospice • Martin Oxenham, Bingham Qt • Meridian DUOCD89026 [LM]

Claude Debussy
Orchestral Music • Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink • Philips 4387422 [PCW] [JQ]
Nocturnes, Jeux • Concertgebouw O/Bernard Haitink • Philips 4000232 [LM]
String Quartet • Alban Berg Qt • EMI 7473472 (w/Ravel qt) [LM]

Frederic Delius
Sea Drift • John Shirley Quirk, London SO/Richard Hickox • London 4251562 [LM]
Orchestral works • Royal PO/Sir Thomas Beecham • EMI CDS 7475098 [JQ]

David Diamond
Symphony 4 • New York PO/Leonard Bernstein • Sony Classical SMK60594 (w/Harris & Thompson sys) [RB]

Maurice Duruflé
Requiem • Corydon Singers/MatthewBest • Hyperion CDA67070 [JQ]

Antonin Dvořák
Cello Concerto • Mstislav Rostropovich, London PO/Carlo Maria Giulini • EMI 3582319 [PCW]

Edward Elgar
Cello concerto, Sea Pictures • Jacqueline du Pre, Janet Baker, London SO/John Barbirolli • EMI 5562192 [DJB] [LM]
Cello Concerto • Jacqueline du Pre, Philadelphia O/Daniel Barenboim • Sony SB2K63247 [RB]
Dream of Gerontius • Janet Baker, Halle O/Sir John Barbirolli • EMI 7631852 [PCW] [JQ]
Enigma variations • Royal PO/Sir Thomas Beecham • Sony  SMK89405 [RB]
Introduction and Allegro, Serenade • Sinfonia of London/Sir John Barbirolli • EMI 7475372 (w/Vaughan Williams string music) [DJB] [JQ]
The Kingdom • London PO & Ch/Sir Adrian Boult • EMI CDS 7493812 [JQ]
Symphony 1 • Phil O/Sir John Barbirolli • EMI 7645112 [LM]
Symphony 1 • Hallé O/Sir John Barbirolli • BBC Legends BBCL41062 [JQ]
Symphony 2 • London PO/Solti • Decca 4730822 [RB]
Violin concerto • Jascha Heifetz, London SO/Malcolm Sargent • Naxos 8.110939 (w/Walton concerto) [RB]
Violin Concerto, Enigma Variations • Yehudi Menuhin, London SO/composer • EMI 5669792 [PCW]
Violin Concerto • Nigel Kennedy/London PO Orchestra/Vernon Handley • EMI CDC 747210 2 [JQ] 

Gabriel Fauré
Complete Piano Music • Kathryn Stott • Hyperion CDA66911-4 [PCW]
Piano quartets • Domus • Hyperion CDA66166 [DJB]
Requiem • Corydon Singers/MatthewBest • Hyperion CDA67070 [JQ]

Gerald Finzi
Hardy Songs • John Carol Case/Howard Ferguson • Lyrita SRCD282 [RB]
Intimations of Immortality • Ian Partridge Guildford P Ch & O/Vernon Handley • Lyrita SRCD238 [RB]
Cello & Clarinet Concertos • Yo Yo Ma, Royal PO, John Denham, New PO/Vernon Handley • Lyrita SRCD236 [JQ]

George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess • Willard White, London PO/Sir Simon Rattle • EMI 4768362 [PCW] [JQ]

Philip Glass
Violin concerto • Adele Anthony Ulster O/Takuo Yuasa • Naxos 8.554568 [DJB]
Violin Concerto • Gidon Kremer, Vienna PO/Christoph von Dohnányi • DG 4451852 [RB]
'The Hours' soundtrack • Michael Riesman, Lyric Qt • Nonesuch 7559 796932 [DJB]

Alexander Glazunov
Symphony 4 • Royal Scottish Ntl O/Jose Serebrier • Warner Classics 2564632362 [RB]

Henryk Gorecki
Symphony 3 'Sorrowful Songs' • Dawn Upshaw, London Sinf/David Zinman • Nonesuch 7559 792822 [DJB]
Symphony 3 'Sorrowful Songs' • Stefania Woytowicz, Polish Radio Ntl SO/Jerzy Katlewicz • Olympia OCD313 [LM]

Georg Frideric Handel
Israel in Egypt • Monteverdi Ch, English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner • Philips 4321102 [JQ]
Messiah • English Consort/Trevor Pinnock • DG Archiv 4236302 [JQ]
Keyboard suites • Murray Perahia • Sony SK62785 (w/D Scarlatti sonatas) [DJB]
Water music, Royal Fireworks music • Tafelmusik/Jeanne Lamon • Sony SMK89986 [DJB]

Howard Hanson
Symphony 2 • RCA Victor SO/Charles Gerhardt • Chesky CD112 [RB]

Roy Harris
Symphony 3 • New York PO/Leonard Bernstein • Sony Classical SMK60594 (w/Thompson & Diamond sys) [RB]
Symphony 7  Philadelphia O/Eugene Ormandy Albany Troy 256 [RB]

Franz Joseph Haydn
The Creation • Academy of Ancient Music/Christopher Hogwood • L’Oiseau-Lyre 4303972 [JQ]
Symphonies 99-104 • Royal PO/Sir Thomas Beecham • EMI 5855132 [PCW]

Gustav Holst
Egdon Heath • London PO/Sir Adrian Boult • Decca 4251522 [LM]
The Planets • Royal PO/Vernon Handley • Alto ALC1013 [LM]

Alan Hovhaness
Symphony 9 St Vartan • National PO/composer • Crystal Records CD802 [RB]
Symphony 24 Majnun • National PO/composer • Crystal Records CD803 [RB]

Herbert Howells
Orchestral works Volume 2 • Yvonne Kenny, Lydia Mordkovitch, London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9557 [DJB]
Hymnus Paradisi • Bach Ch, New Philharmonia/Sir David Willcocks • EMI CDM 7633722 [JQ]

Johann Hummel
Piano Concertos • Stephen Hough, English CO/Bryden Thomson • Chandos CHAN8507 [DJB]

Janis Ivanovs
Violin Concerto • Valdis Zarins, Latvian Ntl O/Vassily Sinaisky • Campion Cameo CD2004 [RB]

Leos Janáček
Glagolitic Mass • Czech Phil O/Sir Charles Mackerras • Supraphon 33C377448 [LM] [JQ]
Taras Bulba, Sinfonietta • Czech State Phil Brno/José Serebrier • Reference Recordings RR2103 [RB]
Sinfonietta, Taras Bulba • Vienna PO/Sir Charles Mackerras • Decca 4101382 [JQ]

Johann Kalliwoda
Symphonies 5 & 7 • Das Neue O/Christoph Spering • CPO 7771392 [DJB]

Jerome Kern
Showboat • London Sinfonietta/John McGlinn • EMI Angel 4910828 [JQ]

Graeme Koehne
Inflight Entertainment • Diana Doherty, Sydney SO/Takuo Yuasa • Naxos 8.555847 [DJB]

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Symphony • Oregon SO/James De Preist • Delos DE3234 [RB]

Johann Kraus
Symphonies Volume 1 • Swedish CO/Petter Sundkvist • Naxos 8.553734 [DJB]

Peter Lieberson
Neruda Songs • Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Boston SO/James Levine • Nonesuch 7559799542 [PCW] [JQ]

Franz Liszt
Piano Concertos & Sonata • Sviatoslav Richter, London SO/Kiril Kondrashin
• Philips 4462002 [PCW]