Universal Classics (Philips, Deutsche Grammophon, Decca)
Some of my favourite
CD's listed by Genre
Symphonic
Beethoven: Symphonies
(ORR, Gardiner)
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
(ORR, Gardiner)
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette
(ORR, Gardiner)
Dvorak: Symphonies 7,8&9
(LSO/Concertgebouw, Davis)
Dvorak: Overtures
(BPO, Kubelik)
Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works
(Gothenburg SO, Jarvi)
Haydn: London Symphonies
(Harnoncourt)
Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3,4&5
(Orchestra of the 18th C, Bruggen)
Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41
(EBS, Gardiner)
Schubert: Symphonies 1 & 4
(Orchestra of the 18th C, Bruggen)
Schumann: Symphonies
(ORR, Gardiner)
Smetana: Ma Vlast
(Dorati)
Tchaikovsky: Centenary Collection
(BPO, Karajan)
Concerto
Beethoven: Piano Concertos
(Brendel)
Berlioz: Harold in Italie
(Causse, ORR, Gardiner)
Brahms/Bruch: Violin Concertos
(Accardo)
Dvorak: Cello Concerto (with Schumann)
(Starker)
Elgar: Cello Concerto
(Dupre)
Giuliani: Guitar Concertos
(Romero)
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
(Hardenberger)
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
(Brymer)
Paganini: Violin Concertos
(Accardo)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 2
(Ashkenazy)
Rodrigo et al: Guitar COncertos
(Romero)
R. Strauss: Horn Concertos
(Baumann)
Telemann: Oboe Concertos
(Holliger)
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
(Il Giardono Armonico)
Solo Instrumental
Great Pianists of the 2oth Century: Rachmaninov, Richter, Horowitz
La Boheme:
(Lakatos)
Holliger at the Opera
Magic Flute of James Galway
Chamber Music
Dvorak: String Quartets
(Prague Quartet)
Dvorak: Serenades
(ASMIF)
Mendelssohn: Octett
(ASMIF)
Choral/Soloists with Orchestra
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
(ORR, Gardiner)
Berlioz: Te Deum
(Davis)
Berlioz: Requiem
(Davis)
Dvorak: Requiem
Faure: Requiem
(ORR, Gardiner)
Grainger: Folksong Arrangements
(Montiverdi Choir, Gardiner)
Handel: Messiah
(Davis)
Mozart: Reqiuem
(EBS, Gardiner)
Orff: Carmina Burana
(Ozawa)
Ramirez: Missa Criolla
(Carreras)
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri
(ORR, Gardiner)
Verdi: Requiem
(ORR, Gardiner)
Choral
Alfven: Choral Works
(OD, Sund)
Rachmaninov: Vespers
(St Petersburg Chamber Choir)
Schubert: Choral Works
(Montiverdi Choir, Gardiner)
Everything must change
(Gli Scapoli)
Vocal
Beethoven: Folksong Arrangements
Berlioz: Melodies
Grieg: Songs
(Groop)
Tosti: Songs
(Carreras)
Russian Folk Songs
(Hvorostovsky)
Spirituals
(Estes)
Opera
Beethoven: Leonore:
(ORR, Gardiner)
Berlioz: Les Troyens:
(Covent Garden Opera, Davis)
Bizet: Carmen
(Carreras/Baltsa, Karajan)
Borodin: Prince Igor
(Kirov Opera, Gergiev)
Dvorak: Rusalka
Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla
Mozart: Die Zauberflote
Puccini: Tosca
Rossini: William Tell
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
(Hvorostovsky/Foclie, Bychkov)
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Weber: Der Frieschutz
Lesser-Known
Composers
(Links are to sites with more information)
Alfven,
Hugo
Andreie, Elfrida
Arriaga, Juan Chrisostomo
Backer-Groendahl,
Agathe
Berwald,
Franz
Bon,
Anna
Boulanger,
Lili
Bruch,
Max
Caccini,
Francesca
Chaminade,
Cecile
Danzi, Franz
Farrenc,
Louise
Gade,
Niels
Gines, Teodora
Giuliani,
Mauro
Holmsen,
Borghild
Kinkel,
Johanna Mathieux
Kjerulf,
Halfdan
La Guerre,
Elizabeth Jacquet de
Lebrun,
Francesca
Leonarda,
Isabella
Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik
Mahler-Werfel,
Alma
Maier-Roentgen,
Amanda
Mendelssohn-Hensel,
Fanny
Martinez,
Marianne
Mayer,
Emile
McDowall, Edward
Norton,
Caroline
Panufnik, Roxanna
Raff, Joseph Joachim
Reichardt,
Louise
Rheinberger,
Joseph Gabriel
di
Rossi, Camilla
Saeverud,
Harald
Schumann,
Clara
Sinding, Christian
Stenhammar,
Wilhelm
Strozzi,
Barbara
Suk, Josef
Svendsen,
Johann
Szymanowska,
Maria Agata
Tegneir, Alice
Tosti, Franco Paolo
Tveitt,
Geirr
Van
den Bergh, Gertrude
Viardot-Garcia,
Pauline
Walpurgis,
Maria
Wicklund,
Adolf
Zelenka, Jan Dismas
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